Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Papers
(The median citation count of Global Biogeochemical Cycles is 3. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
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Remote Sensing Soil Freeze‐Thaw Status and North American N 2 O Emissions From a Regional Inversion128
Centennial‐Scale Storage of DOC Within Arctic Ocean Deep Waters Controlled by Subzero Temperatures103
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Tracing Pan‐Canadian Arctic Water Masses and Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Cycling Using Stable and Radiocarbon Isotopes89
Divergent Microbial Nitrogen‐Limitation Dynamics Between Primary and Secondary Succession in Subalpine Ecosystems of the Eastern Tibetan Plateau83
Quantifying Soil Gaseous Nitrogen Losses From Nitrification and Denitrification Based on Nitrogen Isotope Model79
Effects of Afforestation on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Accumulation Depend on Initial Soil Nitrogen Status73
High‐Latitude Controls on the Silicon Isotope Composition of Silicic Acid in the South Pacific68
Influence of Changes in pH and Temperature on the Distribution of Apparent Iron Solubility in the Oceans67
Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Budgets of Europe: Trends, Interannual and Spatial Variability, and Their Drivers64
South Asia's Ecosystems Are a Net Carbon Sink, But the Region Is a Major Net GHG Source to the Atmosphere62
The Role of Sediments in Modulating Nitrous Oxide Production in the Southern Benguela Upwelling System: Insights From Stable Isotopic Tracers60
Meltwater Discharge From Marine‐Terminating Glaciers Drives Biogeochemical Conditions in a Greenlandic Fjord57
The Global Biogeochemical Cycle of Arsenic54
Refractory Dissolved Organic Matter has Similar Chemical Characteristics but Different Radiocarbon Signatures With Depth in the Marine Water Column53
Organic Carbon Burial With Reactive Iron Across Global Environments51
Direct and Indirect Drivers of Energy and Nutrient Availability in Freshwater Ecosystems Across Spatial Scales48
The Role of Ballasting, Seawater Viscosity and Oxygen‐Dependent Remineralization for Export and Transfer Efficiencies in the Global Ocean43
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Simultaneous Production and Consumption of Soil N2O Creates Complex Effects on Its Stable Isotope Composition40
Enhanced Biogeochemical Cycling Along the U.S. West Coast Shelf39
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Underestimated Carbon Losses as Dissolved Organic Carbon in Forested Headwater Streams39
More Foxes than Hedgehogs: The Case for Nitrogen Fixation in Coastal Marine Sediments36
Biological, Biogeochemical, Bio‐Optical, and Physical Variability of the Southern Ocean Along 150°W and Its Relevance to the Great Calcite Belt36
Global Patterns of Surface Ocean Dissolved Organic Matter Stoichiometry35
Accelerated Carbon and Water Cycles in the Amazon and Congo Basins Revealed From TRENDY Models and Remote Sensing Products35
Bottom‐Up Evaluation of the Methane Budget in Asia and Its Subregions33
Advances in Glacier Biogeochemistry: A Global Survey of Dissolved Organic Matter in Glacial Meltwater33
The Impact of Zooplankton Calcifiers on the Marine Carbon Cycle32
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Water Supply Processes Are Responsible for Significant Nitrogen Fluxes Across the United States32
Off‐Shelf Transport and Biogeochemical Cycling of Terrestrial Organic Carbon Along the East Siberian Continental Margin32
Glacial‐Interglacial and Millennial‐Scale Changes in Nitrous Oxide Emissions Pathways and Source Regions31
The Role of Mesoscale Eddy Stirring and Microscale Turbulence in Sustaining Biological Production in the Subtropical Gyres31
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Phytoplankton Photophysiology Traces Iron Stress Hotspot in the South Pacific Ocean29
Physical Mechanisms Sustaining Silica Production Following the Demise of the Diatom Phase of the North Atlantic Spring Phytoplankton Bloom During EXPORTS28
Stream Nitrogen Concentrations Across Arctic Vegetation Gradients28
Plant‐Soil Relationships Influence Observed Trends Between Manganese and Carbon Across Biomes28
Insights Into the Persistence and Vulnerability of Tropical Peat Carbon Stocks From a Long‐Term Field Decomposition Experiment28
Global Patterns of Leaf Litter C:N:P Stoichiometry Under Current and Future Climate Scenarios28
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Authigenic Iron Is a Significant Component of Oceanic Labile Particulate Iron Inventories26
Toward a Better Understanding of the Global Ocean Copper Distribution and Speciation Through a Data‐Constrained Model26
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Appreciating GBC 2023 Reviewers25
Seasonal and Interannual Variability in the Distribution and Removal of Terrigenous Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Amazon River Plume25
Pacific‐Arctic Ocean Acidification: Decadal Trends and Drivers24
Constraining CaCO3 Export and Dissolution With an Ocean Alkalinity Inverse Model24
Natural Nanoparticles and Colloids in Forested Streams Across Europe: Seasonal Patterns and Impact of Soil Groups24
Variability and Export Timescales of Upper Ocean Particulate Trace Metals in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre24
The Unaccounted Oceanic Sink of Anthropogenic Nitrous Oxide and Its Relationship With Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide24
Climate Warming and Soil Drying Lead to a Reduction of Riverine Dissolved Organic Carbon in China24
The Modeled Seasonal Cycles of Surface N 2 O Fluxes and Atmospheric N 2 O24
Tracing Cation Exchange Processes at Earth's Surface Using Mg Isotopes24
New Estimate of Organic Carbon Export From Optical Measurements Reveals the Role of Particle Size Distribution and Export Horizon23
Long‐Term Damming Effects Gradually Regulate Particulate C: N: P Imbalance Along the Upper Yangtze River, China23
Environmental Drivers and Spatial‐Temporal Estimation of Precipitation Change Effects on Soil Respiration at the Global Scale22
Reconstructing Annual Δ 14 C During Miyake Events Using Deciduous and Evergreen Trees22
Nitrite Oxidation Across the Full Oxygen Spectrum in the Ocean22
Regional Patterns and Regulatory Mechanisms of Aquatic Carbon Transfer in China22
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Compound Effects of Warming and Wetting Enhance Soil Respiration on the Earth's Third Pole21
Widespread Black Carbon Deposition of Varied Origin Exported From Glaciers20
Agricultural Land Use Impacts Aquatic Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Wetlands in the Canadian Prairie Pothole Region20
Impacts of Carbonate Buffering on Atmospheric Equilibration of CO2, δ13CDIC, and Δ14CDIC in Rivers and Streams20
Heterogenous Si Isotopic Composition in Coastal Groundwater: Controls on Dissolved Silicon and Groundwater Discharge Along Indian Coastline20
Symbiosis Type in Nitrogen Fixing Trees Determines Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Global Meta‐Analysis20
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Resolving the Carbon‐Climate Feedback Potential of Wetland CO2 and CH4 Fluxes in Alaska19
Organic Carbon Fluxes on Seasonal to Decennial Timescales in Patagonia's Largest River‐Fjord System19
Blue Carbon Stocks Along the Pacific Coast of North America Are Mainly Driven by Local Rather Than Regional Factors19
Legacy Effects of the Siberian Heatwave of 2020 on Above‐ and Belowground Processes19
Climate Change and Urbanization Decouple Dissolved Organic Carbon Quantity and Composition in Streams19
A Revised Estimate of Calcium Carbonate Dissolution in Coastal and Shelf Sediments Suggests Large Shelf Exports in the Marine CaCO 3 Cycle19
Assessing Methane Emissions From Tropical Wetlands: Uncertainties From Natural Variability and Drivers at the Global Scale19
Evaluation of Top‐Down and Bottom‐Up Global Terrestrial Respiration Estimates and Their Mismatch With Model Simulations19
Heterogenous Thermochemical Stability of Sedimentary Organic Carbon in High‐Arctic Svalbard Fjords19
Global Responses of Phytoplankton Size Structure to Marine Heatwaves19
Hydrological Cycle Intensification and Permafrost Thaw Drive Increased Freshwater and Organic Carbon Inputs to Northern Alaska Estuaries19
Climate Warming Alters Nutrient Storage in Seasonally Dry Forests: Insights From a 2,300 m Elevation Gradient18
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Particulate Trace Metal Sources, Cycling, and Distributions on the Southwest African Shelf17
Transport of Dissolved Black Carbon in Three Estuaries in China: Roles of Flood‐Ebb Tides and Submarine Groundwater Discharge17
Regional Patterns of Organic Matter Export Rates Along the GEOTRACES Pacific Meridional Transect GP1517
Biogeochemical Fluxes of Nickel in the Global Oceans Inferred From a Diagnostic Model17
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
Trace Element Geochemistry in North Pacific Red Clay Sediment Porewaters and Implications for Water‐Column Studies17
An Assessment of CO 2 Storage and Sea‐Air Fluxes for the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea Between 1985 and 201817
Mechanisms Underlying Near‐Universal Export Patterns of Dissolved Carbon From Land to Rivers17
Active Transport of Carbon to Demersal Fish Communities in Shelf‐Slope‐Abyssal Systems of the North Atlantic Ocean17
Interannual Variability in African Regional Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes and Their Drivers Revealed by Satellite Observations16
Global Climate Change Increases Terrestrial Soil CH4 Emissions16
A Spatial Assessment of Current and Future Foliar Hg Uptake Fluxes Across European Forests16
Assessing the Observational Uncertainties of Dissolved Oxygen Climatology and Seasonal Cycle Through a Coordinated Intercomparison Project16
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
Global Eddy Subduction Carbon Pump From Argo Floats15
The Role of Wildfires in the Interplay of Forest Carbon Stocks and Wood Harvest in the Contiguous United States During the 20th Century15
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Evidence for Vegetation Acclimation to Atmospheric Dryness During European Droughts From a Land Surface Model15
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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
Spatiotemporal Variability in the Vertical Distribution of Phytoplankton Biomass in the Ice‐Free Southern Ocean: A Bioregionalization Approach15
Dissolved Carbon Export by Large River Systems Is Influenced by Source Area Heterogeneity14
Global Natural Soil N 2 O Emissions: An Analysis With a Global Biogeochemistry Model From 1990 to 202314
The Effects of Biogeochemistry and Water Mass Mixing on the Distribution of Nitrous Oxide in the Tropical South Pacific14
Impacts of Permafrost Degradation on N2O Emissions From Natural Terrestrial Ecosystems in Northern High Latitudes: A Process‐Based Biogeochemistry Model Analysis14
Concentrations, Solubility, and Deposition Fluxes of Aerosol Trace Elements in the Central Arctic During Winter and Spring: Results From the MOSAiC Expedition14
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 Observations13
Temporal Decoupling Between Total Organic Carbon and Iron in Lakes Linked to Interannual Changes in Precipitation13
The Greenhouse Gas Budget of Terrestrial Ecosystems in East Asia Since 200013
A Global Perspective on River Alkalinity: Drivers and Implications for Coastal Ocean Carbonate Chemistry13
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Intercropping Legumes Improves Long Term Productivity and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks in Sub‐Saharan Africa13
Estimating Global Marine Size‐Fractionated Primary Productivity Over Two Decades Using a Depth‐Independent Model13
Uncertainties About the Role of River and Mangrove Dissolved Inorganic Carbon and Alkalinity Loads in Buffering the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon13
Changes in Canada's Phosphorus Cycle 1961–2018: Surpluses and Deficits13
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Spatiotemporal Pattern of Ecosystem Respiration in China Estimated by Integration of Machine Learning With Ecological Understanding12
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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Orbital Influences on Deep Ocean Oxygen Concentrations and Respired Carbon Storage12
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Effects of Secondary Carbonate Precipitation and Dissolution on Changjiang (Yangtze) River Chemistry and Estimates of Silicate Weathering Rates12
Erosional and Hydrological Controls on the Age and Thermochemical Stability of Particulate Organic Carbon in an Arctic River12
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Climatic Changes in North Atlantic O2 Amplified by Temperature Sensitivity of Phytoplankton Growth12
Oxygen Dependent Temperature Regulation of Benthic Fluxes in Reservoirs12
Atypical Seasonality of the Silicon Cycle in the Yellow River Estuary and Bohai Sea Revealed by Stable Silicon Isotopes12
Decoupling of Barium and Silicon at the Congo River‐Dominated Southeast Atlantic Margin: Insights From Combined Barium and Silicon Isotopes12
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Hydrology and Trophic Status Control Lake Dissolved Organic Matter Concentration and Composition at a Continental Scale12
Mechanisms Underpinning the Net Removal Rates of Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Global Ocean12
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The Global Biogeochemical Cycle of Chromium at the Earth's Surface11
Mineral Soils Are an Important Intermediate Storage Pool of Black Carbon in Fennoscandian Boreal Forests11
The Global Biogeochemical Cycle of Antimony11
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
Petrogenic Organic Carbon Weathering and a Geological Carbon Budget in the Yangtze River Basin11
Underestimated Interannual Variability of Terrestrial Vegetation Production by Terrestrial Ecosystem Models11
Mercury Burial in Modern Sedimentary Systems of the East China Marginal Seas: The Role of Coastal Oceans in Global Mercury Cycling11
Declining Atmospheric Phosphorus Wet Deposition in China11
Faster Soil Carbon Aging With Depth at Higher Elevations in a Subtropical Forest11
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
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Modeling Terrestrial Dissolved Organic Carbon and Its Effect on the Carbonate System in the Sunda Shelf Seas, Southeast Asia10
Quantifying Northern High Latitude Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) Using Carbonyl Sulfide (OCS)10
Permafrost Landscape History Shapes Fluvial Chemistry, Ecosystem Carbon Balance, and Potential Trajectories of Future Change10
Forest Reorganization Sustains Carbon Sequestration Under Climate Change10
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Respiration Patterns in the Dark Ocean10
Iron and Manganese Cycling in the Atlantifying Barents Sea: Concentrated Inputs and Emerging Limitations10
Dissolved and Particulate Methylated Mercury in a Highly Productive Area of the Southern Ocean10
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Wind‐Driven Control of Shelf‐Sea CO2 Sinks10
Atmospheric Deposition, Shelf Sediment Supply, Riverine Input, and Redox Conditions Control Dissolved Manganese in the Indian Ocean10
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Predicting Organic Carbon Loss Across the Aquatic Continuum Using Water Retention Time9
Submesoscale Effects on Changes to Export Production Under Global Warming9
Additive Dominance and Context‐Dependent Nonlinearities in Soil Greenhouse Gas Responses to Concurrent Global Change9
Characterizing Reef Net Metabolism Via the Diel Co‐Variation of pH and Dissolved Oxygen From High Resolution in Situ Sensors9
Anthropogenic Disturbances Superimpose Climate Effects on Soil Organic Carbon in Savanna Woodlands of Sub‐Saharan Africa9
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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
Rapid Expansion of Fixed Nitrogen Deficit in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Revealed by 50‐Year Time Series9
Controls on Polar Southern Ocean Deep Chlorophyll Maxima: Viewpoints From Multiple Observational Platforms9
Dissolved Organic Carbon in Coastal Waters: Global Patterns, Stocks and Environmental Physical Controls9
Soil Moisture Reduction Accelerates CO 2 Emissions in Near‐Saturated Cold and Wet Ecosystems9
Impact of Spatial Variability in Zooplankton Grazing Rates on Carbon Export Flux9
Tides Boost Primary Production in the Indian Ocean9
Carbon and Nitrogen Isoscapes of Particulate Organic Matter in the Pacific Ocean9
Pathways of Nitrous Oxide Production in the Eastern Tropical South Pacific Oxygen Minimum Zone9
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Overwinter and Spring Thaw Nitrous Oxide Fluxes in a Northern Prairie Cropland Are Limited but a Significant Proportion of Annual Emissions9
Four Decades of Trends and Drivers of Global Surface Ocean Acidification9
Gradients of Deposition and In Situ Production Drive Global Glacier Organic Matter Composition9
Characterizing the Atmospheric Mn Cycle and Its Impact on Terrestrial Biogeochemistry9
A Circum‐Antarctic Plankton Isoscape: Carbon Export Potential Across the Summertime Southern Ocean8
Large Blue Carbon Export Through Submarine Groundwater Discharge: Insights From a Marsh‐Creek Basin System8
Early Diagenetic Controls on Sedimentary Iodine Release and Iodine‐To‐Organic Carbon Ratios in the Paleo‐Record8
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Isotopic and Stoichiometric Insights Into the Biogeochemistry of Particulate Organic Matter in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Baffin Bay8
Nitrogen Biogeochemistry of Adjacent Mesoscale Eddies in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre8
Transformation From NHx to NOy Deposition Aggravated China's Forest Soil Acidification8
Unraveling the Physical and Biological Controls of the Global Coastal CO2 Sink8
Benthic Foraminiferal Mn/Ca as Low‐Oxygen Proxy in Fjord Sediments8
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Appreciating GBC 2025 Reviewers8
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 No8
Shifts in Above‐ Versus Below‐Ground Carbon Gains to Terrestrial Ecosystems Carbon Sinks Under Excess Nitrogen Inputs8
Disproportionate Belowground Carbon Loss and Ecotone Sensitivity in Boreal Peatland Wildland Fires: Insights From LiDAR and Field Data8
Long‐Term Changes of Surface Total Alkalinity and Its Driving Mechanisms in the North Indian Ocean8
Methane Emissions From the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau Ponds and Lakes: Roles of Ice Thaw and Vegetation Zone8
Climate and Vegetation‐Driven Increase of Soil Heterotrophic and Autotrophic Respiration in China's Subtropical Forests Over 2000–20208
Global Nitrogen Mass Flux From the Active Freshwater Aquifer Element Pool8
Global “Climate Opportunity Benefit” of Forest Regeneration: Meta‐Analysis Shows Warming From Soil CH 4 and N 2 8
Numerical Representation of Contemporary Atmospheric Δ 14 CO 2 : 2. Three‐Dimensional Simulation a8
Climate Shapes the Nitrate Cycling in Riparian Soils Across Biomes7
Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) Dynamics at the Sediment‐Water Interface in the North Sea: Implications for Global Benthic DOM Fluxes7
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Differential Trends in Iron Concentrations of Boreal Streams Linked to Catchment Characteristics7
Integrating Trait‐Based Stoichiometry in a Biogeochemical Inverse Model Reveals Links Between Phytoplankton Physiology and Global Carbon Export7
Shifts in the Isotopic Composition of Nitrous Oxide Between El Niño and La Niña in the Eastern Tropical South Pacific7
Water Stress Dominates 21st‐Century Tropical Land Carbon Uptake7
Soil Respiration Responses to Throughfall Exclusion Are Decoupled From Changes in Soil Moisture for Four Tropical Forests, Suggesting Processes for Ecosystem Models7
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Riverine Particulate Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Are Decoupled From Land Cover at the Continental Scale7
The Silicon Isotopic Composition of the North Pacific: Insights From US GEOTRACES Section GP15 and Modeling7
East‐West Variability in Nitrogen Sources Sustaining Pelagic Food Webs in the Subtropical North Pacific Ocean Revealed by Stable Isotopic Analyses7
A Synthesis of Global Coastal Ocean Greenhouse Gas Fluxes7
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The Southern Ocean Carbon Cycle 1985–2018: Mean, Seasonal Cycle, Trends, and Storage7
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The Role of Coastal Yedoma Deposits and Continental Shelf Sediments in the Arctic Ocean Silicon Cycle7
Southern Ocean Carbon Export Revealed by Backscatter and Oxygen Measurements From BGC‐Argo Floats7
Empirical Parameterization of Organic Matter Reactivity in Subsea Permafrost and Implications for Greenhouse Gas Fluxes From a Warming Arctic Shelf7
Changing Water Chemistry in One Thousand Norwegian Lakes During Three Decades of Cleaner Air and Climate Change7
High Lithogenic and Micro‐Nutrient Fluxes From the West Greenland Margin Traced by Thorium in Seawater and Sediments6
Long‐Term and Seasonal Drivers of Organic Matter in the Clearwater Tapajós River and Implications for the Amazon River Basin6
Upper Ocean Cycling of Iron South of the Polar Front: Biological Patterns and Processes6
Deep Learning Reconstruction of Daily Soil CO 2 Efflux Reveals Biogeochemical Insights and Reduces Annual Estimate Uncertainty Despite Limitated Dail6
Significance of Urea in Sustaining Nitrite Production by Ammonia Oxidizers in the Oligotrophic Ocean6
The Role of Acantharia in Southern Ocean Strontium Cycling and Carbon Export: Insights From Dissolved Strontium Concentrations and Seasonal Flux Patterns6
Particulate Cadmium Accumulation in the Mesopelagic Ocean6
Temperature and Water Levels Collectively Regulate Methane Emissions From Subtropical Freshwater Wetlands6
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
Decadal Changes in Anthropogenic Inputs and Precipitation Influence Riverine Exports of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus, and Alter Ecosystem Level Stoichiometry6
Indian Ocean Acidification and Its Driving Mechanisms Over the Last Four Decades (1980–2019)6
The Imprint of Southern Ocean Storms on Modeled Surface Chlorophyll, Their Drivers and Satellite Biases6
Evaluation of Biological Carbon Pump Metrics in the Subtropical Gulf of Aqaba, Northern Red Sea6
210Pb and 7Be as Coupled Flux and Source Tracers for Aerosols in the Pacific Ocean6
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Inland Water Greenhouse Gas Budgets for RECCAP2: 1. State‐Of‐The‐Art of Global Scale Assessments6
Phosphate Influx and Dust Deposition Create Zonal and Meridional Biogeochemical Gradients in Trichodesmium Abundance6
To Ba or Not to Ba: Evaluating Water Column Excess Particulate Barium as a Proxy for Water Column Respiration6
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