Nature Geoscience

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Geoscience is 21. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Ozone depletion over the Arctic affects spring climate in the Northern Hemisphere645
Silica in a state of shock447
Scorched minerals in sedimentary rocks268
Author Correction: Tipping point in ice-sheet grounding-zone melting due to ocean water intrusion248
Subsidence signals unexpected seismic and tsunami hazard245
Wetter and drier regions as large-scale tree restoration shifts water fluxes220
Coastal methane emissions driven by aerotolerant methanogens using seaweed and seagrass metabolites194
Bridgmanite’s ferric iron content determined Earth’s oxidation state191
Arc volcano activity driven by small-scale metasomatism of the magma source187
Oscillating Archean oxygen oases175
Nitrogen fixation in the North Atlantic supported by Gulf Stream eddy-borne diazotrophs165
Publisher Correction: Phosphorus availability on the early Earth and the impacts of life164
Late Ordovician climate change and extinctions driven by elevated volcanic nutrient supply149
Newly formed craters on Mars located using seismic and acoustic wave data from InSight145
Limited carbon cycling due to high-pressure effects on the deep-sea microbiome138
Indigenous knowledge and volcanic disaster risk reduction136
Inhibition of phototrophic iron oxidation by nitric oxide in ferruginous environments134
Huge submarine eruptions impact global climate but produce low atmospheric sulfur outputs132
Reduced productivity and carbon drawdown of tropical forests from ground-level ozone exposure127
Asymmetric impacts of forest gain and loss on tropical land surface temperature126
High water content of arc magmas recorded in cumulates from subduction zone lower crust125
Reduced phosphorus availability in paddy soils under atmospheric CO2 enrichment124
Drought response of the boreal forest carbon sink is driven by understorey–tree composition123
Substantial increase in China’s manufactured sand supply since 2010121
Frequent rainfall-induced new particle formation within the canopy in the Amazon rainforest118
Air temperature — not just ocean warming — affects submarine melting of Greenland glaciers115
Author Correction: Millennial and centennial CO2 release from the Southern Ocean during the last deglaciation110
Cycling carbon with coccolithophores107
Arctic rivers tell tales of change106
Complexities of coastal resilience104
The rise of the Tibetan Plateau was controlled by overriding plate mantle delamination104
Elevated shallow water salinity in the deglacial Indian Ocean was sourced from the deep102
North Pacific response to warming sustains drought in the Southwest US102
Global frequency of oceanic and continental supershear earthquakes100
Major terrestrial contribution to the dissolved organic carbon budget in the Arctic Ocean98
The bedrock of forest drought97
Aerosol deposition underestimated over the global ocean95
Author Correction: Antarctic ice-shelf collapse in Holocene driven by meltwater release feedbacks92
Fingerprints of stratospheric particle transport and fallout88
Palaeozoic cooling modulated by ophiolite weathering through organic carbon preservation86
Author Correction: Different climate sensitivity of particulate and mineral-associated soil organic matter85
Choppy seas for deep ocean drilling84
Twentieth-century Azores High expansion unprecedented in the past 1,200 years84
Decolonizing geoscience requires more than equity and inclusion83
Sea-level rise at the end of the last deglaciation dominated by North American ice sheets80
Episodic dynamic change linked to damage on the Thwaites Glacier Ice Tongue77
Porphyry copper formation driven by water-fluxed crustal melting during flat-slab subduction77
Observational evidence for Criegee intermediate oligomerization reactions relevant to aerosol formation in the troposphere77
Lowland river sinuosity on Earth and Mars set by the pace of meandering and avulsion75
Martian landscapes of fluvial ridges carved from ancient sedimentary basin fill74
Regional rare-earth element supply and demand balanced with circular economy strategies74
Rockfall from an increasingly unstable mountain slope driven by climate warming74
Spatial heterogeneity in post-fire vegetation productivity recovery and its drivers73
Small but mighty sperrylite72
Soil mosses provide critical ecosystem services across the globe70
A conversation on air pollution in India70
Glacier retreat alters downstream fjord ecosystem structure and function in Greenland68
Minimum turbidity levels for the maintenance of intertidal areas67
Regime shift in secondary inorganic aerosol formation and nitrogen deposition in the rural United States67
Bridgmanite across the lower mantle65
Daytime heat stress is reduced by agricultural irrigation in North American cities65
Reversing Earth’s carbon engine65
Galactic messages carried by moissanite64
Methane’s unknowns better known64
Author Correction: Hadean mantle oxidation inferred from melting of peridotite under lower-mantle conditions64
Active Nordic Seas deep-water formation during the last glacial maximum63
Himalayan glaciers threatened by frequent wildfires63
Strong 2023–2024 El Niño generated by ocean dynamics62
Composition of continental crust altered by the emergence of land plants62
The global contribution of soil mosses to ecosystem services62
Local cooling and drying induced by Himalayan glaciers under global warming61
Direct and lagged climate change effects intensified the 2022 European drought61
Increased frequency of multi-year El Niño–Southern Oscillation events across the Holocene60
Carbon dioxide sink in the Arctic Ocean from cross-shelf transport of dense Barents Sea water60
Destabilization of Earth system tipping elements58
Detections of ultralow velocity zones in high-velocity lowermost mantle linked to subducted slabs58
Early and late phases of the Permian–Triassic mass extinction marked by different atmospheric CO2 regimes58
Erosional cascade during the 2021 Melamchi flood57
Generation of Archaean oxidizing and wet magmas from mafic crustal overthickening57
Major excursions in sulfur isotopes linked to permafrost change in Eurasia during the last 50,000 years56
Late Miocene cooling coupled to carbon dioxide with Pleistocene-like climate sensitivity56
Increased terrestrial ecosystem carbon storage associated with global utility-scale photovoltaic installation55
Sustained mid-Pliocene warmth led to deep water formation in the North Pacific55
Equal abundance of summertime natural and wintertime anthropogenic Arctic organic aerosols55
Global mapping reveals increase in lacustrine algal blooms over the past decade54
Atmosphere-altered sediments were recycled into the mantle across the Great Oxidation Event54
The hidden warming effects of the degradation of tropical moist forests54
Oxygen-rich melt in deep magma oceans53
Warmer shallow Atlantic during deglaciation and early Holocene due to weaker overturning circulation53
Long-distance migration and venting of methane from the base of the hydrate stability zone53
Mineralogical evidence for hydrothermal alteration of Bennu samples52
Emergence of felsic crust and subaerial weathering recorded in Palaeoarchaean barite52
Weak asthenosphere beneath the Eurasian interior inferred from Aral Sea desiccation52
Estimates of global marine plastic mass demystify the missing plastic paradox52
ENSO complexity controlled by zonal shifts in the Walker circulation51
Melting of glacier ice enhanced by bursting air bubbles51
Onset of the Earth’s hydrological cycle four billion years ago or earlier51
Geophysical imaging of fluids in the Cascadia subduction zone50
Hazardous explosive eruptions of a recharging multi-cyclic island arc caldera50
Sustained greening of the Antarctic Peninsula observed from satellites49
Increased night-time oxidation over China despite widespread decrease across the globe48
Evidence of dark oxygen production at the abyssal seafloor48
Groundwater springs formed during glacial retreat are a large source of methane in the high Arctic48
Dissolved organic phosphorus concentrations in the surface ocean controlled by both phosphate and iron stress47
Slow slip along the Hikurangi margin linked to fluid-rich sediments trailing subducting seamounts47
Large-scale mantle heterogeneity as a legacy of plate tectonic supercycles47
Author Correction: Multidecadal variation of the Earth’s inner-core rotation46
Planetary science blasts off in China46
Underestimated mass loss from lake-terminating glaciers in the greater Himalaya46
The problem with dolomite45
The crystal timekeeper zircon45
Production of Neoproterozoic banded iron formations in a partially ice-covered ocean45
Marine heatwaves are occurring globally below the sea surface with increasing frequency44
Observational constraints imply limited future Atlantic meridional overturning circulation weakening44
Grain-size-evolution controls on lithospheric weakening during continental rifting44
Mercury fluxes from hydrothermal venting at mid-ocean ridges constrained by measurements43
Rapid retreat of Thwaites Glacier in the pre-satellite era43
Geological evidence for multiple climate transitions on Early Mars43
Submarine talus may contribute to climate cooling42
Increased urban ozone in heatwaves due to temperature-induced emissions of anthropogenic volatile organic compounds41
Contributions of core, mantle and climatological processes to Earth’s polar motion41
Proto-monsoon rainfall and greening in Central Asia due to extreme early Eocene warmth41
Oxygenation of the Earth aided by mineral–organic carbon preservation41
Rise in dust emissions from burned landscapes primarily driven by small fires41
Accelerating increase in the duration of heatwaves under global warming40
Arctic Ocean’s wintertime mercury concentrations limited by seasonal loss on the shelf40
Atmospheric and oceanic circulation altered by global mean sea-level rise40
Poleward expansion of tropical cyclone latitudes in warming climates40
Archaean oxygen oases driven by pulses of enhanced phosphorus recycling in the ocean39
Triggers of Chile’s mega-earthquakes39
Global crop production increase by soil organic carbon39
Tackling helicopter research39
The mantle’s influence on the long-term behaviour of Earth’s magnetic field39
Author Correction: Fossil organic carbon utilization in marine Arctic fjord sediments by subsurface micro-organisms39
Global mass of buoyant marine plastics dominated by large long-lived debris39
Stress-driven recurrence and precursory moment-rate surge in caldera collapse earthquakes38
Lessons from the Nile about rivers and society38
An extended pan-North African humid period within the warm Pliocene38
Regional but not global temperature variability underestimated by climate models at supradecadal timescales37
Coupled decline in ocean pH and carbonate saturation during the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum37
Drivers of global glacial erosion rates37
Biogeochemistry of Earth before exoenzymes37
Enrichment of metastable iron minerals in global coastal wetlands37
Widespread partial-depth hydrofractures in ice sheets driven by supraglacial streams36
Strong temperature gradients in the ice age North Atlantic Ocean revealed by plankton biogeography36
Cryptic degassing and protracted greenhouse climates after flood basalt events36
Lower oceanic crust formed by in situ melt crystallization revealed by seismic layering36
Kimberlite magmatism fed by upwelling above mobile basal mantle structures36
Episodic warm climates on early Mars primed by crustal hydration36
Isotopic constraints on lightning as a source of fixed nitrogen in Earth’s early biosphere36
Pollution resistance of Saturn’s ring particles during micrometeoroid impact36
Methane leakage through the sulfate–methane transition zone of the Baltic seabed35
Agricultural drought over water-scarce Central Asia aggravated by internal climate variability35
Author Correction: An unshakable carbon budget for the Himalaya35
Redox control on rhizosphere priming in wetlands35
Aftershocks of megathrust earthquakes undergo a central shutdown and surrounding activation35
A reduction in aerolized ammonium in the rural USA and increased ammonia deposition near emission hotspots35
Presence of continental slivers in oceanic transform faults determined by rift inheritance35
Decline in bulk deposition of air pollutants in China lags behind reductions in emissions35
Atmospheric new particle formation from the CERN CLOUD experiment35
The extra climate benefits of solar farms34
The palaeoclimate potential of continental scientific drilling34
Top-down control on water subduction34
Connecting geology to ecology34
Author Correction: Regional stratification at the top of Earth’s core due to core–mantle boundary heat flux variations34
Widespread and systematic effects of fire on plant–soil water relations34
Garnet the gift that keeps on giving34
Advancing geoscience with AI33
Steady threefold Arctic amplification of externally forced warming masked by natural variability33
Earth-like lithospheric thickness and heat flow on Venus consistent with active rifting33
A conversation on air pollution in China33
Soil carbon sequestration enhanced by long-term nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization33
Consumers of nitrite help nitrite accumulate in anoxic oceanic zones33
Large-scale ice-shelf calving events follow prolonged amplifications in flexure32
Late Miocene onset of hyper-aridity in East Antarctica indicated by meteoric beryllium-10 in permafrost32
An initial map of fine-scale heterogeneity in the Earth’s inner core32
Contribution of lake littoral zones to the continental carbon budget32
Upwelling of melt-depleted mantle under Iceland32
Permafrost cooled in winter by thermal bridging through snow-covered shrub branches31
Geometric controls on cascading rupture of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake doublet31
Global increase in biomass carbon stock dominated by growth of northern young forests over past decade31
High-altitude glacier archives lost due to climate change-related melting31
Deep hydration and lithospheric thinning at oceanic transform plate boundaries31
Fluctuating evolution of seawater oxygen before the Great Oxidation Event30
A rock record of H2 production in the ancient Earth30
The value of scientific ocean drilling for early career researchers30
Underestimated burden of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in global surface waters and groundwaters30
Collaboration between women helps close the gender gap in ice core science30
Diurnal warming rectification in the tropical Pacific linked to sea surface temperature front29
Benthic δ18O records Earth’s energy imbalance29
Composition of asteroid Bennu transformed by aqueous alteration29
Mediterranean summer marine heatwaves triggered by weaker winds under subtropical ridges29
Adapting to AI29
Pollution drives multidecadal decline in subarctic methanesulfonic acid28
Moon’s crustal porosity records impact history28
Mitigating sinkhole hazards intensified by climate change28
Warming beneath an East Antarctic ice shelf due to increased subpolar westerlies and reduced sea ice28
Multi-month forecasts of marine heatwaves and ocean acidification extremes28
Rapid crustal transit of magmas beneath the Main Ethiopian Rift28
Mid-Pliocene El Niño/Southern Oscillation suppressed by Pacific intertropical convergence zone shift28
Utility of artificial intelligence in geoscience27
Confronting the water potential information gap27
Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau driven by mantle delamination from the overriding plate27
Long-term carbon storage in shelf sea sediments reduced by intensive bottom trawling27
Shortwave absorption by wildfire smoke dominated by dark brown carbon27
Positive correlation between wet-day frequency and intensity linked to universal precipitation drivers27
Multidecadal persistence of soil carbon gains on retired cropland following fertilizer cessation26
Noble gas evidence of a millennial-scale deep North Pacific palaeo-barometric anomaly26
Author Correction: An ongoing satellite–ring cycle of Mars and the origins of Phobos and Deimos26
Carbon storage in coastal wetlands26
Save the data26
Sea-level stability over geological time owing to limited deep subduction of hydrated mantle26
Phosphorus’s cosmic courier26
Shifts in regional water availability due to global tree restoration26
Past Earth warmed by tidal resonance-induced organization of clouds under a shorter day26
The Shatsky Rise oceanic plateau formed through plume–ridge interaction26
Long-term eruption forecasting26
Closed ocean gateways in the Canadian archipelago are key to glaciation in Scandinavia26
Carbon dioxide enrichment suppresses autotrophic nitrifiers in a rice ecosystem26
A West Antarctic grounding-zone environment shaped by episodic water flow25
Bombardment history of the Moon constrained by crustal porosity25
Climatic and tectonic drivers of late Oligocene Antarctic ice volume25
Limited decrease of Southern Ocean sulfur productivity across the penultimate termination25
Soil respiration response to decade-long warming modulated by soil moisture in a boreal forest25
Enhanced clay formation key in sustaining the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum24
Global patterns of organic carbon transfer and accumulation across the land–ocean continuum constrained by radiocarbon data24
Relative increases in CH4 and CO2 emissions from wetlands under global warming dependent on soil carbon substrates24
Asthenospheric low-velocity zone consistent with globally prevalent partial melting23
Diminishing lake area across the northern permafrost zone23
Dust emission increases following large wildfires23
Megafloods in Europe can be anticipated from observations in hydrologically similar catchments23
Risks to carbon storage from land-use change revealed by peat thickness maps of Peru23
Oxygenation of the Baltoscandian shelf linked to Ordovician biodiversification23
Inhibition of autotrophic nitrifiers in a nitrogen-rich paddy soil by elevated CO223
Global water availability boosted by vegetation-driven changes in atmospheric moisture transport23
Satellite data show increased biomass carbon stocks in northern young forests22
Constraining aerosol deposition over the global ocean22
Tectonics of copper mineralization22
Satellite data shows Antarctic Peninsula glaciers flow faster in summer22
Deglaciation drove seawater infiltration and slowed submarine groundwater discharge22
Emergence of wind ripples controlled by mechanics of grain–bed impacts22
Earth science looks to outer space22
River capture enhances the uplift of Chomolungma22
Author Correction: Global emergent responses of stream microbial energetics to glacier shrinkage22
A high-resolution global model nails down the primary driving force of the India–Asia collision22
Publisher Correction: Atmospheric methane variability through the Last Glacial Maximum and deglaciation mainly controlled by tropical sources22
Machine learning in Earth and environmental science requires education and research policy reforms21
Late Miocene Arctic warmth and terrestrial climate recorded by North Greenland speleothems21
A partially molten mantle21
A shift from human-directed to undirected wild land disturbances in the USA21
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