Nature Climate Change

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Climate Change is 23. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Source–sink switch813
Warmth shifts symbionts389
Winter sea-ice growth in the Arctic impeded by more frequent atmospheric rivers324
High chances of rainbows301
Enhance climate technology deployment in the Global South295
Why longer seasons with climate change may not increase tree growth277
Intense and prolonged subsurface marine heatwaves pose risk to biodiversity258
Glaciers give way to new coasts249
Attributing soybean production shocks242
Behaviour as leverage219
Forest composition change and biophysical climate feedbacks across boreal North America212
Only halving emissions by 2030 can minimize risks of crossing cryosphere thresholds203
Human-induced borealization leads to the collapse of Bering Sea snow crab202
Precipitation efficiency constraint on climate change201
Paris Agreement after 10 years199
Reconciling widely varying estimates of the global economic impacts from climate change194
Antarctic meteorites threatened by climate warming191
Future-making beyond (im)mobility through tethered resilience183
Cross-border CO2 transport decreases public acceptance of carbon capture and storage180
Slowdown of Antarctic Bottom Water export driven by climatic wind and sea-ice changes178
Climate change increases resource-constrained international immobility172
Plants countering downpours170
Atmospheric circulation-constrained model sensitivity recalibrates Arctic climate projections170
Author Correction: Assessing the size and uncertainty of remaining carbon budgets169
Essential but challenging climate change education in the Global South167
Plant–microbe interactions underpin contrasting enzymatic responses to wetland drainage159
Decarbonization pathways for the residential sector in the United States154
Wildfires offset the increasing but spatially heterogeneous Arctic–boreal CO2 uptake145
National models of climate governance among major emitters145
Macroclimate data overestimate range shifts of plants in response to climate change144
Transition risk in the banking sector142
Warming erodes climate connectivity for terrestrial vertebrates142
Renewable energy certificates threaten the integrity of corporate science-based targets138
Financials threaten to undermine the functioning of emissions markets138
Tasty plants and helpful ants136
Climate polarization is increasing on Twitter134
Heated beetles133
Pacific tropical instability waves have intensified since the 1990s133
Biased reports of species range shifts132
Interventions in education128
The effects on children122
Strong control of effective radiative forcing by the spatial pattern of absorbing aerosol118
Pathways to a safer planet118
Technological advances mitigate the impact of climate change on electric vehicle battery lifetimes117
Going beyond averages117
Discrepancies in national inventories reveal a large emissions gap in the wastewater sector117
Research that captures a changing world113
wMel replacement of dengue-competent mosquitoes is robust to near-term climate change112
Duplicating genomes to survive the heat110
Identifying critical intervention points for the prevention of cascading climate impacts110
Increasing surface runoff from Greenland’s firn areas109
Biochemical remodelling of phytoplankton cell composition under climate change108
Challenges of institutional adaptation108
The next generation of machine learning for tracking adaptation texts105
Limited accountability and awareness of corporate emissions target outcomes102
Climate change will exacerbate land conflict between agriculture and timber production102
Enhanced CO2 uptake of the coastal ocean is dominated by biological carbon fixation101
Global mitigation opportunities for the life cycle of natural gas-fired power101
Energy from buildings is key to a warming climate101
Embedding climate change education into higher-education programmes100
Long-term planning requires climate projections beyond 210099
Current national proposals are off track to meet carbon dioxide removal needs98
Author Correction: Flexible foraging behaviour increases predator vulnerability to climate change98
Unique thermal sensitivity imposes a cold-water energetic barrier for vertical migrators97
Accounting for Pacific climate variability increases projected global warming97
Drivers of ocean warming in the western boundary currents of the Southern Hemisphere95
A net-zero target compels a backward induction approach to climate policy94
Increased exposure of coastal cities to sea-level rise due to internal climate variability93
Status of global coastal adaptation92
Ambiguity of early warning signals for climate tipping points91
Empowering citizen-led adaptation to systemic climate change risks91
Assessing the size and uncertainty of remaining carbon budgets91
The rich bear their fair share of climate costs90
Projected increase in global runoff dominated by land surface changes90
Philosophers reinforce economists’ support for climate change mitigation89
Tidal melt87
The costs of flexible sale of reserves86
Emergency loan86
Net greenhouse gas source85
Publisher Correction: Record warming at the South Pole during the past three decades83
Author Correction: National models of climate governance among major emitters83
Soils worldwide suffer from the combined effects of multiple global change factors83
Urban heat islands increase or reduce mortality in different cities83
Author Correction: Feasibility of peak temperature targets in light of institutional constraints81
Global corporate tax competition leads to unintended yet non-negligible climate impacts80
Ice core records suggest that Antarctica is warming faster than the global average80
The mortality cost of climate change78
Promising climate progress from net-zero ambitions to the Paris Agreement goal76
Regenerative living cities and the urban climate–biodiversity–wellbeing nexus76
The expanding Indo-Pacific freshwater pool and changing freshwater pathway in the South Indian Ocean76
Private sector investments in climate change adaptation76
Arctic soil methane sink increases with drier conditions and higher ecosystem respiration75
Free riding in climate protests75
Impacts of climate change-related human migration on infectious diseases75
Increasing the number of stressors reduces soil ecosystem services worldwide75
Decreasing ice and colder winters75
Pathways towards 90% decarbonization of aviation by 205074
The Global Stocktake at COP2873
Hidden deep soil moisture droughts73
Antarctic shelf ocean warming and sea ice melt affected by projected El Niño changes72
A multi-model assessment of inequality and climate change72
Diverse carbon dioxide removal approaches could reduce impacts on the energy–water–land system72
Why residual emissions matter right now71
Cascading impacts of climate change on child survival and health in Africa70
Climate threats to coastal infrastructure and sustainable development outcomes70
Declining tropical cyclone frequency under global warming70
Analysing health system capacity and preparedness for climate change69
Harnessing AI and computing to advance climate modelling and prediction69
Widespread irreversible changes in surface temperature and precipitation in response to CO2 forcing68
Plant-by-plant decarbonization strategies for the global steel industry67
Flexible foraging behaviour increases predator vulnerability to climate change67
Pacific climate variability biases constrained warming projections towards low estimates65
National adaptation plans65
Consider physiology when translocating animals65
Plant processes matter64
Climate change raises costs for European forestry64
Art of communicating64
Climate change debates64
Anticipating climate impacts on nutrition through climate–crop nutrient modelling63
Gains and losses in forest cover have asymmetric effects on land surface temperature62
Wheat breeding strategies for increased climate resilience62
Overlooked toll of climate change on migrant children in the Americas62
Sharks at risk from climate-driven coastal upwelling62
Limited net poleward movement of reef species over a decade of climate extremes61
High-resolution modelling identifies the Bering Strait’s role in amplified Arctic warming60
Temperature effect on erosion-induced disturbances to soil organic carbon cycling60
Temperature optima of a natural diatom population increases as global warming proceeds59
Scope for waterfowl to speed up migration to a warming Arctic59
Supply, demand and polarization challenges facing US climate policies59
Data under duress58
Drought and electricity58
Accelerated warming in the North Pacific since 201358
Emergent climate change signals within Antarctic sea ice and associated ecosystems57
Recommendations for producing knowledge syntheses to inform climate change assessments56
Showy dragonflies are being driven extinct by warming and wildfire55
Personal experiences matter for climate action55
Extreme heat disproportionately exacerbates health issues by threatening fresh food supply55
Building façade photovoltaics enhance global climate resilience54
Vegetation recovery following retrogressive thaw slumps across northern tundra regions54
Eddy activity in the Arctic Ocean projected to surge in a warming world54
Distributional effects of expanding climate targets beyond CO254
Increased drought effects on the phenology of autumn leaf senescence53
Science-based targets53
Realizing the full potential of behavioural science for climate change mitigation53
Shifting rains53
Climate change exacerbates almost two-thirds of pathogenic diseases affecting humans53
A mix of reforestation methods offers more cost-effective climate mitigation53
Publisher Correction: Sea surface warming patterns drive hydrological sensitivity uncertainties52
Rivers accelerate and slow as temperatures rise52
Caution in the use of populism to describe distributional considerations of climate policy52
Accelerating finance for addressing loss and damage through the global stocktake52
Communicating the need for climate action51
Coastal flood risk to European surface transport infrastructure at different global warming levels51
Words for climate change are powerful but not magical50
A more quiescent deep ocean under global warming50
Structural lock-ins in tourism decarbonization and the alternative50
Small step funding models fit better for climate research49
Nature-based solutions can pave the way to carbon-neutral cities in 203049
Negative verbal probabilities undermine communication of climate science48
Big homes hinder emission cuts47
African perspectives on climate change research47
The environmental impact of multinational firms in Africa46
Widespread revisions of self-reported emissions by major US corporations46
Mountain rivers warming46
Seeing carbon dioxide emissions through the trees46
Younger trees in the upper canopy are more sensitive but also more resilient to drought45
Risk of isolation increases the urgency and spatial extent of climate change adaptation45
Potential hydropower contribution to mitigate climate risk and build resilience in Africa45
Leveraging neuroscience for climate change research45
Communicating future sea-level rise uncertainty and ambiguity to assessment users44
Assessing the impacts of fertility and retirement policies on China’s carbon emissions44
Climate-mediated shifts in temperature fluctuations promote extinction risk44
Drought and aridity influence internal migration worldwide43
The carbon dioxide removal gap42
Expanding rivers on the Greenland ice sheet’s surface drain more meltwater into the sea42
Terrestrial carbon dynamics in an era of increasing wildfire42
Understanding and overcoming climate obstruction42
Social-media tracks42
Global warming overshoots increase risks of climate tipping cascades in a network model42
Extreme weather event attribution predicts climate policy support across the world42
Bringing health out of the clinic and into the courts42
Mountain glaciers will lose their cooling capacity as they shrink41
The forest is not yet lost41
A deep dive into climate connectivity41
Climate change ‘heard’ in the ocean depths41
Rough years ahead40
Author Correction: Recommendations for producing knowledge syntheses to inform climate change assessments39
Artificial light reduces ecosystem carbon sinks39
Emerging risks along Arctic coastlines39
Funding African-led climate initiatives39
Climate policy feasibility across Europe relies on the conditional middle39
Author Correction: Distributional labour challenges and opportunities for decarbonizing the US power system39
Major step up in carbon capture and storage needed to keep warming below 2 °C39
Growing cropland emissions39
Novel temperatures are already widespread beneath the world’s tropical forest canopies38
The promise and limitations of using GenAI to reduce climate scepticism38
Development policy affects coastal flood exposure in China more than sea-level rise38
Enabling pathways for sustainable livelihoods in planned relocation38
Warming hotspots induced by more eddies38
Current and future methane emissions from boreal-Arctic wetlands and lakes37
City type specifies carbon cycle37
Consistent and replicable estimation of bilateral climate finance37
Defining transformational adaptation and why it matters36
Cost-effective adaptation strategies to rising river flood risk in Europe36
Greenland ice sheet climate disequilibrium and committed sea-level rise36
Frugivores enhance potential carbon recovery in fragmented landscapes36
Resolving the changing pace of Arctic rivers36
The changing nature of future Arctic marine heatwaves and its potential impacts on the ecosystem36
Predictability of abrupt shifts in dryland ecosystem functioning36
Increasing numbers of global change stressors reduce soil carbon worldwide36
Careering ahead35
Bats show hibernation flexibility35
Lake temperature and nutrient levels interact to reorganize ecological networks35
Navigating the black box of fair national emissions targets35
Reconciling disagreement on global river flood changes in a warming climate35
Climate wealth borrowing by countries since 195035
Deforestation may cause more widespread ectotherm population decline under climate change35
More eddying of subtropical western boundary currents boosts stratification and cools shelf seas35
A multimodel analysis of post-Glasgow climate targets and feasibility challenges35
Subsurface heatwaves in lakes35
Attributing human mortality from fire PM2.5 to climate change35
Flood-induced selective migration patterns examined35
Municipal finance shapes urban climate action and justice35
Sea-ice decline could keep zooplankton deeper for longer35
300 years of sclerosponge thermometry shows global warming has exceeded 1.5 °C35
Cost and emissions pathways towards net-zero climate impacts in aviation34
Soil carbon storage capacity of drylands under altered fire regimes34
Regional conditions determine thresholds of accelerated Antarctic basal melt in climate projection34
Spring phenology alters vegetation drought recovery34
Overcoming barriers to climate-smart agriculture in South Asia34
Effective domestic climate policies to protect small island states34
A framework for considering justice aspects in integrated wildfire risk management34
Biodiversity buffers the response of spring leaf unfolding to climate warming34
Fossil fuel subsidy reforms have become more fragile34
Principles for a post-growth scenario of ambitious mitigation and high human well-being34
Energy and socioeconomic system transformation through a decade of IPCC-assessed scenarios33
Tracking artificial intelligence in climate inventions with patent data33
Future warming from global food consumption33
Understanding eco-anxiety32
Reorienting climate litigation in a time of backlash32
Coal-exit alliance must confront freeriding sectors to propel Paris-aligned momentum32
Negotiating Nile infrastructure management should consider climate change uncertainties32
Ocean warming and warning32
Early-career researchers reflect on influential papers32
Vertically migrating phytoplankton fuel high oceanic primary production32
Sea-level rise causes shorebird population collapse before habitats drown32
Inconsistent national reports undercount wastewater emissions32
Recent reduced abyssal overturning and ventilation in the Australian Antarctic Basin31
Classifying different national approaches to climate governance31
Flood risks are insufficiently priced into housing markets but better pricing would leave some worse off31
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