Nature Geoscience

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Geoscience is 20. 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 2021-01-01 to 2025-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Asymmetric impacts of forest gain and loss on tropical land surface temperature646
Ozone depletion over the Arctic affects spring climate in the Northern Hemisphere546
Hazard perception418
Hydrogen dances in the deep mantle270
Dynamic history of the inner core constrained by seismic anisotropy249
Nitrogen isotopic constraints on nutrient transport to the upper ocean238
Mineral-catalysed formation of marine NO and N2O on the anoxic early Earth230
Formation of oxidized sulfur-rich magmas in Neoarchaean subduction zones208
Nonlinear forcing of climate on mountain denudation during glaciations182
A common precursor for global hotspot lavas175
Reduced productivity and carbon drawdown of tropical forests from ground-level ozone exposure171
Limited carbon cycling due to high-pressure effects on the deep-sea microbiome151
Rapid loss of complex polymers and pyrogenic carbon in subsoils under whole-soil warming150
Wetter and drier regions as large-scale tree restoration shifts water fluxes144
Seismic methodologies key to unlocking Earth’s lowermost mantle123
Local surface cooling from afforestation amplified by lower aerosol pollution123
Pervasive fluorinated chemicals115
Forming the oldest-surviving crust111
Tetrataenite’s magnetic personality105
A conversation on air pollution in China100
Meteorological phenomena on Mars observed by the Perseverance rover99
Garnet the gift that keeps on giving98
Late Miocene onset of hyper-aridity in East Antarctica indicated by meteoric beryllium-10 in permafrost98
Magma behaving brittly98
Cooler forests in clean air97
Aftershocks of megathrust earthquakes undergo a central shutdown and surrounding activation95
Deep mantle water prefers slabs93
Silica in a state of shock87
A record of plume-induced plate rotation triggering subduction initiation86
Atmospheric impacts of the space industry require oversight86
The number and location of Jupiter’s circumpolar cyclones explained by vorticity dynamics82
Superionic iron oxide–hydroxide in Earth’s deep mantle82
Rapid decline in Antarctic sea ice in recent years hints at future change81
How language can be a path away from neo-colonialism in geoscience80
Reconstruction of Patagonia’s glacial history informs key global climate drivers78
Evidence of strong aerosol cooling implies great efficacy of marine cloud brightening76
Evolution of Earth’s oxygenation and temperature depends on surface carbonate accumulation73
A weak and active surface of Bennu72
Bubble bursts increase melt rates of tidewater glaciers71
Minerals matter70
Plants rooted in rocks70
Upwelling of melt-depleted mantle under Iceland70
Collaboration between artificial intelligence and Earth science communities for mutual benefit69
Nuna supercontinent assembly linked to carbon cycling in shear zones 1.9–1.7 billion years ago69
Advancing geoscience with AI69
Hidden rivers under Antarctica impact ice flow and stability68
Pulses in silicic arc magmatism initiate end-Permian climate instability and extinction67
Planting trees to combat drought67
Substantial increase in China’s manufactured sand supply since 201065
Mantle driven mountains64
Scorched minerals in sedimentary rocks63
My journey out of fossil fuel-funded research62
Deformation-controlled long-period seismicity in low-cohesion volcanic sediments61
Amphibole interlocking into jade60
Steady threefold Arctic amplification of externally forced warming masked by natural variability59
Majority of global river flow sustained by groundwater58
Fidelity of turbidites as earthquake records58
Fire enhances forest degradation within forest edge zones in Africa56
Hydrothermal flow and serpentinization in oceanic core complexes controlled by mafic intrusions56
Correlation of porosity variations and rheological transitions on the southern Cascadia megathrust56
Postseismic geodetic signature of cold forearc mantle in subduction zones56
Synthesis of 13C-depleted organic matter from CO in a reducing early Martian atmosphere56
Multifaceted aerosol effects on precipitation55
Arc volcano activity driven by small-scale metasomatism of the magma source54
Sulfur speciation matters54
High-altitude glacier archives lost due to climate change-related melting54
Enhanced stability of grassland soil temperature by plant diversity53
Increased carbon footprint of materials production driven by rise in investments53
Crater population on asteroid (101955) Bennu indicates impact armouring and a young surface53
Connecting geology to ecology53
Potential CO2 removal from enhanced weathering by ecosystem responses to powdered rock53
Secular craton evolution due to cyclic deformation of underlying dense mantle lithosphere52
Response of stratospheric water vapour to warming constrained by satellite observations51
Multi-decadal trends in Antarctic sea-ice extent driven by ENSO–SAM over the last 2,000 years51
Permafrost cooled in winter by thermal bridging through snow-covered shrub branches49
Lateral expansion of northern peatlands calls into question a 1,055 GtC estimate of carbon storage49
Deep hydration and lithospheric thinning at oceanic transform plate boundaries48
Similar seismic moment release process for shallow and deep earthquakes47
Surface warming and wetting due to methane’s long-wave radiative effects muted by short-wave absorption47
Top-down control on water subduction47
Epipelagic nitrous oxide production offsets carbon sequestration by the biological pump47
Rapid recycling of subducted sedimentary carbon revealed by Afghanistan carbonatite volcano46
Widespread and systematic effects of fire on plant–soil water relations45
Nitrogen fixation in the North Atlantic supported by Gulf Stream eddy-borne diazotrophs45
Centennial-scale variations in the carbon cycle enhanced by high obliquity45
Links between large igneous province volcanism and subducted iron formations45
Inhibition of phototrophic iron oxidation by nitric oxide in ferruginous environments45
Newly formed craters on Mars located using seismic and acoustic wave data from InSight44
A further source of Tokyo earthquakes and Pacific Ocean tsunamis44
Persistent orbital influence on millennial climate variability through the Pleistocene44
Global patterns of water storage in the rooting zones of vegetation44
Orange hydrogen is the new green42
Arctic sea-ice loss fuels extreme European snowfall41
Soil organic matter formation and loss are mediated by root exudates in a temperate forest41
Methane hydrate dissociation across the Oligocene–Miocene boundary41
An initial map of fine-scale heterogeneity in the Earth’s inner core41
Forest vulnerability to drought controlled by bedrock composition40
Reduced phosphorus availability in paddy soils under atmospheric CO2 enrichment40
Drivers of PM2.5 air pollution deaths in China 2002–201740
Substantial carbon drawdown potential from enhanced rock weathering in the United Kingdom40
Pacific shoreline erosion and accretion patterns controlled by El Niño/Southern Oscillation40
Late Ordovician climate change and extinctions driven by elevated volcanic nutrient supply40
Carbonate record of temporal change in oxygen fugacity and gaseous species in asteroid Ryugu40
Granular decoherence precedes ice mélange failure and glacier calving at Jakobshavn Isbræ40
Recent state transition of the Arctic Ocean’s Beaufort Gyre40
Global cycling and climate effects of aeolian dust controlled by biological soil crusts39
Rewetting global wetlands effectively reduces major greenhouse gas emissions39
Underestimated burden of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in global surface waters and groundwaters38
Substantial and increasing global losses of timber-producing forest due to wildfires38
AI-empowered next-generation multiscale climate modelling for mitigation and adaptation38
Millennial atmospheric CO2 changes linked to ocean ventilation modes over past 150,000 years38
High water content of arc magmas recorded in cumulates from subduction zone lower crust38
Global increase in biomass carbon stock dominated by growth of northern young forests over past decade38
A satellite-derived baseline of photosynthetic life across Antarctica38
A biogeochemical–hydrological framework for the role of redox-active compounds in aquatic systems38
Author Correction: Tipping point in ice-sheet grounding-zone melting due to ocean water intrusion37
Geometric controls on cascading rupture of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake doublet37
Earth-like lithospheric thickness and heat flow on Venus consistent with active rifting37
Amplified warming of extreme temperatures over tropical land37
Author Correction: Frequent marine heatwaves hidden below the surface of the global ocean37
Cenozoic eastward growth of the Tibetan Plateau controlled by tearing of the Indian slab37
Author Correction: Large subglacial source of mercury from the southwestern margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet36
Publisher Correction: Phosphorus availability on the early Earth and the impacts of life36
A tree of Indo-African mantle plumes imaged by seismic tomography36
Publisher Correction: Megathrusts exhumed36
Rates of seafloor and continental weathering govern Phanerozoic marine phosphate levels36
Addendum: Microbial decomposition of marine dissolved organic matter in cool oceanic crust36
Drought response of the boreal forest carbon sink is driven by understorey–tree composition36
Author Correction: Rivers as the largest source of mercury to coastal oceans worldwide35
Isotopic evidence against North Pacific Deep Water formation during late Pliocene warmth35
Deep formation of Earth’s earliest continental crust consistent with subduction35
Intrusions induce global warming before continental flood basalt volcanism34
Decline in atmospheric nitrogen deposition in China between 2010 and 202034
Author Correction: Regional stratification at the top of Earth’s core due to core–mantle boundary heat flux variations34
Publisher Correction: Direct observation of Earth’s spectral long-wave feedback parameter33
Author Correction: An unshakable carbon budget for the Himalaya33
Glacial deep ocean deoxygenation driven by biologically mediated air–sea disequilibrium32
Weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation driven by subarctic freshening since the mid-twentieth century32
Deceptively critical sphalerite32
Frequent rainfall-induced new particle formation within the canopy in the Amazon rainforest32
Methane evades microbes32
Ice-shelf disintegration in East Antarctica32
The palaeoclimate potential of continental scientific drilling32
Booming solar energy is encroaching on cropland31
A step forward to mitigate ozone31
Atlantic circulation change still uncertain31
Sulfur emissions from consumption by developed and developing countries produce comparable climate impacts31
Constraint on net primary productivity of the global ocean by Argo oxygen measurements31
Cooling Himalayan glaciers30
Utility of artificial intelligence in geoscience30
Regional variations in relative sea-level changes influenced by nonlinear vertical land motion30
Geology for the wellbeing economy30
Blame the river not the rain30
Acceleration of a large deep-seated tropical landslide due to urbanization feedbacks30
Pollution drives multidecadal decline in subarctic methanesulfonic acid30
NO2 satellite retrievals biased by absorption in water30
All aboard the transfer train29
The sinuosity patterns of lowland meandering rivers on Earth and Mars29
Long-lived shallow slow-slip events on the Sunda megathrust29
Decolonizing geoscience requires more than equity and inclusion28
Disappearance of Arctic sea ice during summers of the Last Interglacial28
Fluid transport and storage in the Cascadia forearc influenced by overriding plate lithology28
Longitudinal structure of Earth’s magnetic field controlled by lower mantle heat flow28
Ubiquitous magnetite28
Bipolar control on changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide over millennial timescales27
Highly variable friction and slip observed at Antarctic ice stream bed27
The magmatic architecture and evolution of the Chang’e-5 lunar basalts27
Rumbling rubble-pile asteroids27
A rock record of H2 production in the ancient Earth27
Emergence of lake conditions that exceed natural temperature variability27
Holocene ice-stream shutdown and drainage basin reconfiguration in northeast Greenland27
Calving prediction from ice mélange motion26
The bedrock of forest drought26
Opening up26
Shortwave absorption by wildfire smoke dominated by dark brown carbon25
Palaeozoic cooling modulated by ophiolite weathering through organic carbon preservation25
Global riverine land-to-ocean carbon export constrained by observations and multi-model assessment25
Half of global methane emissions come from highly variable aquatic ecosystem sources25
Increased outburst flood hazard from Lake Palcacocha due to human-induced glacier retreat25
The value of scientific ocean drilling for early career researchers25
Disrupt and demystify the unwritten rules of graduate school25
Delving in to deep time25
Positive correlation between wet-day frequency and intensity linked to universal precipitation drivers25
Calcium carbonate dissolution patterns in the ocean25
Ice velocity and thickness of the world’s glaciers25
Collaboration between women helps close the gender gap in ice core science25
Adapting to AI25
Eruption at basaltic calderas forecast by magma flow rate25
Publisher Correction: Ozone pollution mitigation strategy informed by long-term trends of atmospheric oxidation capacity25
Choppy seas for deep ocean drilling25
Complexities of coastal resilience24
Facilitating code peer review24
Submarine terraced deposits linked to periodic collapse of caldera-forming eruption columns24
Benthic δ18O records Earth’s energy imbalance24
Formation of manganese oxides on early Mars due to active halogen cycling24
Scaling through ocean carbon24
Spotlighting our papers24
Robotic exploration of sub-ice shelf melting and freezing processes24
Estimating pi using geoscience23
Oceanic transform fault seismicity and slip mode influenced by seawater infiltration23
Diurnal warming rectification in the tropical Pacific linked to sea surface temperature front23
Deep Earth bound by water23
Breaking subductions’ fourth wall23
Wind-steered Eastern Pathway of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation23
Air temperature — not just ocean warming — affects submarine melting of Greenland glaciers23
Don’t judge the Moon’s interior by its cover23
Diverse slip behaviour of velocity-weakening fault barriers23
A current take on past overturning22
Underwater terraced deposits chronicle volcanic eruptions22
Unravelling ENSO complexity22
Clay minerals store organic carbon and cool Earth’s climate over millions of years22
Penultimate deglaciation Asian monsoon response to North Atlantic circulation collapse22
Moon’s crustal porosity records impact history22
Preferential phosphorus retention in lakes alters the balance of global nutrient cycles22
The rise of the Tibetan Plateau was controlled by overriding plate mantle delamination21
Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau driven by mantle delamination from the overriding plate21
Competing for phosphorus21
Slushy surface of Antarctic ice shelves21
Up in the aerosol21
Lingering end to a salinity crisis21
Retention of water in subducted slabs under core–mantle boundary conditions21
The case for a lunar anthropocene21
High clouds and higher sensitivity20
Arctic rivers tell tales of change20
Tsunami size variability with rupture depth20
Valuing wetlands20
Tropical forest loss alters land surface temperature more than tropical forest gain20
Late Miocene onset of the modern Antarctic Circumpolar Current20
Feedbacks between phytoplankton and nutrient cycles in a warming ocean20
Widespread increases in soluble phosphorus concentrations in streams across the transboundary Great Lakes Basin20
Deep CO2 release and the carbon budget of the central Apennines modulated by geodynamics20
Cycling carbon with coccolithophores20
A curved post-garnet boundary enhances slab and plume dynamics in the Earth’s mantle20
Primordial helium extracted from the Earth’s core through magnesium oxide exsolution20
Climate variability a key driver of recent Antarctic ice-mass change20
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