Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Papers
(The median citation count of Global Biogeochemical Cycles is 4. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
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Refractory Dissolved Organic Matter has Similar Chemical Characteristics but Different Radiocarbon Signatures With Depth in the Marine Water Column102
Simultaneous Production and Consumption of Soil N2O Creates Complex Effects on Its Stable Isotope Composition94
Meltwater Discharge From Marine‐Terminating Glaciers Drives Biogeochemical Conditions in a Greenlandic Fjord87
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Tracing Pan‐Canadian Arctic Water Masses and Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Cycling Using Stable and Radiocarbon Isotopes77
The Role of Sediments in Modulating Nitrous Oxide Production in the Southern Benguela Upwelling System: Insights From Stable Isotopic Tracers72
South Asia's Ecosystems Are a Net Carbon Sink, But the Region Is a Major Net GHG Source to the Atmosphere71
Direct and Indirect Drivers of Energy and Nutrient Availability in Freshwater Ecosystems Across Spatial Scales70
Quantifying Soil Gaseous Nitrogen Losses From Nitrification and Denitrification Based on Nitrogen Isotope Model66
Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Budgets of Europe: Trends, Interannual and Spatial Variability, and Their Drivers64
The Role of Ballasting, Seawater Viscosity and Oxygen‐Dependent Remineralization for Export and Transfer Efficiencies in the Global Ocean59
Biological Carbon Pump Sequestration Efficiency in the North Atlantic: A Leaky or a Long‐Term Sink?57
The Global Biogeochemical Cycle of Arsenic55
Centennial‐Scale Storage of DOC Within Arctic Ocean Deep Waters Controlled by Subzero Temperatures52
Remote Sensing Soil Freeze‐Thaw Status and North American N 2 O Emissions From a Regional Inversion52
High‐Latitude Controls on the Silicon Isotope Composition of Silicic Acid in the South Pacific51
Influence of Changes in pH and Temperature on the Distribution of Apparent Iron Solubility in the Oceans51
Effects of Afforestation on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Accumulation Depend on Initial Soil Nitrogen Status50
Organic Carbon Burial With Reactive Iron Across Global Environments44
Divergent Microbial Nitrogen‐Limitation Dynamics Between Primary and Secondary Succession in Subalpine Ecosystems of the Eastern Tibetan Plateau42
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Asymmetric Impacts of Diurnal Warming on Vegetation Carbon Sequestration of Marshes in the Qinghai Tibet Plateau39
Enhanced Biogeochemical Cycling Along the U.S. West Coast Shelf38
Global Patterns of Surface Ocean Dissolved Organic Matter Stoichiometry38
Off‐Shelf Transport and Biogeochemical Cycling of Terrestrial Organic Carbon Along the East Siberian Continental Margin37
More Foxes than Hedgehogs: The Case for Nitrogen Fixation in Coastal Marine Sediments36
Advances in Glacier Biogeochemistry: A Global Survey of Dissolved Organic Matter in Glacial Meltwater35
Bottom‐Up Evaluation of the Methane Budget in Asia and Its Subregions34
The Impact of Zooplankton Calcifiers on the Marine Carbon Cycle34
Underestimated Carbon Losses as Dissolved Organic Carbon in Forested Headwater Streams32
The Pan‐Arctic Continental Slope as an Intensifying Conveyer Belt for Nutrients in the Central Arctic Ocean (1985–2015)32
Water Supply Processes Are Responsible for Significant Nitrogen Fluxes Across the United States32
Biological, Biogeochemical, Bio‐Optical, and Physical Variability of the Southern Ocean Along 150°W and Its Relevance to the Great Calcite Belt32
Accelerated Carbon and Water Cycles in the Amazon and Congo Basins Revealed From TRENDY Models and Remote Sensing Products32
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Plant‐Soil Relationships Influence Observed Trends Between Manganese and Carbon Across Biomes30
The Role of Mesoscale Eddy Stirring and Microscale Turbulence in Sustaining Biological Production in the Subtropical Gyres29
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Glacial‐Interglacial and Millennial‐Scale Changes in Nitrous Oxide Emissions Pathways and Source Regions29
Insights Into the Persistence and Vulnerability of Tropical Peat Carbon Stocks From a Long‐Term Field Decomposition Experiment28
Stream Nitrogen Concentrations Across Arctic Vegetation Gradients28
Phytoplankton Photophysiology Traces Iron Stress Hotspot in the South Pacific Ocean28
Authigenic Iron Is a Significant Component of Oceanic Labile Particulate Iron Inventories27
Physical Mechanisms Sustaining Silica Production Following the Demise of the Diatom Phase of the North Atlantic Spring Phytoplankton Bloom During EXPORTS27
Global Patterns of Leaf Litter C:N:P Stoichiometry Under Current and Future Climate Scenarios27
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Toward a Better Understanding of the Global Ocean Copper Distribution and Speciation Through a Data‐Constrained Model26
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Seasonal and Interannual Variability in the Distribution and Removal of Terrigenous Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Amazon River Plume25
Climate Warming and Soil Drying Lead to a Reduction of Riverine Dissolved Organic Carbon in China25
Environmental Drivers and Spatial‐Temporal Estimation of Precipitation Change Effects on Soil Respiration at the Global Scale25
Variability in the Concentration of Lithium in the Indo‐Pacific Ocean25
Appreciating GBC 2023 Reviewers25
The Unaccounted Oceanic Sink of Anthropogenic Nitrous Oxide and Its Relationship With Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide24
Reconstructing Annual Δ 14 C During Miyake Events Using Deciduous and Evergreen Trees24
Natural Nanoparticles and Colloids in Forested Streams Across Europe: Seasonal Patterns and Impact of Soil Groups24
Constraining CaCO3 Export and Dissolution With an Ocean Alkalinity Inverse Model23
Nitrite Oxidation Across the Full Oxygen Spectrum in the Ocean23
Tracing Cation Exchange Processes at Earth's Surface Using Mg Isotopes23
New Estimate of Organic Carbon Export From Optical Measurements Reveals the Role of Particle Size Distribution and Export Horizon23
Pacific‐Arctic Ocean Acidification: Decadal Trends and Drivers23
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Variability and Export Timescales of Upper Ocean Particulate Trace Metals in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre22
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Long‐Term Damming Effects Gradually Regulate Particulate C: N: P Imbalance Along the Upper Yangtze River, China22
Widespread Black Carbon Deposition of Varied Origin Exported From Glaciers22
The Modeled Seasonal Cycles of Surface N 2 O Fluxes and Atmospheric N 2 O22
Legacy Effects of the Siberian Heatwave of 2020 on Above‐ and Belowground Processes21
A Revised Estimate of Calcium Carbonate Dissolution in Coastal and Shelf Sediments Suggests Large Shelf Exports in the Marine CaCO 3 Cycle21
Organic Carbon Fluxes on Seasonal to Decennial Timescales in Patagonia's Largest River‐Fjord System21
Evaluation of Top‐Down and Bottom‐Up Global Terrestrial Respiration Estimates and Their Mismatch With Model Simulations21
Heterogenous Si Isotopic Composition in Coastal Groundwater: Controls on Dissolved Silicon and Groundwater Discharge Along Indian Coastline21
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Climate Change and Urbanization Decouple Dissolved Organic Carbon Quantity and Composition in Streams20
Resolving the Carbon‐Climate Feedback Potential of Wetland CO2 and CH4 Fluxes in Alaska20
Agricultural Land Use Impacts Aquatic Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Wetlands in the Canadian Prairie Pothole Region20
Heterogenous Thermochemical Stability of Sedimentary Organic Carbon in High‐Arctic Svalbard Fjords20
Blue Carbon Stocks Along the Pacific Coast of North America Are Mainly Driven by Local Rather Than Regional Factors20
Global Responses of Phytoplankton Size Structure to Marine Heatwaves20
Hydrological Cycle Intensification and Permafrost Thaw Drive Increased Freshwater and Organic Carbon Inputs to Northern Alaska Estuaries20
Mechanisms Underlying Near‐Universal Export Patterns of Dissolved Carbon From Land to Rivers19
Regional Patterns of Organic Matter Export Rates Along the GEOTRACES Pacific Meridional Transect GP1519
Impacts of Carbonate Buffering on Atmospheric Equilibration of CO2, δ13CDIC, and Δ14CDIC in Rivers and Streams19
Global Eddy Subduction Carbon Pump From Argo Floats19
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Assessing Methane Emissions From Tropical Wetlands: Uncertainties From Natural Variability and Drivers at the Global Scale19
Climate Warming Alters Nutrient Storage in Seasonally Dry Forests: Insights From a 2,300 m Elevation Gradient19
Symbiosis Type in Nitrogen Fixing Trees Determines Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Global Meta‐Analysis19
Transport of Dissolved Black Carbon in Three Estuaries in China: Roles of Flood‐Ebb Tides and Submarine Groundwater Discharge18
Particulate Trace Metal Sources, Cycling, and Distributions on the Southwest African Shelf18
Sub‐Seasonal Forcing Drives Year‐To‐Year Variations of Southern Ocean Primary Productivity18
Assessing the Observational Uncertainties of Dissolved Oxygen Climatology and Seasonal Cycle Through a Coordinated Intercomparison Project18
An Assessment of CO 2 Storage and Sea‐Air Fluxes for the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea Between 1985 and 201818
Biogeochemical Fluxes of Nickel in the Global Oceans Inferred From a Diagnostic Model18
Global Climate Change Increases Terrestrial Soil CH4 Emissions17
A Spatial Assessment of Current and Future Foliar Hg Uptake Fluxes Across European Forests17
Evaluating Northern Hemisphere Growing Season Net Carbon Flux in Climate Models Using Aircraft Observations17
Incubation Experiments Characterize Turbid Glacier Plumes as a Major Source of Mn and Co, and a Minor Source of Fe and Si, to Seawater17
Interannual Variability in African Regional Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes and Their Drivers Revealed by Satellite Observations17
Trace Element Geochemistry in North Pacific Red Clay Sediment Porewaters and Implications for Water‐Column Studies17
Organic Matter Stoichiometry Regulates the Continental Shelf Carbon Pump Efficiency of the Northwest European Shelf Seas16
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Coral Reef Carbonate Chemistry Reveals Interannual, Seasonal, and Spatial Impacts on Ocean Acidification Off Florida16
Active Transport of Carbon to Demersal Fish Communities in Shelf‐Slope‐Abyssal Systems of the North Atlantic Ocean16
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A Global Perspective on River Alkalinity: Drivers and Implications for Coastal Ocean Carbonate Chemistry15
Dissolved Carbon Export by Large River Systems Is Influenced by Source Area Heterogeneity15
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Concentrations, Solubility, and Deposition Fluxes of Aerosol Trace Elements in the Central Arctic During Winter and Spring: Results From the MOSAiC Expedition15
Temporal Decoupling Between Total Organic Carbon and Iron in Lakes Linked to Interannual Changes in Precipitation15
The Effects of Biogeochemistry and Water Mass Mixing on the Distribution of Nitrous Oxide in the Tropical South Pacific15
Dynamics of Iron‐Bound Organic Carbon Across Different Development Stages of Marine Cold Seeps15
Rapid Ocean Acidification and Coral Calcification Response in the Northern South China Sea: Insights From δ 11 B and B/Ca Records in Porites Coral15
Estimating Global Marine Size‐Fractionated Primary Productivity Over Two Decades Using a Depth‐Independent Model15
Evidence for Vegetation Acclimation to Atmospheric Dryness During European Droughts From a Land Surface Model15
The Role of Wildfires in the Interplay of Forest Carbon Stocks and Wood Harvest in the Contiguous United States During the 20th Century14
Global Model Estimates of Atmospheric Al, Ca, Fe, Si, and Ti From Dust and Non‐Dust Aerosols Informed by EMIT Surface Mineralogy and Evaluated Against Observations14
Changes in Canada's Phosphorus Cycle 1961–2018: Surpluses and Deficits14
Global Natural Soil N 2 O Emissions: An Analysis With a Global Biogeochemistry Model From 1990 to 202314
Impacts of Permafrost Degradation on N2O Emissions From Natural Terrestrial Ecosystems in Northern High Latitudes: A Process‐Based Biogeochemistry Model Analysis14
The Greenhouse Gas Budget of Terrestrial Ecosystems in East Asia Since 200014
Spatiotemporal Variability in the Vertical Distribution of Phytoplankton Biomass in the Ice‐Free Southern Ocean: A Bioregionalization Approach14
Intercropping Legumes Improves Long Term Productivity and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks in Sub‐Saharan Africa14
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Decoupling of Barium and Silicon at the Congo River‐Dominated Southeast Atlantic Margin: Insights From Combined Barium and Silicon Isotopes13
Uncertainties About the Role of River and Mangrove Dissolved Inorganic Carbon and Alkalinity Loads in Buffering the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon13
Effects of Secondary Carbonate Precipitation and Dissolution on Changjiang (Yangtze) River Chemistry and Estimates of Silicate Weathering Rates13
Organic Molecular Signatures of the Congo River and Comparison to the Amazon13
Spatiotemporal Pattern of Ecosystem Respiration in China Estimated by Integration of Machine Learning With Ecological Understanding13
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Oxygen Dependent Temperature Regulation of Benthic Fluxes in Reservoirs12
Observations of Satellite Land Surface Phenology Indicate That Maximum Leaf Greenness Is More Associated With Global Vegetation Productivity Than Growing Season Length12
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Faster Soil Carbon Aging With Depth at Higher Elevations in a Subtropical Forest12
Atypical Seasonality of the Silicon Cycle in the Yellow River Estuary and Bohai Sea Revealed by Stable Silicon Isotopes12
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Climatic Changes in North Atlantic O2 Amplified by Temperature Sensitivity of Phytoplankton Growth12
Orbital Influences on Deep Ocean Oxygen Concentrations and Respired Carbon Storage12
The Deep Ocean's Carbon Exhaust12
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Mercury Burial in Modern Sedimentary Systems of the East China Marginal Seas: The Role of Coastal Oceans in Global Mercury Cycling12
The Global Biogeochemical Cycle of Chromium at the Earth's Surface11
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Simultaneous Hot and Dry Extreme‐Events Increase Wetland Methane Emissions: An Assessment of Compound Extreme‐Event Impacts Using Ameriflux and FLUXNET‐CH4 Site Data Sets11
Declining Atmospheric Phosphorus Wet Deposition in China11
Forest Reorganization Sustains Carbon Sequestration Under Climate Change11
Dissolved and Particulate Methylated Mercury in a Highly Productive Area of the Southern Ocean11
Hydrology and Trophic Status Control Lake Dissolved Organic Matter Concentration and Composition at a Continental Scale11
Mineral Soils Are an Important Intermediate Storage Pool of Black Carbon in Fennoscandian Boreal Forests11
Changes in Refractory Black Carbon (rBC) Deposition to Coastal Eastern Antarctica During the Past Century11
Biological Responses to Ocean Acidification Are Changing the Global Ocean Carbon Cycle11
Permafrost Landscape History Shapes Fluvial Chemistry, Ecosystem Carbon Balance, and Potential Trajectories of Future Change11
Impact of Spatial Variability in Zooplankton Grazing Rates on Carbon Export Flux11
Dissolved and Particulate Barium Distributions Along the US GEOTRACES North Atlantic and East Pacific Zonal Transects (GA03 and GP16): Global Implications for the Marine Barium Cycle11
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Mechanisms Underpinning the Net Removal Rates of Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Global Ocean11
Petrogenic Organic Carbon Weathering and a Geological Carbon Budget in the Yangtze River Basin11
Four Decades of Trends and Drivers of Global Surface Ocean Acidification11
Underestimated Interannual Variability of Terrestrial Vegetation Production by Terrestrial Ecosystem Models11
Modeling Terrestrial Dissolved Organic Carbon and Its Effect on the Carbonate System in the Sunda Shelf Seas, Southeast Asia10
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Overwinter and Spring Thaw Nitrous Oxide Fluxes in a Northern Prairie Cropland Are Limited but a Significant Proportion of Annual Emissions10
Wind‐Driven Control of Shelf‐Sea CO2 Sinks10
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Iron and Manganese Cycling in the Atlantifying Barents Sea: Concentrated Inputs and Emerging Limitations10
Atmospheric Deposition, Shelf Sediment Supply, Riverine Input, and Redox Conditions Control Dissolved Manganese in the Indian Ocean10
Soil Moisture Reduction Accelerates CO 2 Emissions in Near‐Saturated Cold and Wet Ecosystems10
Quantifying Northern High Latitude Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) Using Carbonyl Sulfide (OCS)10
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Anthropogenic Disturbances Superimpose Climate Effects on Soil Organic Carbon in Savanna Woodlands of Sub‐Saharan Africa10
Characterizing Reef Net Metabolism Via the Diel Co‐Variation of pH and Dissolved Oxygen From High Resolution in Situ Sensors10
Submesoscale Effects on Changes to Export Production Under Global Warming9
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Pathways of Nitrous Oxide Production in the Eastern Tropical South Pacific Oxygen Minimum Zone9
Tides Boost Primary Production in the Indian Ocean9
Air‐Sea Fluxes of CO2 in the Indian Ocean Between 1985 and 2018: A Synthesis Based on Observation‐Based Surface CO2, Hindcast and Atmospheric Inversion Models9
Unraveling the Physical and Biological Controls of the Global Coastal CO2 Sink9
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Respiration Patterns in the Dark Ocean9
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Controls on Polar Southern Ocean Deep Chlorophyll Maxima: Viewpoints From Multiple Observational Platforms9
Predicting Organic Carbon Loss Across the Aquatic Continuum Using Water Retention Time9
Carbon and Nitrogen Isoscapes of Particulate Organic Matter in the Pacific Ocean9
Numerical Representation of Contemporary Atmospheric Δ 14 CO 2 : 2. Three‐Dimensional Simulation a9
Gradients of Deposition and In Situ Production Drive Global Glacier Organic Matter Composition9
Rapid Expansion of Fixed Nitrogen Deficit in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Revealed by 50‐Year Time Series9
Dissolved Organic Carbon in Coastal Waters: Global Patterns, Stocks and Environmental Physical Controls9
3‐D Atmospheric Modeling of the Global Budget of N2O and Its Isotopologues for 1980–2019: The Impact of Anthropogenic Emissions9
Characterizing the Atmospheric Mn Cycle and Its Impact on Terrestrial Biogeochemistry9
Shifts in Above‐ Versus Below‐Ground Carbon Gains to Terrestrial Ecosystems Carbon Sinks Under Excess Nitrogen Inputs9
A Circum‐Antarctic Plankton Isoscape: Carbon Export Potential Across the Summertime Southern Ocean8
Climate and Vegetation‐Driven Increase of Soil Heterotrophic and Autotrophic Respiration in China's Subtropical Forests Over 2000–20208
Long‐Term Changes of Surface Total Alkalinity and Its Driving Mechanisms in the North Indian Ocean8
Transformation From NHx to NOy Deposition Aggravated China's Forest Soil Acidification8
Large Blue Carbon Export Through Submarine Groundwater Discharge: Insights From a Marsh‐Creek Basin System8
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Methane Emissions From the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau Ponds and Lakes: Roles of Ice Thaw and Vegetation Zone8
Benthic Foraminiferal Mn/Ca as Low‐Oxygen Proxy in Fjord Sediments8
Early Diagenetic Controls on Sedimentary Iodine Release and Iodine‐To‐Organic Carbon Ratios in the Paleo‐Record8
Global Estimates of Biogenic Methane Production in Marine Sediments Using Machine Learning and Deterministic Modeling8
Disproportionate Belowground Carbon Loss and Ecotone Sensitivity in Boreal Peatland Wildland Fires: Insights From LiDAR and Field Data8
Nitrogen Biogeochemistry of Adjacent Mesoscale Eddies in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre7
The Southern Ocean Carbon Cycle 1985–2018: Mean, Seasonal Cycle, Trends, and Storage7
Anthropogenic Carbon Increase has Caused Critical Shifts in Aragonite Saturation Across a Sensitive Coastal System7
Soil Respiration Responses to Throughfall Exclusion Are Decoupled From Changes in Soil Moisture for Four Tropical Forests, Suggesting Processes for Ecosystem Models7
Southern Ocean Carbon Export Revealed by Backscatter and Oxygen Measurements From BGC‐Argo Floats7
Decadal Changes in Anthropogenic Inputs and Precipitation Influence Riverine Exports of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus, and Alter Ecosystem Level Stoichiometry7
Integrating Trait‐Based Stoichiometry in a Biogeochemical Inverse Model Reveals Links Between Phytoplankton Physiology and Global Carbon Export7
Riverine Particulate Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Are Decoupled From Land Cover at the Continental Scale7
The Role of Coastal Yedoma Deposits and Continental Shelf Sediments in the Arctic Ocean Silicon Cycle7
Global “Climate Opportunity Benefit” of Forest Regeneration: Meta‐Analysis Shows Warming From Soil CH 4 and N 2 7
Climate Shapes the Nitrate Cycling in Riparian Soils Across Biomes7
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Isotopic and Stoichiometric Insights Into the Biogeochemistry of Particulate Organic Matter in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Baffin Bay7
Extreme Nitrate Deficits in the Western Arctic Ocean: Origin, Decadal Changes, and Implications for Denitrification on a Polar Marginal Shelf7
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Shifts in the Isotopic Composition of Nitrous Oxide Between El Niño and La Niña in the Eastern Tropical South Pacific7
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Indian Ocean Acidification and Its Driving Mechanisms Over the Last Four Decades (1980–2019)7
Appreciating GBC 2025 Reviewers7
Water Stress Dominates 21st‐Century Tropical Land Carbon Uptake7
Using δ 15 N of Amino Acids and Nitrate to Investigate Particle Production and Transformation in the Ocean: A Case Study From the Eastern Tropical No7
Global Nitrogen Mass Flux From the Active Freshwater Aquifer Element Pool7
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Changing Water Chemistry in One Thousand Norwegian Lakes During Three Decades of Cleaner Air and Climate Change7
Differential Trends in Iron Concentrations of Boreal Streams Linked to Catchment Characteristics7
Significance of Urea in Sustaining Nitrite Production by Ammonia Oxidizers in the Oligotrophic Ocean7
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Upper Ocean Cycling of Iron South of the Polar Front: Biological Patterns and Processes6
Evaluation of Biological Carbon Pump Metrics in the Subtropical Gulf of Aqaba, Northern Red Sea6
Particulate Cadmium Accumulation in the Mesopelagic Ocean6
Quantification of Discharge‐Specific Effects on Dissolved Organic Matter Export From Major Arctic Rivers From 1982 Through 20196
To Ba or Not to Ba: Evaluating Water Column Excess Particulate Barium as a Proxy for Water Column Respiration6
210Pb and 7Be as Coupled Flux and Source Tracers for Aerosols in the Pacific Ocean6
Remotely Sensing River Greenhouse Gas Exchange Velocity Using the SWOT Satellite6
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Long‐Term and Seasonal Drivers of Organic Matter in the Clearwater Tapajós River and Implications for the Amazon River Basin6
Unraveling Environmental Forces Shaping Surface Sediment Geochemical “Isodrapes” in the East Asian Marginal Seas6
Identifying the Sources and Drivers of Nitrous Oxide Accumulation in the Eddy‐Influenced Eastern Tropical North Pacific Oxygen‐Deficient Zone6
Enhanced Ecosystem Water‐Use Efficiency Under the More Diffuse Radiation Conditions6
Source‐Labeled Anthropogenic Carbon Reveals a Large Shift of Preindustrial Carbon From the Ocean to the Atmosphere6
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