Nature Geoscience

Article	Citations
Risk of pesticide pollution at the global scale	459
Half of global methane emissions come from highly variable aquatic ecosystem sources	394
Persistence of soil organic carbon caused by functional complexity	356
Biochar in climate change mitigation	266
Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle	242
Drivers of PM2.5 air pollution deaths in China 2002–2017	202
Current Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakest in last millennium	194
Amplified transboundary transport of haze by aerosol–boundary layer interaction in China	179
Recent European drought extremes beyond Common Era background variability	175
Different climate sensitivity of particulate and mineral-associated soil organic matter	165
Interannual variations in meltwater input to the Southern Ocean from Antarctic ice shelves	165
Global mapping reveals increase in lacustrine algal blooms over the past decade	163
Control of particulate nitrate air pollution in China	140
Observed changes in dry-season water availability attributed to human-induced climate change	128
The age distribution of global soil carbon inferred from radiocarbon measurements	120
Managing nitrogen legacies to accelerate water quality improvement	116
Global distribution of sediment-hosted metals controlled by craton edge stability	115
The state of rock debris covering Earth’s glaciers	115
Increased carbon footprint of materials production driven by rise in investments	113
Ice velocity and thickness of the world’s glaciers	107
The river–groundwater interface as a hotspot for arsenic release	107
Rivers as the largest source of mercury to coastal oceans worldwide	107
Critical role of water in the formation of continental crust	105
Moist heat stress extremes in India enhanced by irrigation	102
Eleven-year solar cycles over the last millennium revealed by radiocarbon in tree rings	96

Rapid decline in Antarctic sea ice in recent years hints at future change	96
Enhanced aerosol particle growth sustained by high continental chlorine emission in India	93
Corona structures driven by plume–lithosphere interactions and evidence for ongoing plume activity on Venus	91
Artificial intelligence reconstructs missing climate information	90
Shifts in regional water availability due to global tree restoration	90
Tropical forest loss enhanced by large-scale land acquisitions	87
Significant methane ebullition from alpine permafrost rivers on the East Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	85
Phosphorus as an integral component of global marine biogeochemistry	85
Permian–Triassic mass extinction pulses driven by major marine carbon cycle perturbations	78
Arctic fires re-emerging	77
Widespread subsidence and carbon emissions across Southeast Asian peatlands	74
Coupled anaerobic methane oxidation and reductive arsenic mobilization in wetland soils	74
High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability	74
Deforestation-induced warming over tropical mountain regions regulated by elevation	73
Global carbon dioxide efflux from rivers enhanced by high nocturnal emissions	73
Carbon loss from northern circumpolar permafrost soils amplified by rhizosphere priming	73
Attribution of global lake systems change to anthropogenic forcing	71
Potential CO2 removal from enhanced weathering by ecosystem responses to powdered rock	70
Atlantic and Pacific tropics connected by mutually interactive decadal-timescale processes	69
Co-variation of silicate, carbonate and sulfide weathering drives CO2 release with erosion	69
Global carbon budget of reservoirs is overturned by the quantification of drawdown areas	69
A biogeochemical–hydrological framework for the role of redox-active compounds in aquatic systems	68
Widespread biomass burning smoke throughout the remote troposphere	68
Opportunities and challenges in using remaining carbon budgets to guide climate policy	66
Recent recovery of Antarctic Bottom Water formation in the Ross Sea driven by climate anomalies	66
Secondary organic aerosol formed by condensing anthropogenic vapours over China’s megacities	65
Drought self-propagation in drylands due to land–atmosphere feedbacks	65
A coupled model of episodic warming, oxidation and geochemical transitions on early Mars	65
Scientists from historically excluded groups face a hostile obstacle course	64
Molecular trade-offs in soil organic carbon composition at continental scale	64
Past abrupt changes, tipping points and cascading impacts in the Earth system	64
Eurasian Ice Sheet collapse was a major source of Meltwater Pulse 1A 14,600 years ago	62
Poleward expansion of tropical cyclone latitudes in warming climates	62
Birth of a large volcanic edifice offshore Mayotte via lithosphere-scale dyke intrusion	60
A shift in sulfur-cycle manipulation from atmospheric emissions to agricultural additions	60
Increased outburst flood hazard from Lake Palcacocha due to human-induced glacier retreat	58
Intensification of El Niño-induced atmospheric anomalies under greenhouse warming	57
A nutrient control on marine anoxia during the end-Permian mass extinction	56
The Earth’s core as a reservoir of water	55
Abrupt changes in the global carbon cycle during the last glacial period	55
Open ocean and coastal new particle formation from sulfuric acid and amines around the Antarctic Peninsula	54
Changes in Northern Hemisphere temperature variability shaped by regional warming patterns	54
Mud in rivers transported as flocculated and suspended bed material	54
Equilibrium climate sensitivity above 5 °C plausible due to state-dependent cloud feedback	53
Empirical estimate of forestation-induced precipitation changes in Europe	52
Steady erosion rates in the Himalayas through late Cenozoic climatic changes	52
Global nitrous acid emissions and levels of regional oxidants enhanced by wildfires	51
Uncertain response of ocean biological carbon export in a changing world	51
Slip-rate-dependent friction as a universal mechanism for slow slip events	51
A record of plume-induced plate rotation triggering subduction initiation	49

Substantial carbon drawdown potential from enhanced rock weathering in the United Kingdom	49
Valley formation on early Mars by subglacial and fluvial erosion	49
Confronting the water potential information gap	47
Global patterns of daily CO2 emissions reductions in the first year of COVID-19	47
Carbon and nitrogen cycling in Yedoma permafrost controlled by microbial functional limitations	47
Back-propagating supershear rupture in the 2016 Mw 7.1 Romanche transform fault earthquake	47
Large-scale thermal unrest of volcanoes for years prior to eruption	46
Future warming exacerbated by aged-soot effect on cloud formation	46
Calcium carbonate dissolution patterns in the ocean	45
Slip rate deficit and earthquake potential on shallow megathrusts	45
Synergistic effects of four climate change drivers on terrestrial carbon cycling	44
Projections of tropical heat stress constrained by atmospheric dynamics	44
Marsh resilience to sea-level rise reduced by storm-surge barriers in the Venice Lagoon	43
Global water availability boosted by vegetation-driven changes in atmospheric moisture transport	43
Fire effects on the persistence of soil organic matter and long-term carbon storage	43
A tree of Indo-African mantle plumes imaged by seismic tomography	43
Manage fire regimes, not fires	43
Rewetting global wetlands effectively reduces major greenhouse gas emissions	43
Distinct formation history for deep-mantle domains reflected in geochemical differences	42
Biological nitrogen fixation detected under Antarctic sea ice	42
Chesapeake Bay acidification buffered by spatially decoupled carbonate mineral cycling	42
Formation of necromass-derived soil organic carbon determined by microbial death pathways	41
Global chemical weathering dominated by continental arcs since the mid-Palaeozoic	41
Fluvial organic carbon cycling regulated by sediment transit time and mineral protection	40
Persistent orbital influence on millennial climate variability through the Pleistocene	40
Abundant nitrite-oxidizing metalloenzymes in the mesopelagic zone of the tropical Pacific Ocean	40
Late Ordovician climate change and extinctions driven by elevated volcanic nutrient supply	40
Disproportionate control on aerosol burden by light rain	39
Dominant role of mineral dust in cirrus cloud formation revealed by global-scale measurements	39
A further source of Tokyo earthquakes and Pacific Ocean tsunamis	39
Potential impacts of atmospheric microplastics and nanoplastics on cloud formation processes	39
Biogenic particles formed in the Himalaya as an important source of free tropospheric aerosols	39
Arctic sea-ice loss fuels extreme European snowfall	39
Tropical tree growth driven by dry-season climate variability	39
Decolonizing geoscience requires more than equity and inclusion	38
The role of environmental factors in the long-term evolution of the marine biological pump	38
Winter particulate pollution severity in North China driven by atmospheric teleconnections	38
Microbial methylation potential of mercury sulfide particles dictated by surface structure	37
Heinrich Stadial aridity forced Mediterranean-wide glacier retreat in the last cold stage	37
Suppression of surface ozone by an aerosol-inhibited photochemical ozone regime	37
Imbalance of global nutrient cycles exacerbated by the greater retention of phosphorus over nitrogen in lakes	36
A UK perspective on tackling the geoscience racial diversity crisis in the Global North	36
Superionic iron oxide–hydroxide in Earth’s deep mantle	36
Sinking enhances the degradation of organic particles by marine bacteria	36
Coupled Southern Ocean cooling and Antarctic ice sheet expansion during the middle Miocene	36
Spatiotemporal clustering of great earthquakes on a transform fault controlled by geometry	36
Impacts of hydrothermal plume processes on oceanic metal cycles and transport	36
Global cycling and climate effects of aeolian dust controlled by biological soil crusts	36
Shifts in vegetation activity of terrestrial ecosystems attributable to climate trends	35
Explosive or effusive style of volcanic eruption determined by magma storage conditions	35
A fundamental role of carbonate–sulfate melts in the formation of iron oxide–apatite deposits	35
Calibrating the marine turbidite palaeoseismometer using the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake	35
Eruptive activity of the Santorini Volcano controlled by sea-level rise and fall	33
Conservation slows down emission increase from a tropical peatland in Indonesia	33
Distinct slab interfaces imaged within the mantle transition zone	33
Amazonian forest degradation must be incorporated into the COP26 agenda	32
Pacific shoreline erosion and accretion patterns controlled by El Niño/Southern Oscillation	32
Recent north magnetic pole acceleration towards Siberia caused by flux lobe elongation	32
Amplified warming of extreme temperatures over tropical land	32
Temperature control on CO2 emissions from the weathering of sedimentary rocks	31
The vertical structure of CO in the Martian atmosphere from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter	31
Large subglacial source of mercury from the southwestern margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet	31
Newly formed craters on Mars located using seismic and acoustic wave data from InSight	31
A world view of pesticides	31
Equal abundance of summertime natural and wintertime anthropogenic Arctic organic aerosols	31
Constraint on net primary productivity of the global ocean by Argo oxygen measurements	31
Impact of warmer climate periods on flood hazard in the European Alps	31
Subduction megathrust heterogeneity characterized from 3D seismic data	31
Effect of tectonic processes on biosphere–geosphere feedbacks across a convergent margin	30
Active crustal differentiation beneath the Rio Grande Rift	30
Rapid glacier retreat rates observed in West Antarctica	30
Orange hydrogen is the new green	30
Vertical decoupling in Late Ordovician anoxia due to reorganization of ocean circulation	30
Antarctic ice-shelf advance driven by anomalous atmospheric and sea-ice circulation	29
Carbon concentration increases with depth of melting in Earth’s upper mantle	29
Global patterns of water storage in the rooting zones of vegetation	29
Surface characteristics of the Zhurong Mars rover traverse at Utopia Planitia	29
Springtime arctic ozone depletion forces northern hemisphere climate anomalies	29
Atlantic circulation change still uncertain	29
A pole-to-equator ocean overturning circulation on Enceladus	29

Drivers of river reactivation in North Africa during the last glacial cycle	29
Cyclical geothermal unrest as a precursor to Iceland’s 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption	29
Postseismic geodetic signature of cold forearc mantle in subduction zones	29
Experimental evidence for lava-like mud flows under Martian surface conditions	28
Carbon fixation rates in groundwater similar to those in oligotrophic marine systems	28
Implications of the iron oxide phase transition on the interiors of rocky exoplanets	28
Last glacial atmospheric CO2 decline due to widespread Pacific deep-water expansion	28
Drought resistance enhanced by tree species diversity in global forests	28
Deep-sea eruptions boosted by induced fuel–coolant explosions	28
Direct astronomical influence on abrupt climate variability	28
Localized fault-zone dilatancy and surface inelasticity of the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes	28
Siberian carbon sink reduced by forest disturbances	27
Agricultural drought over water-scarce Central Asia aggravated by internal climate variability	27
Possible link between Earth’s rotation rate and oxygenation	27
Quantifying the physical processes leading to atmospheric hot extremes at a global scale	27
Decline in bulk deposition of air pollutants in China lags behind reductions in emissions	27
Arctic Ocean stratification set by sea level and freshwater inputs since the last ice age	27
Earth’s Great Oxidation Event facilitated by the rise of sedimentary phosphorus recycling	27
Sea spray as an obscured source for marine cloud nuclei	27
Atmospheric CO2 control of spontaneous millennial-scale ice age climate oscillations	26
Machine learning reveals climate forcing from aerosols is dominated by increased cloud cover	26
Dry late accretion inferred from Venus’s coupled atmosphere and internal evolution	26
Oceanic transform fault seismicity and slip mode influenced by seawater infiltration	26
Upper-plate controls on subduction zone geometry, hydration and earthquake behaviour	26
Twentieth-century Azores High expansion unprecedented in the past 1,200 years	26
Nonlinear forcing of climate on mountain denudation during glaciations	26
Marine organic carbon burial increased forest fire frequency during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2	26
Rates of protoplanetary accretion and differentiation set nitrogen budget of rocky planets	25
Paleofloods stage a comeback	25
Recent strengthening of snow and ice albedo feedback driven by Antarctic sea-ice loss	25
Fire enhances forest degradation within forest edge zones in Africa	25
Oxygen priming induced by elevated CO2 reduces carbon accumulation and methane emissions in coastal wetlands	25
Sub-aerial talik formation observed across the discontinuous permafrost zone of Alaska	25
Influence of biogenic emissions from boreal forests on aerosol–cloud interactions	25
Methane hydrate dissociation across the Oligocene–Miocene boundary	25
Global dominance of tectonics over climate in shaping river longitudinal profiles	25
Stress, rigidity and sediment strength control megathrust earthquake and tsunami dynamics	25
Risks to carbon storage from land-use change revealed by peat thickness maps of Peru	25
Multi-decadal trends in Antarctic sea-ice extent driven by ENSO–SAM over the last 2,000 years	25
Slab-derived devolatilization fluids oxidized by subducted metasedimentary rocks	24
Increased night-time oxidation over China despite widespread decrease across the globe	24
Pyrogenic carbon decomposition critical to resolving fire’s role in the Earth system	24
Correlation of porosity variations and rheological transitions on the southern Cascadia megathrust	24
Boosting geoscience data sharing in China	24
Regulation of ionospheric plasma velocities by thermospheric winds	24
A poorly mixed mantle transition zone and its thermal state inferred from seismic waves	24
Continuum of earthquake rupture speeds enabled by oblique slip	24
Subslab heterogeneity and giant megathrust earthquakes	24
Reservoir CO2 and CH4 emissions and their climate impact over the period 1900–2060	24
Materials and pathways of the organic carbon cycle through time	24
Accrual of widespread rock damage from the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes	23
Preferential localized thinning of lithospheric mantle in the melt-poor Malawi Rift	23
Transient ocean oxygenation at end-Permian mass extinction onset shown by thallium isotopes	23
Emergence of Southern Hemisphere stratospheric circulation changes in response to ozone recovery	23
Archaean seafloors shallowed with age due to radiogenic heating in the mantle	23
A seawater-sulfate origin for early Earth’s volcanic sulfur	23
Distinct sources of interannual subtropical and subpolar Atlantic overturning variability	22
Rapid retreat of Thwaites Glacier in the pre-satellite era	22
Evidence for a hot start and early ocean formation on Pluto	22
Neogene South Asian monsoon rainfall and wind histories diverged due to topographic effects	22
Simple shear origin of the cross-faults ruptured in the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence	22
Dynamic history of the inner core constrained by seismic anisotropy	22
Eocene to Oligocene terrestrial Southern Hemisphere cooling caused by declining pCO2	22
Half of global agricultural soil phosphorus fertility derived from anthropogenic sources	22
Underestimated mass loss from lake-terminating glaciers in the greater Himalaya	21
Late Cenozoic climate change paces landscape adjustments to Yukon River capture	21
Topographic stress control on bedrock landslide size	21
Fracturing and healing of basaltic magmas during explosive volcanic eruptions	21
Penultimate deglaciation Asian monsoon response to North Atlantic circulation collapse	21
Rethinking groundwater age	21
Lunar compositional asymmetry explained by mantle overturn following the South Pole–Aitken impact	21
Acceleration of a large deep-seated tropical landslide due to urbanization feedbacks	21
A century of groundwater accumulation in Pakistan and northwest India	20
Mapping peat thickness and carbon stocks of the central Congo Basin using field data	20
Decreasing subseasonal temperature variability in the northern extratropics attributed to human influence	20
Crater population on asteroid (101955) Bennu indicates impact armouring and a young surface	20
Brittle fragmentation by rapid gas separation in a Hawaiian fountain	20
An unshakable carbon budget for the Himalaya	20
Long-lived shallow slow-slip events on the Sunda megathrust	20
The future lifespan of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere	20
Enhanced dust emission following large wildfires due to vegetation disturbance	20
Stress transition from horizontal to vertical forces during subduction initiation	20
Forest vulnerability to drought controlled by bedrock composition	20
Increased typhoon activity in the Pacific deep tropics driven by Little Ice Age circulation changes	19
Low surface strength of the asteroid Bennu inferred from impact ejecta deposit	19
Muted multidecadal climate variability in central Europe during cold stadial periods	19
Coseismic fault lubrication by viscous deformation	19
Contrasting effects of aridity and seasonality on global salinization	19
Soil organic matter formation and loss are mediated by root exudates in a temperate forest	19
Fault strength and rupture process controlled by fault surface topography	19
Persistent late Permian to Early Triassic warmth linked to enhanced reverse weathering	19
Astronomically controlled aridity in the Sahara since at least 11 million years ago	19
Climate-driven decoupling of wetland and upland biomass trends on the mid-Atlantic coast	19
Shutdown of Southern Ocean convection controls long-term greenhouse gas-induced warming	19
Nitrogen isotopic constraints on nutrient transport to the upper ocean	18