Nature Climate Change

Article	Citations
Temporary reduction in daily global CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 forced confinement	1383
Climate warming enhances microbial network complexity and stability	717
Global maps of twenty-first century forest carbon fluxes	451
The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change	423
Current and future global climate impacts resulting from COVID-19	387
Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change	368
Anthropogenic climate change has slowed global agricultural productivity growth	354
The hydrogen solution?	352
Potential and risks of hydrogen-based e-fuels in climate change mitigation	284
Understanding and managing connected extreme events	283
The meaning of net zero and how to get it right	281
Over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by climate change	261
The proportion of soil-borne pathogens increases with warming at the global scale	260
Rapid intensification of the emerging southwestern North American megadrought in 2020–2021	257
Achievements and needs for the climate change scenario framework	254
Rapid worldwide growth of glacial lakes since 1990	245
Increasing ocean stratification over the past half-century	235
Increasing probability of record-shattering climate extremes	234
Climate change impacts on renewable energy supply	231
A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change	227
A global analysis of subsidence, relative sea-level change and coastal flood exposure	207
Compound climate risks in the COVID-19 pandemic	200
Plant pathogen infection risk tracks global crop yields under climate change	197
A sustainable development pathway for climate action within the UN 2030 Agenda	194
Pronounced loss of Amazon rainforest resilience since the early 2000s	186

Fossil CO2 emissions in the post-COVID-19 era	174
A proposed global layout of carbon capture and storage in line with a 2 °C climate target	173
Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from national climate legislation	172
Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink	169
Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation	167
Carbon loss from forest degradation exceeds that from deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon	166
A digital twin of Earth for the green transition	163
A meta-analysis of country-level studies on environmental change and migration	163
Phytoplankton dynamics in a changing Arctic Ocean	163
Divergent forest sensitivity to repeated extreme droughts	163
The climate change mitigation potential of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage	154
Global multi-model projections of local urban climates	153
Increasing risk of glacial lake outburst floods from future Third Pole deglaciation	151
Increasing impact of warm droughts on northern ecosystem productivity over recent decades	151
Inequitable patterns of US flood risk in the Anthropocene	149
Climate change decisive for Asia’s snow meltwater supply	144
Crafting strong, integrated policy mixes for deep CO2 mitigation in road transport	143
Social determinants of adaptive and transformative responses to climate change	143
Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of well-being	143
Observed increases in extreme fire weather driven by atmospheric humidity and temperature	142
Soil moisture–atmosphere feedbacks mitigate declining water availability in drylands	140
Extremes become routine in an emerging new Arctic	134
Wave of net zero emission targets opens window to meeting the Paris Agreement	133
Increased economic drought impacts in Europe with anthropogenic warming	133
Climate change and locust outbreak in East Africa	129
Food–energy–water implications of negative emissions technologies in a +1.5 °C future	127
Impacts of COVID-19 and fiscal stimuli on global emissions and the Paris Agreement	124
Electrification of light-duty vehicle fleet alone will not meet mitigation targets	123
Extreme sea levels at different global warming levels	122
Anthropogenic emissions and urbanization increase risk of compound hot extremes in cities	121
Sandy beaches can survive sea-level rise	120
Climate economics support for the UN climate targets	119
An assessment of community-based adaptation initiatives in the Pacific Islands	119
Global hunger and climate change adaptation through international trade	119
Public perceptions of carbon dioxide removal in the United States and the United Kingdom	117
Embodied carbon emissions in the supply chains of multinational enterprises	117
Aerosols in current and future Arctic climate	115
Precipitation trends determine future occurrences of compound hot–dry events	114
Winter melt trends portend widespread declines in snow water resources	113
Future increases in Arctic lightning and fire risk for permafrost carbon	112
Climate change threatens terrestrial water storage over the Tibetan Plateau	112
Plant hydraulics accentuates the effect of atmospheric moisture stress on transpiration	110
Future impacts of climate change on inland Ramsar wetlands	110
Constraining human contributions to observed warming since the pre-industrial period	109
Cost and attainability of meeting stringent climate targets without overshoot	108
No projected global drylands expansion under greenhouse warming	107
Increasing contribution of peatlands to boreal evapotranspiration in a warming climate	106
Dust dominates high-altitude snow darkening and melt over high-mountain Asia	103
Warming trends increasingly dominate global ocean	101
Multiple drivers of the North Atlantic warming hole	99

Meta-analyses of fifteen determinants of public opinion about climate change taxes and laws	99
Business risk and the emergence of climate analytics	99
Next-generation ensemble projections reveal higher climate risks for marine ecosystems	99
The future of Arctic sea-ice biogeochemistry and ice-associated ecosystems	98
Day-to-day temperature variability reduces economic growth	97
Light limitation regulates the response of autumn terrestrial carbon uptake to warming	96
Climate velocity reveals increasing exposure of deep-ocean biodiversity to future warming	95
COVID-19-induced low power demand and market forces starkly reduce CO2 emissions	95
Climate change risk to global port operations	94
Equity in allocating carbon dioxide removal quotas	94
The blue carbon wealth of nations	92
Increased ENSO sea surface temperature variability under four IPCC emission scenarios	92
Zonally contrasting shifts of the tropical rain belt in response to climate change	91
A near-term to net zero alternative to the social cost of carbon for setting carbon prices	90
Climate change drives widespread shifts in lake thermal habitat	89
Tropical cyclone climatology change greatly exacerbates US extreme rainfall–surge hazard	88
Systematic review of the outcomes and trade-offs of ten types of decarbonization policy instruments	88
Atmospheric dynamic constraints on Tibetan Plateau freshwater under Paris climate targets	87
Climate change experiences raise environmental concerns and promote Green voting	87
Climate-driven changes in the composition of New World plant communities	86
The future of coal in a carbon-constrained climate	85
Leaf senescence exhibits stronger climatic responses during warm than during cold autumns	85
A social–ecological perspective on climate anxiety in children and adolescents	84
Opposite response of strong and moderate positive Indian Ocean Dipole to global warming	84
Plausible energy demand patterns in a growing global economy with climate policy	83
Machine-learning-based evidence and attribution mapping of 100,000 climate impact studies	83
Aligning artificial intelligence with climate change mitigation	83
Increasing threat of coastal groundwater hazards from sea-level rise in California	83
Impact of high-speed rail on road traffic and greenhouse gas emissions	83
Global changes in oceanic mesoscale currents over the satellite altimetry record	82
Record warming at the South Pole during the past three decades	82
Carbon intensity of global crude oil refining and mitigation potential	81
Biodiversity–productivity relationships are key to nature-based climate solutions	81
Stranded fossil-fuel assets translate to major losses for investors in advanced economies	81
Sources of uncertainty in long-term global scenarios of solar photovoltaic technology	80
Fuel availability not fire weather controls boreal wildfire severity and carbon emissions	79
Uncertain storage prospects create a conundrum for carbon capture and storage ambitions	78
Temperatures that sterilize males better match global species distributions than lethal temperatures	77
Weakened evidence for mid-latitude impacts of Arctic warming	77
Potential impacts and challenges of border carbon adjustments	76
Human influence on joint changes in temperature, rainfall and continental aridity	75
Performance determinants show European cities are delivering on climate mitigation	75
Reduced efficiency of the Barents Sea cooling machine	75
Observational constraints on low cloud feedback reduce uncertainty of climate sensitivity	74
Asymmetry in the climate–carbon cycle response to positive and negative CO2 emissions	73
Past perspectives on the present era of abrupt Arctic climate change	72
Sea-ice-free Arctic during the Last Interglacial supports fast future loss	72
Estimating the global risk of anthropogenic climate change	72
A multi-model analysis of long-term emissions and warming implications of current mitigation efforts	72
Emergent biogeochemical risks from Arctic permafrost degradation	72
Constraining the increased frequency of global precipitation extremes under warming	72
Widespread shift from ecosystem energy to water limitation with climate change	72
Climate change increases global risk to urban forests	72
Increased ocean heat transport into the Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean over the period 1993–2016	72
Winter temperatures predominate in spring phenological responses to warming	71
Declining tropical cyclone frequency under global warming	70
Fasting season length sets temporal limits for global polar bear persistence	69
Reconciling theory with the reality of African heatwaves	69
Climate services promise better decisions but mainly focus on better data	69
Arctic sea-ice loss intensifies aerosol transport to the Tibetan Plateau	68
Rebooting a failed promise of climate finance	68
The importance of warm habitat to the growth regime of cold-water fishes	68
Maladaptation, migration and extirpation fuel climate change risk in a forest tree species	65
Relocation planning must address voluntary immobility	65
Soil quality both increases crop production and improves resilience to climate change	65
Fair-share carbon dioxide removal increases major emitter responsibility	64
Impact of 1, 2 and 4 °C of global warming on ship navigation in the Canadian Arctic	64
Disproportionate increase in freshwater methane emissions induced by experimental warming	63
Critical adjustment of land mitigation pathways for assessing countries’ climate progress	63
Rapid increases and extreme months in projections of United States high-tide flooding	63
Dryland productivity under a changing climate	62
Tradeoff of CO2 and CH4 emissions from global peatlands under water-table drawdown	61
Future high-resolution El Niño/Southern Oscillation dynamics	60
Enhanced risk of concurrent regional droughts with increased ENSO variability and warming	60
Biophysical and economic constraints on China’s natural climate solutions	60
Protect, manage and then restore lands for climate mitigation	59
Limited impacts of carbon tax rebate programmes on public support for carbon pricing	58
Enhanced warming constrained by past trends in equatorial Pacific sea surface temperature gradient	58
Growing polarization around climate change on social media	57
Gender equality in climate policy and practice hindered by assumptions	56

African heritage sites threatened as sea-level rise accelerates	56
Global patterns of geo-ecological controls on the response of soil respiration to warming	55
Upper environmental pCO2 drives sensitivity to ocean acidification in marine invertebrates	54
Ageing society in developed countries challenges carbon mitigation	54
Circumpolar projections of Antarctic krill growth potential	54
Economic and social constraints on reforestation for climate mitigation in Southeast Asia	54
Ethical choices behind quantifications of fair contributions under the Paris Agreement	53
Health co-benefits of climate change mitigation depend on strategic power plant retirements and pollution controls	53
Fine-scale tundra vegetation patterns are strongly related to winter thermal conditions	53
Warming reduces global agricultural production by decreasing cropping frequency and yields	53
2021 North American heatwave amplified by climate change-driven nonlinear interactions	52
An underestimated negative cloud feedback from cloud lifetime changes	52
Future reversal of warming-enhanced vegetation productivity in the Northern Hemisphere	52
Climate-resilient coasts require diverse defence solutions	51
Differences in the temperature dependence of wetland CO2 and CH4 emissions vary with water table depth	51
Disturbance suppresses the aboveground carbon sink in North American boreal forests	51
Addressing power imbalances in co-production	51
Renewable energy targets may undermine their sustainability	50
Increased drought effects on the phenology of autumn leaf senescence	50
Evapotranspiration frequently increases during droughts	50
Eastern equatorial Pacific warming delayed by aerosols and thermostat response to CO2 increase	49
Phenological mismatches between above- and belowground plant responses to climate warming	49
Climate change reshuffles northern species within their niches	49
Increased melting level height impacts surface precipitation phase and intensity	48
Heat tolerance in ectotherms scales predictably with body size	48
Right-wing ideology reduces the effects of education on climate change beliefs in more developed countries	48
Observational constraint on cloud feedbacks suggests moderate climate sensitivity	48
Empirical evidence for recent global shifts in vegetation resilience	48
Warming drives ecological community changes linked to host-associated microbiome dysbiosis	47
Climatic limit for agriculture in Brazil	47
Coldest Canadian Arctic communities face greatest reductions in shorefast sea ice	47
Cost and emissions pathways towards net-zero climate impacts in aviation	47
Ice-sheet losses track high-end sea-level rise projections	47
Trade-linked shipping CO2 emissions	46
Ambitious partnership needed for reliable climate prediction	46
Remote sensing northern lake methane ebullition	46
Shifting Republican views on climate change through targeted advertising	46
The appropriate use of reference scenarios in mitigation analysis	46
Don’t forget subterranean ecosystems in climate change agendas	46
Why residual emissions matter right now	45
Net benefits to US soy and maize yields from intensifying hourly rainfall	44
Climate action with revenue recycling has benefits for poverty, inequality and well-being	44
Emissions rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic	44
Climate change literacy in Africa	44
Prioritizing forestation based on biogeochemical and local biogeophysical impacts	43
Effective climate change adaptation means supporting community autonomy	43
Ocean warming and accelerating Southern Ocean zonal flow	43
Greenland ice sheet climate disequilibrium and committed sea-level rise	42
Future warming from global food consumption	42
The economic interaction between climate change mitigation, climate migration and poverty	42
South Asian agriculture increasingly dependent on meltwater and groundwater	42
The great acceleration of plant phenological shifts	41
Renewable energy certificates threaten the integrity of corporate science-based targets	41
Climate change increases predation risk for a keystone species of the boreal forest	40
Sea-ice loss amplifies summertime decadal CO2 increase in the western Arctic Ocean	40
Anthropogenic warming forces extreme annual glacier mass loss	40
Tropical forest restoration under future climate change	40
Hot extremes have become drier in the United States Southwest	40
Residual flood damage under intensive adaptation	40
Net zero-emission pathways reduce the physical and economic risks of climate change	40
Quantifying global potential for coral evolutionary response to climate change	40
Ratcheting of climate pledges needed to limit peak global warming	39
Data-driven reconstruction reveals large-scale ocean circulation control on coastal sea level	39
Increase in Arctic coastal erosion and its sensitivity to warming in the twenty-first century	39
Multi-hazard dependencies can increase or decrease risk	39
The impact of climate change on the productivity of conservation agriculture	39
Diverse carbon dioxide removal approaches could reduce impacts on the energy–water–land system	38
Amplified Madden–Julian oscillation impacts in the Pacific–North America region	38
Integrated perspective on translating biophysical to economic impacts of climate change	38
Attitudes of urban residents towards environmental migration in Kenya and Vietnam	38
Climate change affects land-disposed waste	38
Phenological shifts of abiotic events, producers and consumers across a continent	37
Rising risks of late-spring frosts in a changing climate	37
Decoupling of the Arctic Oscillation and North Atlantic Oscillation in a warmer climate	37
Filling the evidentiary gap in climate litigation	37
Climate change mitigation potential in sanitation via off-site composting of human waste	37
Double benefit of limiting global warming for tropical cyclone exposure	37
Human-induced changes to the global ocean water masses and their time of emergence	36
Permafrost thaw drives surface water decline across lake-rich regions of the Arctic	36
Climate and land-use changes reduce the benefits of terrestrial protected areas	36
Adjust urban and rural road pricing for fair mobility	36
Decarbonization pathways for the residential sector in the United States	36
Climate velocity in inland standing waters	35
Emergence of climate change in the tropical Pacific	35
Weakening Atlantic overturning circulation causes South Atlantic salinity pile-up	35
The cost of mitigation revisited	35
The impact of near-real-time deforestation alerts across the tropics	35
Weakening aerosol direct radiative effects mitigate climate penalty on Chinese air quality	34
Climate change as a global amplifier of human–wildlife conflict	34
Socio-political feasibility of coal power phase-out and its role in mitigation pathways	34
Greater committed warming after accounting for the pattern effect	34
Threat by marine heatwaves to adaptive large marine ecosystems in an eddy-resolving model	34
Robust decrease in El Niño/Southern Oscillation amplitude under long-term warming	34
Civil disobedience by scientists helps press for urgent climate action	34
Hysteresis of the intertropical convergence zone to CO2 forcing	34