Earths Future

Papers
(The TQCC of Earths Future is 13. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Economic Shock in a Climate Scenario and Its Impact on Surface Temperatures427
The SDGs Provide Limited Evidence That Environmental Policies Are Delivering Multiple Ecological and Social Benefits141
A Retrospective and Prospective Examination of the 1960s U.S. Northeast Drought139
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Quantifying the Impact of Climate Change and Forest Management on Swedish Forest Ecosystems Using the Dynamic Vegetation Model LPJ‐GUESS117
CMIP6 GCMs Projected Future Koppen‐Geiger Climate Zones on a Global Scale109
Equity, Diversity, and Community as the Basis for Critical Zone Science and Education108
Future Extreme Climate Events Threaten Alpine and Subalpine Woody Plants in China108
The Role of Anthropogenic Forcings on Historical Sea‐Level Change in the Indo‐Pacific Warm Pool Region104
Heterogeneities in Regional Air Pollutant Emission Mitigation Across China During 2012–2020100
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Maize Yield Changes Under Sulfate Aerosol Climate Intervention Using Three Global Gridded Crop Models95
Is Reservoir Storage Effectively Utilized in the Southeastern US? A Regional Assessment to Improve Water Supply Availability Considering Potential Storage and Flood Scenarios93
Large Divergence in Tropical Hydrological Projections Caused by Model Spread in Vegetation Responses to Elevated CO291
Modulation of Land Photosynthesis by the Indian Ocean Dipole: Satellite‐Based Observations and CMIP6 Future Projections89
Revisiting the Global Methane Cycle Through Expert Opinion83
Dams and Climate Interact to Alter River Flow Regimes Across the United States79
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Diverging Trends in Rain‐On‐Snow Over High Mountain Asia77
Participatory Causal Loop Diagrams Building for Supporting Decision‐Makers Integrating Flood Risk Management in an Urban Regeneration Process77
Timing and Order of Extreme Drought and Wetness Determine Bioclimatic Sensitivity of Tree Growth71
Diffuse Radiation Forcing Constraints on Gross Primary Productivity and Global Terrestrial Evapotranspiration70
Relic Groundwater and Prolonged Drought Confound Interpretations of Water Sustainability and Lithium Extraction in Arid Lands69
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Tropical Sea Surface Temperature Variability and Its Impact on Oilseed Crop Yields in China64
Forest Carbon Storage in the Western United States: Distribution, Drivers, and Trends62
How to Achieve a 50% Reduction in Nutrient Losses From Agricultural Catchments Under Different Climate Trajectories?62
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Connecting Large‐Scale Meteorological Patterns to Extratropical Cyclones in CMIP6 Climate Models Using Self‐Organizing Maps58
PM2.5 Exposure and Associated Premature Mortality to 2100 in China Under Climate and Socioeconomic Change Scenarios57
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Thank You to Our 2022 Reviewers55
The 3‐Machines Energy Transition Model: Exploring the Energy Frontiers for Restoring a Habitable Climate54
Trade and Climate Mitigation Interactions Create Agro‐Economic Opportunities With Social and Environmental Trade‐Offs in Latin America and the Caribbean54
The Future of Developed Barrier Systems: 2. Alongshore Complexities and Emergent Climate Change Dynamics54
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Evaluating Seasonal Wildfire Susceptibility and Wildfire Threats to Local Ecosystems in the Largest Forested Area of China53
Projecting Changes in the Drivers of Compound Flooding in Europe Using CMIP6 Models51
Marine Heatwaves Contribute More to Changing Air‐Water Exchange of Semi‐Volatile Organic Compounds Than Mean Sea Surface Temperature Rise50
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Thresholds in Road Network Functioning on US Atlantic and Gulf Barrier Islands49
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A Comprehensive Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Removal Options for Germany46
What Does Global Land Climate Look Like at 2°C Warming?45
A Safety Factor Approach to Designing Urban Infrastructure for Dynamic Conditions45
Conflicting Changes of Vegetation Greenness Interannual Variability on Half of the Global Vegetated Surface44
Biochar and Its Potential to Deliver Negative Emissions and Better Soil Quality in Europe44
Linear and Nonlinear Trend Analyzes in Global Satellite‐Based Precipitation, 1998–201743
Sustainable Development Pathways for Chinese Cities: An Assessment of the Advanced Inclusive Wealth Index43
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Participatory Modeling for Analyzing Interactions Between High‐Priority Sustainable Development Goals to Promote Local Sustainability43
Unveiling the Evolution of Extreme Rainfall Storm Structure Across Space and Time in a Warming Climate43
Phase Shifts of the PDO and AMO Alter the Translation Distance of Global Tropical Cyclones42
Extratropical Climate Change During Periods Before and After an Arctic Ice‐Free Summer42
The Value of Large‐Scale Climatic Indices for Monthly Forecasting Severity of Widespread Flooding Using Dilated Convolutional Neural Networks42
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Fluvial Flood Losses in the Contiguous United States Under Climate Change40
Long‐Term Variability in the Arabian Peninsula Droughts Driven by the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation40
Spatial Aggregation of Global Dry and Wet Patterns Based on the Standard Precipitation Index40
Hydrological Extremes Heighten Vulnerability to Schistosomiasis39
The Janus‐Faced Role of Renewable Energy Development in Global Carbon Reduction Under Renewable Energy Policies39
Uncertain Pathways to a Future Safe Climate39
Evolution Modeling and Protection Scheme for Tidal Flats Under Natural Change and Human Pressure, Central Jiangsu Coast38
A Prefire Approach for Probabilistic Assessments of Postfire Debris‐Flow Inundation38
Consumption‐Based Carbon Emissions of 85 Federal Entities in Russia38
Multi‐Model Simulation of Solar Geoengineering Indicates Avoidable Destabilization of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet38
Breaking the Ecosystem Balance Over the Tibetan Plateau37
Arctic Sea Ice Response to Flooding of the Snow Layer in Future Warming Scenarios37
Uncertainties, Limits, and Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation for Soil Moisture Drought in Southwestern North America37
Land‐Atmosphere Coupling Constrains Increases to Potential Evaporation in a Warming Climate: Implications at Local and Global Scales37
An Action‐Oriented Approach to Make the Most of the Wind and Solar Power Complementarity36
Inequalities in Air Pollution Exposure and Attributable Mortality in a Low Carbon Future36
Deciphering China's Complex Pattern of Summer Precipitation Trends36
Global Wet/Dry Patterns and Mechanisms Since the Last Glacial Maximum: A Key to Future Projection35
Carbon Footprint Differentiation in the Japanese Residential Sector Due To Income‐Driven Divergences in Consumption and Time Allocation35
The Effects of Model Complexity on Model Output Uncertainty in Co‐Evolved Coupled Natural‐Human Systems35
Coupling GEDI LiDAR and Optical Satellite for Revealing Large‐Scale Maize Lodging in Northeast China34
Decomposing Three Decades of Nitrogen Emissions in Canada34
Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge‐Based Flood Risk Assessment Under Combined Scenarios of High Tides and Sea‐Level Rise: A Case Study of Hainan Island, China34
Shifting Contribution of Climatic Constraints on Evapotranspiration in the Boreal Forest34
Agent‐Based Model to Manage Household Water Use Through Social‐Environmental Strategies of Encouragement and Peer Pressure34
A New Method of Diagnosing the Historical and Projected Changes in Permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau34
Towards a Less Habitable Ocean34
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Evolution and Drivers of Energy Embodied in Intermediate and Final Trade Between China and the World33
Large Divergence of Projected High Latitude Vegetation Composition and Productivity Due To Functional Trait Uncertainty33
Past, Present, and Future Pacific Sea‐Level Change33
Impacts of Forest Management‐Induced Productivity Changes on Future Land Use and Land Cover Change33
Extreme Hydrometeorological Events, a Challenge for Gravimetric and Seismology Networks32
Vegetation Greening Mitigates the Impacts of Increasing Extreme Rainfall on Runoff Events32
Fusion of Probabilistic Projections of Sea‐Level Rise31
Future Pathways of Water, Energy, and Food in the Eastern Nile Basin31
Earthquake Iso‐Nuisance and Iso‐Damage Mapping for Alberta: Applications for Choosing Magnitude Thresholds to Manage Induced Seismicity31
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Do Vegetation Fuel Reduction Treatments Alter Forest Fire Severity and Carbon Stability in California Forests?30
Increased Risk of Extreme Precipitation Over an Urban Agglomeration With Future Global Warming30
Illustrative Multi‐Centennial Projections of Global Mean Sea‐Level Rise and Their Application29
Bringing Social Science Into Critical Zone Science: Exploring Smallholder Farmers' Learning Preferences in Chinese Human‐Modified Critical Zones29
Multi‐Centennial Variability of Yangtze Delta Growth Over the Last 2000 Years: Interplay of Climate and People29
Remote Sensing of Seasonal Climatic Constraints on Leaf Phenology Across Pantropical Evergreen Forest Biome29
Cyclone Gabrielle as a Design Storm for Northeastern Aotearoa New Zealand Under Anthropogenic Warming29
Anthropogenic Effects on the Contemporary Sediment Budget of the Lower Rhine‐Meuse Delta Channel Network29
Hydroclimatic Vulnerability of Wetlands to Upwind Land Use Changes28
Simulated Abrupt Shifts in Aerobic Habitats of Marine Species in the Past, Present, and Future28
How May the Choice of Downscaling Techniques and Meteorological Reference Observations Affect Future Hydroclimate Projections?28
Defining the “Ice Shed” of the Arctic Ocean's Last Ice Area and Its Future Evolution28
Climatology of the Soil Surface Diurnal Temperature Range in a Warming World: Annual Cycles, Regional Patterns, and Trends in China28
A Cost Model for Ocean Iron Fertilization as a Means of Carbon Dioxide Removal That Compares Ship‐ and Aerial‐Based Delivery, and Estimates Verification Costs27
Shift in Peaks of PAH‐Associated Health Risks From East Asia to South Asia and Africa in the Future27
Exposure of Global Rail and Road Infrastructures in Future Record‐Breaking Climate Extremes27
A Refined Supply‐Demand Framework to Quantify Variability in Ecosystem Services Related to Surface Water in Support of Sustainable Development Goals27
Probabilistic Risk Assessment of the Economy‐Wide Impacts From a Changing Wildfire Climate on a Regional Rural Landscape27
Observational Evidence for Multivariate Drought Hazard Amplifications Across Disparate Climate Regimes27
A Review of Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty Applications Using Green Infrastructure for Flood Management27
Carbon Footprint of Railway Projects Under the Belt and Road Initiative and the Future Low‐Carbon Pathways26
Enabling Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Systems: A Systematic Literature Review26
High Spatial Variability of Biomass Burning Emissions Observed at Three Tibetan Plateau Sites26
Research to Confront Climate Change Complexity: Intersectionality, Integration, and Innovative Governance26
Crop Yield Loss Risk Is Modulated by Anthropogenic Factors25
Recent Water Constraints Mediate the Dominance of Climate and Atmospheric CO2 on Vegetation Growth Across China25
Agricultural Adaptation to Reconcile Food Security and Water Sustainability Under Climate Change: The Case of Cereals in Iran25
Potential of Land‐Neutral Negative Emissions Through Biochar Sequestration25
Global Cooling Hiatus Driven by an AMOC Overshoot in a Carbon Dioxide Removal Scenario24
Melting Alpine Water Towers Aggravate Downstream Low Flows: A Stress‐Test Storyline Approach24
Does Transfer Payments Promote Low‐Carbon Development of Resource‐Exhausted Cities in China?24
Uncertain Spatial Pattern of Future Land Use and Land Cover Change and Its Impacts on Terrestrial Carbon Cycle Over the Arctic–Boreal Region of North America24
Climatic Drivers of Extreme Sea Level Events Along the Coastline of Western Australia23
Observations Over a Century Underscore an Increasing Likelihood of Compound Dry‐Hot Events in China23
Quantifying Global Wetland Methane Emissions With In Situ Methane Flux Data and Machine Learning Approaches23
The Streamflow Response to Multi‐Day Warm Anomaly Events: Sensitivity to Future Warming and Spatiotemporal Variability by Event Magnitude23
Evaluating Knowledge Gaps in Sea‐Level Rise Assessments From the United States23
Global Wetland Methane Emissions From 2001 to 2020: Magnitude, Dynamics and Controls23
Impact‐Based Skill Evaluation of Seasonal Precipitation Forecasts23
Accelerating the Renewable Energy Revolution to Get Back to the Holocene22
Heterogeneous Spatial Effects of FDI on CO2 Emissions in China22
Reduced Tropical Cyclone Genesis in the Future as Predicted by a Machine Learning Model22
Urbanization Amplified Asymmetrical Changes of Rainfall and Exacerbated Drought: Analysis Over Five Urban Agglomerations in the Yangtze River Basin, China22
Distinguishing Direct Human‐Driven Effects on the Global Terrestrial Water Cycle22
Material Hide‐and‐Seek: Looking for the Resource Savings Due to International Trade of Food Products22
Do Derived Drought Indices Better Characterize Future Drought Change?22
Persistently Elevated High‐Latitude Ocean Temperatures and Global Sea Level Following Temporary Temperature Overshoots22
Uncertainty in Simulating Twentieth Century West African Precipitation Trends: The Role of Anthropogenic Aerosol Emissions22
The COVID‐19 Pandemic Not Only Poses Challenges, but Also Opens Opportunities for Sustainable Transformation22
Increasing Heat‐Stress Inequality in a Warming Climate21
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Developing a Southern Ocean Marine Ecosystem Model Ensemble to Assess Climate Risks and Uncertainties21
An Integrated Global‐To‐Regional Scale Workflow for Simulating Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems21
Changes in Compound Extreme Events and Their Impacts on Cropland Productivity in China, 1985–201921
Robust Changes in North America's Hydroclimate Variability and Predictability21
Future Soil Erosion Risk in China: Differences in Erosion Driven by General and Extreme Precipitation Under Climate Change21
Process Synchrony a Key Control of Resilience in a Subarctic Freshwater System21
Multivariate Analysis of Compound Flood Hazard Across Canada's Atlantic, Pacific and Great Lakes Coastal Areas20
Non‐Stationary Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessments Incorporating Climate‐Change‐Driven Sea Level Rise20
Human Settlement Pressure Drives Slow‐Moving Landslide Exposure20
The Weight of New York City: Possible Contributions to Subsidence From Anthropogenic Sources20
A Hierarchical Framework for Unpacking the Nitrogen Challenge20
The Ocean System Pathways (OSPs): A New Scenario and Simulation Framework to Investigate the Future of the World Fisheries20
Key Uncertainties and Modeling Needs for Managing Living Marine Resources in the Future Arctic Ocean20
Historical and Projected Cropland Impacts of Heatwaves in Central Asia Under Climate Change20
Shrinking Habitats and Native Species Loss Under Climate Change: A Multifactorial Risk Assessment of China's Inland Wetlands20
Transient and Quasi‐Equilibrium Climate States at 1.5°C and 2°C Global Warming20
Power and Pathways: Exploring Robustness, Cooperative Stability, and Power Relationships in Regional Infrastructure Investment and Water Supply Management Portfolio Pathways20
The Future Climate and Air Quality Response From Different Near‐Term Climate Forcer, Climate, and Land‐Use Scenarios Using UKESM120
Predicting Flood Event Class Using a Novel Class Membership Function and Hydrological Modeling19
Heatwave Characteristics in the Recent Climate and at Different Global Warming Levels: A Multimodel Analysis at the Global Scale19
Coral Reef Exposure to Damaging Tropical Cyclone Waves in a Warming Climate19
Impact of Rocket Launch and Space Debris Air Pollutant Emissions on Stratospheric Ozone and Global Climate19
Heatwaves in Southeast Asia and Their Changes in a Warmer World19
Deep Learning for Bias‐Correcting CMIP6‐Class Earth System Models19
Land Policy for Flood Risk Management—Toward a New Working Paradigm19
Increased Global Vegetation Productivity Despite Rising Atmospheric Dryness Over the Last Two Decades19
Uncertainty in Projected Critical Soil Moisture Values in CMIP6 Affects the Interpretation of a More Moisture‐Limited World19
Uncovering the Dynamics of Multi‐Sector Impacts of Hydrological Extremes: A Methods Overview19
Assessing Current Coastal Subsidence at Continental Scale: Insights From Europe Using the European Ground Motion Service19
Environmental Co‐Benefits of Maintaining Native Vegetation With Solar Photovoltaic Infrastructure18
Assessing Assisted Natural Regeneration as a Cost‐Efficient Mitigation for Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss in China18
Application of Hollow Glass Microspheres in the Arctic Ocean Would Likely Lead to a Deceleration of Arctic Sea Ice Loss” ‐ A Critique of the Paper by Webster and Warren (2022)18
Wind Speed and Vegetation Coverage in Turn Dominated Wind Erosion Change With Increasing Aridity in Africa18
Time Evolution of the Surface Urban Heat Island18
Evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Over the Next Three Centuries From an ISMIP6 Model Ensemble18
Continued Warming of the Permafrost Regions Over the Northern Hemisphere Under Future Climate Change18
Increasing Risk of Ecological Change to Major Rivers of the World With Global Warming18
Delimiting China's Urban Growth Boundaries Under Localized Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and Various Urban Expansion Modes18
Quantifying Sources, Sinks and Mitigation of Macroplastic and Other River Debris: A Trash Balance Model18
Asymmetrical Impact of Daytime and Nighttime Warming on the Interannual Variation of Urban Spring Vegetation Phenology18
Uncovering the Past and Future Climate Drivers of Wheat Yield Shocks in Europe With Machine Learning18
2021 February Texas Ice Storm Induced Spring GPP Reduction Compensated by the Higher Precipitation18
Significant Increase of the Global Population Exposure to Increased Precipitation Extremes in the Future18
Critical Role of Irrigation Efficiency for Cropland Expansion in Western China Arid Agroecosystems18
New Insights Into Multi‐Component Atmospheric Wet Deposition Across China: A Multidimensional Analysis18
Nutrient Loading From a Sustainably Certified Aquaculture Operation Dwarfs Annual Nutrient Inputs From a Large Multi‐Use Watershed, Lake Yojoa, Honduras18
Can Restoring Tidal Wetlands Reduce Estuarine Nuisance Flooding of Coasts Under Future Sea‐Level Rise?18
Fates and Use Efficiency of Nitrogen Fertilizer in Maize Cropping Systems and Their Responses to Technologies and Management Practices: A Global Analysis on Field 15N Tracer Studies18
Climate Warming Consistently Reduces Grassland Ecosystem Productivity18
Future Amplification of Multivariate Risk of Compound Drought and Heatwave Events on South Asian Population18
Influence of Hillslope Flow on Hydroclimatic Evolution Under Climate Change18
The 2018–2020 Multi‐Year Drought Sets a New Benchmark in Europe18
The Need for Multi‐Century Projections of Sea Level Rise17
New LiDAR‐Based Elevation Model Shows Greatest Increase in Global Coastal Exposure to Flooding to Be Caused by Early‐Stage Sea‐Level Rise17
Climate and Substrate Stoichiometry Co‐Regulate Free‐Living Nitrogen Fixation at Regional and Global Scales17
Rising Seas, Rising Inequity? Communities at Risk in the San Francisco Bay Area and Implications for Adaptation Policy17
Global Pattern of Ecosystem Respiration Tendencies and Its Implications on Terrestrial Carbon Sink Potential17
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How Should Diverse Stakeholder Interests Shape Evaluations of Complex Water Resources Systems Robustness When Confronting Deeply Uncertain Changes?17
Increasing Risk of a “Hot Eastern‐Pluvial Western” Asia17
Future Flood Risk Exacerbated by the Dynamic Impacts of Sea Level Rise Along the Northern Gulf of Mexico17
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Climate Change Will Impact Surface Water Extents and Dynamics Across the Central United States17
CMIP6 Earth System Models Project Greater Acceleration of Climate Zone Change Due To Stronger Warming Rates17
Improving Satellite Monitoring of Armed Conflicts17
The Influence of Future Changes in Tidal Range, Storm Surge, and Mean Sea Level on the Emergence of Chronic Flooding17
Leveraging Governance Performance to Enhance Climate Resilience17
30 m Resolution Global Maps of Forest Soil Respiration and Its Changes From 2000 to 202017
The Realistic Potential of Soil Carbon Sequestration in U.S. Croplands for Climate Mitigation17
Structuring Climate Service Co‐Creation Using a Business Model Approach17
Satellites Reveal Spatial Heterogeneity in Dryland Photovoltaic Plants' Effects on Vegetation Dynamics17
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Weather Index Insurance Can Offset Heat‐Induced Rice Losses Under Global Warming16
Trajectory Simulation and Prediction of COVID‐19 via Compound Natural Factor (CNF) Model in EDBF Algorithm16
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Knowns and Unknowns in Future Human Pressures on the Ocean16
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The Dichotomy of Wet and Dry Trends Over India by Aerosol Indirect Effects in CMIP5 Models16
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A Subjective Bayesian Framework for Synthesizing Deep Uncertainties in Climate Risk Management16
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Compound Post‐Fire Flood Hazards Considering Infrastructure Sedimentation16
Meteorological Influences on Anthropogenic PM2.5 in Future Climates: Species Level Analysis in the Community Earth System Model v216
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Accelerated Sea‐Level Rise Limits Vegetation Capacity to Sequester Soil Carbon in Coastal Wetlands: A Study Case in Southeastern Australia16
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Understanding the Contributions of Paleo‐Informed Natural Variability and Climate Changes to Hydroclimate Extremes in the San Joaquin Valley of California16
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Deciphering the Biophysical Impact of Permafrost Greening on Summer Surface Offset15
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Quantifying the Impact of Internal Variability on the CESM2 Control Algorithm for Stratospheric Aerosol Injection15
Projecting Changes in the Frequency and Magnitude of Ozone Pollution Events Under Uncertain Climate Sensitivity15
Integrating Values to Improve the Relevance of Climate‐Risk Research15
Temporal Scaling Characteristics of Sub‐Daily Precipitation in Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau15
Biodiversity Conservation Strategies From No Net Loss to Net Gain. A Multidimensional Accounting Method15
Learning About Sea Level Rise Uncertainty Improves Coastal Adaptation Decisions15
Reconstruction of the Hydro‐Thermal Behavior of Regulated River Networks of the Columbia River Basin Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Data‐Driven Techniques15
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