Nature Climate Change

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Climate Change is 2. 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 2020-12-01 to 2024-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Climate warming enhances microbial network complexity and stability1014
Global maps of twenty-first century forest carbon fluxes590
The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change544
Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change477
Anthropogenic climate change has slowed global agricultural productivity growth439
The meaning of net zero and how to get it right422
Over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by climate change392
Potential and risks of hydrogen-based e-fuels in climate change mitigation369
Rapid intensification of the emerging southwestern North American megadrought in 2020–2021329
Increasing probability of record-shattering climate extremes312
A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change307
Climate change impacts on renewable energy supply303
A global analysis of subsidence, relative sea-level change and coastal flood exposure260
Pronounced loss of Amazon rainforest resilience since the early 2000s252
Plant pathogen infection risk tracks global crop yields under climate change246
A sustainable development pathway for climate action within the UN 2030 Agenda236
A proposed global layout of carbon capture and storage in line with a 2 °C climate target233
Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of well-being206
A digital twin of Earth for the green transition205
Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation204
Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink203
Increasing impact of warm droughts on northern ecosystem productivity over recent decades201
Carbon loss from forest degradation exceeds that from deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon198
Fossil CO2 emissions in the post-COVID-19 era198
Inequitable patterns of US flood risk in the Anthropocene196
Observed increases in extreme fire weather driven by atmospheric humidity and temperature193
Increasing risk of glacial lake outburst floods from future Third Pole deglaciation190
Climate change decisive for Asia’s snow meltwater supply182
Anthropogenic emissions and urbanization increase risk of compound hot extremes in cities180
Global multi-model projections of local urban climates170
Climate change threatens terrestrial water storage over the Tibetan Plateau165
Soil moisture–atmosphere feedbacks mitigate declining water availability in drylands164
Increased economic drought impacts in Europe with anthropogenic warming158
Meta-analyses of fifteen determinants of public opinion about climate change taxes and laws152
Extreme sea levels at different global warming levels151
Wave of net zero emission targets opens window to meeting the Paris Agreement148
Precipitation trends determine future occurrences of compound hot–dry events147
Aerosols in current and future Arctic climate143
Winter melt trends portend widespread declines in snow water resources140
Future increases in Arctic lightning and fire risk for permafrost carbon135
Impacts of COVID-19 and fiscal stimuli on global emissions and the Paris Agreement134
Cost and attainability of meeting stringent climate targets without overshoot132
Constraining human contributions to observed warming since the pre-industrial period130
Aligning artificial intelligence with climate change mitigation129
A social–ecological perspective on climate anxiety in children and adolescents128
Business risk and the emergence of climate analytics125
Next-generation ensemble projections reveal higher climate risks for marine ecosystems123
Day-to-day temperature variability reduces economic growth122
No projected global drylands expansion under greenhouse warming118
Increased ENSO sea surface temperature variability under four IPCC emission scenarios118
Climate change experiences raise environmental concerns and promote Green voting116
Climate change increases global risk to urban forests113
Widespread shift from ecosystem energy to water limitation with climate change113
Tropical cyclone climatology change greatly exacerbates US extreme rainfall–surge hazard111
Soil quality both increases crop production and improves resilience to climate change110
Biodiversity–productivity relationships are key to nature-based climate solutions110
The blue carbon wealth of nations109
Systematic review of the outcomes and trade-offs of ten types of decarbonization policy instruments109
Stranded fossil-fuel assets translate to major losses for investors in advanced economies108
Growing polarization around climate change on social media106
COVID-19-induced low power demand and market forces starkly reduce CO2 emissions105
Machine-learning-based evidence and attribution mapping of 100,000 climate impact studies105
Dryland productivity under a changing climate105
Uncertain storage prospects create a conundrum for carbon capture and storage ambitions105
Atmospheric dynamic constraints on Tibetan Plateau freshwater under Paris climate targets103
Climate change drives widespread shifts in lake thermal habitat101
Impact of high-speed rail on road traffic and greenhouse gas emissions101
Zonally contrasting shifts of the tropical rain belt in response to climate change100
Constraining the increased frequency of global precipitation extremes under warming100
Estimating the global risk of anthropogenic climate change97
Emergent biogeochemical risks from Arctic permafrost degradation97
Potential impacts and challenges of border carbon adjustments95
Temperatures that sterilize males better match global species distributions than lethal temperatures94
Sources of uncertainty in long-term global scenarios of solar photovoltaic technology92
Plausible energy demand patterns in a growing global economy with climate policy91
Global changes in oceanic mesoscale currents over the satellite altimetry record91
Declining tropical cyclone frequency under global warming90
Biophysical and economic constraints on China’s natural climate solutions89
Asymmetry in the climate–carbon cycle response to positive and negative CO2 emissions86
A multi-model analysis of long-term emissions and warming implications of current mitigation efforts86
Tradeoff of CO2 and CH4 emissions from global peatlands under water-table drawdown85
Observational constraints on low cloud feedback reduce uncertainty of climate sensitivity85
Cost and emissions pathways towards net-zero climate impacts in aviation84
Why residual emissions matter right now83
Future reversal of warming-enhanced vegetation productivity in the Northern Hemisphere83
Ageing society in developed countries challenges carbon mitigation81
Future warming from global food consumption81
Limited impacts of carbon tax rebate programmes on public support for carbon pricing80
Rebooting a failed promise of climate finance79
Climate services promise better decisions but mainly focus on better data78
Maladaptation, migration and extirpation fuel climate change risk in a forest tree species77
Impact of 1, 2 and 4 °C of global warming on ship navigation in the Canadian Arctic76
Warming reduces global agricultural production by decreasing cropping frequency and yields76
Evapotranspiration frequently increases during droughts76
Protect, manage and then restore lands for climate mitigation75
Enhanced risk of concurrent regional droughts with increased ENSO variability and warming75
Increased drought effects on the phenology of autumn leaf senescence75
Upper environmental pCO2 drives sensitivity to ocean acidification in marine invertebrates74
The importance of warm habitat to the growth regime of cold-water fishes74
Global patterns of geo-ecological controls on the response of soil respiration to warming73
Rapid increases and extreme months in projections of United States high-tide flooding73
Critical adjustment of land mitigation pathways for assessing countries’ climate progress73
Future high-resolution El Niño/Southern Oscillation dynamics72
Differences in the temperature dependence of wetland CO2 and CH4 emissions vary with water table depth71
Coastal vegetation and estuaries are collectively a greenhouse gas sink71
Empirical evidence for recent global shifts in vegetation resilience70
Ethical choices behind quantifications of fair contributions under the Paris Agreement69
Widespread spring phenology effects on drought recovery of Northern Hemisphere ecosystems69
Health co-benefits of climate change mitigation depend on strategic power plant retirements and pollution controls68
African heritage sites threatened as sea-level rise accelerates68
Gender equality in climate policy and practice hindered by assumptions67
Diverse carbon dioxide removal approaches could reduce impacts on the energy–water–land system67
Phenological mismatches between above- and belowground plant responses to climate warming65
An underestimated negative cloud feedback from cloud lifetime changes65
Renewable energy certificates threaten the integrity of corporate science-based targets64
Climate change reshuffles northern species within their niches64
Climate change as a global amplifier of human–wildlife conflict63
2021 North American heatwave amplified by climate change-driven nonlinear interactions62
Ambitious partnership needed for reliable climate prediction62
Disturbance suppresses the aboveground carbon sink in North American boreal forests61
Increase in Arctic coastal erosion and its sensitivity to warming in the twenty-first century61
Trade-linked shipping CO2 emissions60
Shifting Republican views on climate change through targeted advertising60
Climatic limit for agriculture in Brazil58
Ratcheting of climate pledges needed to limit peak global warming55
Emissions rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic55
Permafrost thaw drives surface water decline across lake-rich regions of the Arctic55
Eastern equatorial Pacific warming delayed by aerosols and thermostat response to CO2 increase54
Civil disobedience by scientists helps press for urgent climate action54
Greenland ice sheet climate disequilibrium and committed sea-level rise53
Unpriced climate risk and the potential consequences of overvaluation in US housing markets53
Tropical forest restoration under future climate change53
South Asian agriculture increasingly dependent on meltwater and groundwater53
Rising risks of late-spring frosts in a changing climate53
Observational constraint on cloud feedbacks suggests moderate climate sensitivity53
Increasing the number of stressors reduces soil ecosystem services worldwide52
Prioritizing forestation based on biogeochemical and local biogeophysical impacts51
Effective climate change adaptation means supporting community autonomy51
Climate action with revenue recycling has benefits for poverty, inequality and well-being51
Decarbonization pathways for the residential sector in the United States50
Climate change literacy in Africa50
Recent intensification of wetland methane feedback50
Hysteresis of the intertropical convergence zone to CO2 forcing49
A climate risk index for marine life49
Phenological shifts of abiotic events, producers and consumers across a continent49
Don’t forget subterranean ecosystems in climate change agendas49
Global warming overshoots increase risks of climate tipping cascades in a network model49
Residual flood damage under intensive adaptation48
Ocean warming and accelerating Southern Ocean zonal flow48
The great acceleration of plant phenological shifts48
Widespread irreversible changes in surface temperature and precipitation in response to CO2 forcing48
Double benefit of limiting global warming for tropical cyclone exposure47
Data-driven reconstruction reveals large-scale ocean circulation control on coastal sea level47
Reconciling disagreement on global river flood changes in a warming climate47
Contribution of prioritized urban nature-based solutions allocation to carbon neutrality46
Threat by marine heatwaves to adaptive large marine ecosystems in an eddy-resolving model46
Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions46
Quantifying global potential for coral evolutionary response to climate change46
Net zero-emission pathways reduce the physical and economic risks of climate change46
Climate and land-use changes reduce the benefits of terrestrial protected areas46
The cost of mitigation revisited45
Filling the evidentiary gap in climate litigation45
Enhanced North Pacific impact on El Niño/Southern Oscillation under greenhouse warming45
Decoupling of the Arctic Oscillation and North Atlantic Oscillation in a warmer climate45
Assessing the size and uncertainty of remaining carbon budgets44
The impact of climate change on the productivity of conservation agriculture44
Hot extremes have become drier in the United States Southwest44
Nation-wide mapping of tree-level aboveground carbon stocks in Rwanda44
Biocrusts mediate a new mechanism for land degradation under a changing climate43
Climate change affects land-disposed waste43
Integrated perspective on translating biophysical to economic impacts of climate change43
Rapid, but limited, zooplankton adaptation to simultaneous warming and acidification42
Socio-political feasibility of coal power phase-out and its role in mitigation pathways42
Revisiting the promise of carbon labelling42
The adverse consequences of global harvest and weather disruptions on economic activity42
Determining the credibility of commitments in international climate policy41
More frequent atmospheric rivers slow the seasonal recovery of Arctic sea ice41
Cost-effective adaptation strategies to rising river flood risk in Europe40
Robust decrease in El Niño/Southern Oscillation amplitude under long-term warming40
Younger trees in the upper canopy are more sensitive but also more resilient to drought40
Observed influence of anthropogenic climate change on tropical cyclone heavy rainfall40
Genomic evidence of past and future climate-linked loss in a migratory Arctic fish39
Weakening greenhouse gas sink of pristine wetlands under warming39
Emergence of climate change in the tropical Pacific39
Trees outside of forests as natural climate solutions39
Climate change increases resource-constrained international immobility39
Near-term transition and longer-term physical climate risks of greenhouse gas emissions pathways38
Definitions and implications of climate-neutral aviation38
The small scales of the ocean may hold the key to surprises38
Humans, climate and streamflow38
Natural variability has dominated Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation since 190038
Projected increase in global runoff dominated by land surface changes38
Wildfire and degradation accelerate northern peatland carbon release37
Novel wheat varieties facilitate deep sowing to beat the heat of changing climates37
Teleconnections among tipping elements in the Earth system37
The impact of near-real-time deforestation alerts across the tropics36
A regime shift in seasonal total Antarctic sea ice extent in the twentieth century36
Estimating the timing of geophysical commitment to 1.5 and 2.0 °C of global warming36
Seasonal increase of methane emissions linked to warming in Siberian tundra36
300 years of sclerosponge thermometry shows global warming has exceeded 1.5 °C36
Greater committed warming after accounting for the pattern effect36
Imminent loss of climate space for permafrost peatlands in Europe and Western Siberia36
Climate change upsets agriculture36
Adaptive emission reduction approach to reach any global warming target35
Contextualizing cross-national patterns in household climate change adaptation35
Radical interventions for climate-impacted systems35
Co-firing plants with retrofitted carbon capture and storage for power-sector emissions mitigation35
Interbasin and interhemispheric impacts of a collapsed Atlantic Overturning Circulation34
Drivers of ocean warming in the western boundary currents of the Southern Hemisphere34
Increasing sequential tropical cyclone hazards along the US East and Gulf coasts34
Macroclimate data overestimate range shifts of plants in response to climate change34
Long-term evolution of ocean eddy activity in a warming world34
The value of values in climate science34
Increasing terrestrial ecosystem carbon release in response to autumn cooling and warming33
A framework for national scenarios with varying emission reductions33
Decreasing rainfall frequency contributes to earlier leaf onset in northern ecosystems33
Global decline of pelagic fauna in a warmer ocean33
Publisher Correction: Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation33
Freshwater forcing of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation revisited33
A climate club to decarbonize the global steel industry33
The surprisingly inexpensive cost of state-driven emission control strategies32
Soil heat extremes can outpace air temperature extremes32
Using large ensembles of climate change mitigation scenarios for robust insights32
Global warming decreases connectivity among coral populations32
Social cost of carbon estimates have increased over time31
Deciphering the multiple effects of climate warming on the temporal shift of leaf unfolding31
A multimodel analysis of post-Glasgow climate targets and feasibility challenges31
Unintended consequences of climate change mitigation for African river basins31
Widespread deoxygenation in warming rivers31
Navigating the continuum between adaptation and maladaptation31
Emergence of seasonal delay of tropical rainfall during 1979–201930
Co-benefits of carbon neutrality in enhancing and stabilizing solar and wind energy30
Future Southern Ocean warming linked to projected ENSO variability30
Towards climate-smart, three-dimensional protected areas for biodiversity conservation in the high seas30
Achieving Paris climate goals calls for increasing ambition of the Kigali Amendment30
Stratospheric ozone depletion and tropospheric ozone increases drive Southern Ocean interior warming29
The critical benefits of snowpack insulation and snowmelt for winter wheat productivity29
Meta-analysis on necessary investment shifts to reach net zero pathways in Europe29
Restructuring of plankton genomic biogeography in the surface ocean under climate change29
A constraint on historic growth in global photosynthesis due to rising CO229
Globally representative evidence on the actual and perceived support for climate action29
Poleward shift of Circumpolar Deep Water threatens the East Antarctic Ice Sheet28
Risk transfer policies and climate-induced immobility among smallholder farmers28
How the USA can benefit from risk-based premiums combined with flood protection28
Woody-biomass projections and drivers of change in sub-Saharan Africa28
Drivers of exceptional coastal warming in the northeastern United States28
Disruption of ecological networks in lakes by climate change and nutrient fluctuations28
Sensitivity of South American tropical forests to an extreme climate anomaly28
Climate-driven zooplankton shifts cause large-scale declines in food quality for fish28
Understanding urban plant phenology for sustainable cities and planet27
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