Nature Geoscience

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(The median citation count of Nature Geoscience 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Ozone depletion over the Arctic affects spring climate in the Northern Hemisphere458
Silica in a state of shock278
Scorched minerals in sedimentary rocks257
Author Correction: Tipping point in ice-sheet grounding-zone melting due to ocean water intrusion253
Subsidence signals unexpected seismic and tsunami hazard223
Bridgmanite’s ferric iron content determined Earth’s oxidation state204
Wetter and drier regions as large-scale tree restoration shifts water fluxes204
Frequent rainfall-induced new particle formation within the canopy in the Amazon rainforest200
Oscillating Archean oxygen oases182
Nitrogen fixation in the North Atlantic supported by Gulf Stream eddy-borne diazotrophs176
Publisher Correction: Phosphorus availability on the early Earth and the impacts of life174
Indigenous knowledge and volcanic disaster risk reduction164
Huge submarine eruptions impact global climate but produce low atmospheric sulfur outputs150
Newly formed craters on Mars located using seismic and acoustic wave data from InSight140
Arc volcano activity driven by small-scale metasomatism of the magma source136
Substantial increase in China’s manufactured sand supply since 2010132
Asymmetric impacts of forest gain and loss on tropical land surface temperature131
Kaolinite’s many lives130
Coastal methane emissions driven by aerotolerant methanogens using seaweed and seagrass metabolites126
Inhibition of phototrophic iron oxidation by nitric oxide in ferruginous environments126
Reduced productivity and carbon drawdown of tropical forests from ground-level ozone exposure126
High water content of arc magmas recorded in cumulates from subduction zone lower crust126
Reduced phosphorus availability in paddy soils under atmospheric CO2 enrichment119
Limited carbon cycling due to high-pressure effects on the deep-sea microbiome116
Drought response of the boreal forest carbon sink is driven by understorey–tree composition110
Air temperature — not just ocean warming — affects submarine melting of Greenland glaciers109
Author Correction: Millennial and centennial CO2 release from the Southern Ocean during the last deglaciation108
Arctic rivers tell tales of change106
Cycling carbon with coccolithophores106
The rise of the Tibetan Plateau was controlled by overriding plate mantle delamination104
Complexities of coastal resilience102
North Pacific response to warming sustains drought in the Southwest US101
Aerosol deposition underestimated over the global ocean99
Elevated shallow water salinity in the deglacial Indian Ocean was sourced from the deep99
The bedrock of forest drought94
Fingerprints of stratospheric particle transport and fallout91
Major terrestrial contribution to the dissolved organic carbon budget in the Arctic Ocean91
Lowland river sinuosity on Earth and Mars set by the pace of meandering and avulsion90
Martian landscapes of fluvial ridges carved from ancient sedimentary basin fill88
Author Correction: Antarctic ice-shelf collapse in Holocene driven by meltwater release feedbacks87
Tightening the Sargassum belt85
Sea-level rise at the end of the last deglaciation dominated by North American ice sheets78
Choppy seas for deep ocean drilling78
Episodic dynamic change linked to damage on the Thwaites Glacier Ice Tongue77
Observational evidence for Criegee intermediate oligomerization reactions relevant to aerosol formation in the troposphere77
Twentieth-century Azores High expansion unprecedented in the past 1,200 years76
Palaeozoic cooling modulated by ophiolite weathering through organic carbon preservation75
Rockfall from an increasingly unstable mountain slope driven by climate warming74
Global frequency of oceanic and continental supershear earthquakes74
Contrasting trends in very large hail events and related economic losses across the globe72
Regional rare-earth element supply and demand balanced with circular economy strategies72
Author Correction: Different climate sensitivity of particulate and mineral-associated soil organic matter71
Porphyry copper formation driven by water-fluxed crustal melting during flat-slab subduction71
Small but mighty sperrylite69
Spatial heterogeneity in post-fire vegetation productivity recovery and its drivers69
A conversation on air pollution in India68
Soil mosses provide critical ecosystem services across the globe67
Bridgmanite across the lower mantle66
Sustained mid-Pliocene warmth led to deep water formation in the North Pacific66
Daytime heat stress is reduced by agricultural irrigation in North American cities66
Minimum turbidity levels for the maintenance of intertidal areas66
Author Correction: Hadean mantle oxidation inferred from melting of peridotite under lower-mantle conditions65
Reversing Earth’s carbon engine65
Galactic messages carried by moissanite64
Destabilization of Earth system tipping elements64
Active Nordic Seas deep-water formation during the last glacial maximum64
Himalayan glaciers threatened by frequent wildfires64
Major excursions in sulfur isotopes linked to permafrost change in Eurasia during the last 50,000 years62
Detections of ultralow velocity zones in high-velocity lowermost mantle linked to subducted slabs61
Composition of continental crust altered by the emergence of land plants61
Erosional cascade during the 2021 Melamchi flood61
Early and late phases of the Permian–Triassic mass extinction marked by different atmospheric CO2 regimes59
Increased terrestrial ecosystem carbon storage associated with global utility-scale photovoltaic installation58
Generation of Archaean oxidizing and wet magmas from mafic crustal overthickening58
Late Miocene cooling coupled to carbon dioxide with Pleistocene-like climate sensitivity58
Increased frequency of multi-year El Niño–Southern Oscillation events across the Holocene58
Strong 2023–2024 El Niño generated by ocean dynamics58
Carbon dioxide sink in the Arctic Ocean from cross-shelf transport of dense Barents Sea water58
Glacier retreat alters downstream fjord ecosystem structure and function in Greenland57
Methane’s unknowns better known57
Regime shift in secondary inorganic aerosol formation and nitrogen deposition in the rural United States56
Local cooling and drying induced by Himalayan glaciers under global warming55
The global contribution of soil mosses to ecosystem services55
Equal abundance of summertime natural and wintertime anthropogenic Arctic organic aerosols55
The hidden warming effects of the degradation of tropical moist forests54
Global mapping reveals increase in lacustrine algal blooms over the past decade54
Direct and lagged climate change effects intensified the 2022 European drought54
Warmer shallow Atlantic during deglaciation and early Holocene due to weaker overturning circulation53
Oxygen-rich melt in deep magma oceans53
Atmosphere-altered sediments were recycled into the mantle across the Great Oxidation Event53
Emergence of felsic crust and subaerial weathering recorded in Palaeoarchaean barite53
Onset of the Earth’s hydrological cycle four billion years ago or earlier52
ENSO complexity controlled by zonal shifts in the Walker circulation52
Weak asthenosphere beneath the Eurasian interior inferred from Aral Sea desiccation52
Estimates of global marine plastic mass demystify the missing plastic paradox51
Geophysical imaging of fluids in the Cascadia subduction zone51
Slow slip along the Hikurangi margin linked to fluid-rich sediments trailing subducting seamounts50
Groundwater springs formed during glacial retreat are a large source of methane in the high Arctic50
Long-distance migration and venting of methane from the base of the hydrate stability zone50
Large-scale mantle heterogeneity as a legacy of plate tectonic supercycles50
Evidence of dark oxygen production at the abyssal seafloor49
Sustained greening of the Antarctic Peninsula observed from satellites49
Mineralogical evidence for hydrothermal alteration of Bennu samples49
Melting of glacier ice enhanced by bursting air bubbles48
Underestimated mass loss from lake-terminating glaciers in the greater Himalaya46
Hazardous explosive eruptions of a recharging multi-cyclic island arc caldera46
Dissolved organic phosphorus concentrations in the surface ocean controlled by both phosphate and iron stress46
Increased night-time oxidation over China despite widespread decrease across the globe46
Planetary science blasts off in China45
Author Correction: Multidecadal variation of the Earth’s inner-core rotation45
The problem with dolomite45
Submarine talus may contribute to climate cooling44
Production of Neoproterozoic banded iron formations in a partially ice-covered ocean44
Observational constraints imply limited future Atlantic meridional overturning circulation weakening44
The crystal timekeeper zircon44
Marine heatwaves are occurring globally below the sea surface with increasing frequency43
Arctic Ocean’s wintertime mercury concentrations limited by seasonal loss on the shelf43
Sedimentary conditions drive modern pyrite burial flux to exceed oxidation43
Mercury fluxes from hydrothermal venting at mid-ocean ridges constrained by measurements43
Proto-monsoon rainfall and greening in Central Asia due to extreme early Eocene warmth42
Rise in dust emissions from burned landscapes primarily driven by small fires42
Oxygenation of the Earth aided by mineral–organic carbon preservation42
Geological evidence for multiple climate transitions on Early Mars41
Atmospheric and oceanic circulation altered by global mean sea-level rise40
Increased urban ozone in heatwaves due to temperature-induced emissions of anthropogenic volatile organic compounds40
Grain-size-evolution controls on lithospheric weakening during continental rifting40
Global mass of buoyant marine plastics dominated by large long-lived debris40
Rapid retreat of Thwaites Glacier in the pre-satellite era40
Contributions of core, mantle and climatological processes to Earth’s polar motion40
Archaean oxygen oases driven by pulses of enhanced phosphorus recycling in the ocean39
The mantle’s influence on the long-term behaviour of Earth’s magnetic field39
Accelerating increase in the duration of heatwaves under global warming39
Author Correction: Fossil organic carbon utilization in marine Arctic fjord sediments by subsurface micro-organisms39
Global crop production increase by soil organic carbon39
An extended pan-North African humid period within the warm Pliocene39
Triggers of Chile’s mega-earthquakes39
Lessons from the Nile about rivers and society38
Biogeochemistry of Earth before exoenzymes38
Stress-driven recurrence and precursory moment-rate surge in caldera collapse earthquakes38
Pollution resistance of Saturn’s ring particles during micrometeoroid impact38
Widespread partial-depth hydrofractures in ice sheets driven by supraglacial streams37
Tackling helicopter research37
A reduction in aerolized ammonium in the rural USA and increased ammonia deposition near emission hotspots37
Presence of continental slivers in oceanic transform faults determined by rift inheritance37
Regional but not global temperature variability underestimated by climate models at supradecadal timescales37
Coupled decline in ocean pH and carbonate saturation during the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum37
Lower oceanic crust formed by in situ melt crystallization revealed by seismic layering37
Atmospheric new particle formation from the CERN CLOUD experiment36
Drivers of global glacial erosion rates36
Cryptic degassing and protracted greenhouse climates after flood basalt events36
Redox control on rhizosphere priming in wetlands36
Strong temperature gradients in the ice age North Atlantic Ocean revealed by plankton biogeography36
Decline in bulk deposition of air pollutants in China lags behind reductions in emissions36
Enrichment of metastable iron minerals in global coastal wetlands36
Kimberlite magmatism fed by upwelling above mobile basal mantle structures36
Episodic warm climates on early Mars primed by crustal hydration36
Isotopic constraints on lightning as a source of fixed nitrogen in Earth’s early biosphere36
The palaeoclimate potential of continental scientific drilling35
Aftershocks of megathrust earthquakes undergo a central shutdown and surrounding activation35
Author Correction: Regional stratification at the top of Earth’s core due to core–mantle boundary heat flux variations35
Agricultural drought over water-scarce Central Asia aggravated by internal climate variability35
Top-down control on water subduction35
Methane leakage through the sulfate–methane transition zone of the Baltic seabed35
Advancing geoscience with AI34
Garnet the gift that keeps on giving34
Connecting geology to ecology34
Late Miocene onset of hyper-aridity in East Antarctica indicated by meteoric beryllium-10 in permafrost34
High-altitude glacier archives lost due to climate change-related melting34
The extra climate benefits of solar farms34
An initial map of fine-scale heterogeneity in the Earth’s inner core34
Consumers of nitrite help nitrite accumulate in anoxic oceanic zones33
Soil carbon sequestration enhanced by long-term nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization33
Earth-like lithospheric thickness and heat flow on Venus consistent with active rifting33
Contribution of lake littoral zones to the continental carbon budget33
A conversation on air pollution in China32
Widespread and systematic effects of fire on plant–soil water relations32
Global increase in biomass carbon stock dominated by growth of northern young forests over past decade32
Permafrost cooled in winter by thermal bridging through snow-covered shrub branches32
Geometric controls on cascading rupture of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake doublet31
Steady threefold Arctic amplification of externally forced warming masked by natural variability31
Deep hydration and lithospheric thinning at oceanic transform plate boundaries31
Upwelling of melt-depleted mantle under Iceland31
Underestimated burden of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in global surface waters and groundwaters30
The value of scientific ocean drilling for early career researchers30
Large-scale ice-shelf calving events follow prolonged amplifications in flexure30
Collaboration between women helps close the gender gap in ice core science30
A rock record of H2 production in the ancient Earth30
Fluctuating evolution of seawater oxygen before the Great Oxidation Event30
Adapting to AI29
Pollution drives multidecadal decline in subarctic methanesulfonic acid29
Moon’s crustal porosity records impact history29
Composition of asteroid Bennu transformed by aqueous alteration29
Sea-level stability over geological time owing to limited deep subduction of hydrated mantle29
Benthic δ18O records Earth’s energy imbalance29
Diurnal warming rectification in the tropical Pacific linked to sea surface temperature front28
Multi-month forecasts of marine heatwaves and ocean acidification extremes28
Utility of artificial intelligence in geoscience28
Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau driven by mantle delamination from the overriding plate28
Mitigating sinkhole hazards intensified by climate change28
Rapid crustal transit of magmas beneath the Main Ethiopian Rift28
Warming beneath an East Antarctic ice shelf due to increased subpolar westerlies and reduced sea ice28
Mid-Pliocene El Niño/Southern Oscillation suppressed by Pacific intertropical convergence zone shift28
Positive correlation between wet-day frequency and intensity linked to universal precipitation drivers27
Long-term carbon storage in shelf sea sediments reduced by intensive bottom trawling27
Mediterranean summer marine heatwaves triggered by weaker winds under subtropical ridges27
Long-term eruption forecasting27
Confronting the water potential information gap27
Shortwave absorption by wildfire smoke dominated by dark brown carbon27
Shifts in regional water availability due to global tree restoration27
The Shatsky Rise oceanic plateau formed through plume–ridge interaction26
Phosphorus’s cosmic courier26
Author Correction: An ongoing satellite–ring cycle of Mars and the origins of Phobos and Deimos26
Noble gas evidence of a millennial-scale deep North Pacific palaeo-barometric anomaly26
Closed ocean gateways in the Canadian archipelago are key to glaciation in Scandinavia26
Past Earth warmed by tidal resonance-induced organization of clouds under a shorter day25
Carbon dioxide enrichment suppresses autotrophic nitrifiers in a rice ecosystem25
Multidecadal persistence of soil carbon gains on retired cropland following fertilizer cessation25
Carbon storage in coastal wetlands25
Limited decrease of Southern Ocean sulfur productivity across the penultimate termination25
Risks to carbon storage from land-use change revealed by peat thickness maps of Peru24
Poleward migration of tropical cyclones over 1980–2024 is dominated by Pacific variability24
Climatic and tectonic drivers of late Oligocene Antarctic ice volume24
Bombardment history of the Moon constrained by crustal porosity24
A West Antarctic grounding-zone environment shaped by episodic water flow24
Oxygenation of the Baltoscandian shelf linked to Ordovician biodiversification24
Soil respiration response to decade-long warming modulated by soil moisture in a boreal forest24
Save the data24
Publisher Correction: Atmospheric methane variability through the Last Glacial Maximum and deglaciation mainly controlled by tropical sources23
Asthenospheric low-velocity zone consistent with globally prevalent partial melting23
Enhanced clay formation key in sustaining the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum23
Global water availability boosted by vegetation-driven changes in atmospheric moisture transport23
Satellite data show increased biomass carbon stocks in northern young forests23
Relative increases in CH4 and CO2 emissions from wetlands under global warming dependent on soil carbon substrates23
Global patterns of organic carbon transfer and accumulation across the land–ocean continuum constrained by radiocarbon data23
Inhibition of autotrophic nitrifiers in a nitrogen-rich paddy soil by elevated CO223
Dust emission increases following large wildfires23
Earth science looks to outer space23
Megafloods in Europe can be anticipated from observations in hydrologically similar catchments23
Diminishing lake area across the northern permafrost zone23
Tectonics of copper mineralization23
A high-resolution global model nails down the primary driving force of the India–Asia collision22
River capture enhances the uplift of Chomolungma22
Deglaciation drove seawater infiltration and slowed submarine groundwater discharge22
Satellite data shows Antarctic Peninsula glaciers flow faster in summer22
Seismic evidence for oceanic plate delamination offshore Southwest Iberia21
Southern Ocean summer warming is regulated by storm-driven mixing21
Distribution of lunar surface water dependent on latitude and regolith maturity21
Coral bleaching and mortality overestimated in projections based on Degree Heating Months21
Emergence of wind ripples controlled by mechanics of grain–bed impacts21
A partially molten mantle21
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