OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Earths Future is 14. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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A Safety Factor Approach to Designing Urban Infrastructure for Dynamic Conditions	139
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The Role of Anthropogenic Forcings on Historical Sea‐Level Change in the Indo‐Pacific Warm Pool Region	120
Is Reservoir Storage Effectively Utilized in the Southeastern US? A Regional Assessment to Improve Water Supply Availability Considering Potential Storage and Flood Scenarios	112
Multi‐Centennial Variability of Yangtze Delta Growth Over the Last 2000 Years: Interplay of Climate and People	104
Sustainable Development Pathways for Chinese Cities: An Assessment of the Advanced Inclusive Wealth Index	103
Forest Carbon Storage in the Western United States: Distribution, Drivers, and Trends	100
Future Extreme Climate Events Threaten Alpine and Subalpine Woody Plants in China	100
Quantifying the Impact of Climate Change and Forest Management on Swedish Forest Ecosystems Using the Dynamic Vegetation Model LPJ‐GUESS	97
Projecting Changes in the Drivers of Compound Flooding in Europe Using CMIP6 Models	94
Fusion of Probabilistic Projections of Sea‐Level Rise	85
Vegetation Greening Mitigates the Impacts of Increasing Extreme Rainfall on Runoff Events	81
Large Divergence of Projected High Latitude Vegetation Composition and Productivity Due To Functional Trait Uncertainty	80
Changes in Compound Extreme Events and Their Impacts on Cropland Productivity in China, 1985–2019	79
The Weight of New York City: Possible Contributions to Subsidence From Anthropogenic Sources	78
Distinguishing Direct Human‐Driven Effects on the Global Terrestrial Water Cycle	73
Climate Warming Consistently Reduces Grassland Ecosystem Productivity	72
Defining the “Ice Shed” of the Arctic Ocean's Last Ice Area and Its Future Evolution	70
Marine Heatwaves Contribute More to Changing Air‐Water Exchange of Semi‐Volatile Organic Compounds Than Mean Sea Surface Temperature Rise	70
Global Wet/Dry Patterns and Mechanisms Since the Last Glacial Maximum: A Key to Future Projection	70
Delimiting China's Urban Growth Boundaries Under Localized Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and Various Urban Expansion Modes	70
Historical and Projected Cropland Impacts of Heatwaves in Central Asia Under Climate Change	65
Increasing Heat‐Stress Inequality in a Warming Climate	65

Revisiting the Global Methane Cycle Through Expert Opinion	65
Time Evolution of the Surface Urban Heat Island	64
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Weather Index Insurance Can Offset Heat‐Induced Rice Losses Under Global Warming	62
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A Convergence Science Approach to Understanding the Changing Arctic	59
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The Need for Multi‐Century Projections of Sea Level Rise	57
Knowns and Unknowns in Future Human Pressures on the Ocean	56
Controls of Ecohydrological Grassland Dynamics in Agrivoltaic Systems	55
Climate‐Driven Sea Level Rise Exacerbates Alaskan and Cascadian Tsunami Hazards in Southern California: Implications to Design Parameters	55
Will Anthropogenic Warming Increase Evapotranspiration? Examining Irrigation Water Demand Implications of Climate Change in California	54
Research Priorities for Climate Litigation	53
Meteorological Influences on Anthropogenic PM_2.5 in Future Climates: Species Level Analysis in the Community Earth System Model v2	53
Hysteretic Behavior of Global to Regional Monsoon Area Under CO₂ Ramp‐Up and Ramp‐Down	53
Assessing the Time of Emergence of Marine Ecosystems From Global to Local Scales Using IPSL‐CM6A‐LR/APECOSM Climate‐To‐Fish Ensemble Simulations	52
Characterizing Compound Inland Flooding Mechanisms and Risks in North America Under Climate Change	52
Temporal Scaling Characteristics of Sub‐Daily Precipitation in Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau	51
Localized Scenarios and Latitudinal Patterns of Vertical and Lateral Resilience of Tidal Marshes to Sea‐Level Rise in the Contiguous United States	50
Projecting Future Fire Regimes in a Semiarid Watershed of the Inland Northwestern United States: Interactions Among Climate Change, Vegetation Productivity, and Fuel Dynamics	49
Fire and Ice: The Impact of Wildfire‐Affected Albedo and Irradiance on Glacier Melt	48
Different Strategies of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Would Significantly Affect Climate Extreme Mitigation	48
Aotearoa New Zealand's 21st‐Century Wildfire Climate	47
Using Machine Learning to Cut the Cost of Dynamical Downscaling	47
Hydrological Intensification Will Increase the Complexity of Water Resource Management	47
Evaluating Adaptation Pathways in a Complex Multi‐Risk System	47
Remote Sensing Big Data for Water Environment Monitoring: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Prospects	46
Measuring and Attributing Sedimentary and Geomorphic Responses to Modern Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities	46
High‐Latitude Stratospheric Aerosol Injection to Preserve the Arctic	45
Net‐Zero CO₂ Germany—A Retrospect From the Year 2050	44
A Demonstration of a Simple Methodology of Flood Prediction for a Coastal City Under Threat of Sea Level Rise: The Case of Norfolk, VA, USA	44
Quantifying the Impact of Internal Variability on the CESM2 Control Algorithm for Stratospheric Aerosol Injection	44
Widespread Unquantified Conversion of Old Boreal Forests to Plantations	44
Globally Increasing Atmospheric Aridity Over the 21st Century	43
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Global Lake Health in the Anthropocene: Societal Implications and Treatment Strategies	42
The Contribution of Microrefugia to Landscape Thermal Inertia for Climate‐Adaptive Conservation Strategies	42
Extension of Large Fire Emissions From Summer to Autumn and Its Drivers in the Western US	42
Assessing the Socio‐Economic Effects of Carbon Capture, Utility and Storage Investment From the Perspective of Carbon Neutrality in China	41
Quantifying the Safe Operating Space for Land‐System SDG Achievement via Machine Learning and Scenario Discovery	40
Heat and Moisture Anomalies During Crop Failure Events in the Southeastern Australian Wheat Belt	40
Estimating the Global Influence of Cover Crops on Ecosystem Service Indicators in Croplands With the LPJ‐GUESS Model	40
Ice Sheet and Climate Processes Driving the Uncertainty in Projections of Future Sea Level Rise: Findings From a Structured Expert Judgement Approach	39
Predicting Food‐Security Crises in the Horn of Africa Using Machine Learning	39
Natural Hazards in a Changing World: Methods for Analyzing Trends and Non‐Linear Changes	39
Recent Acceleration of Wetland Accretion and Carbon Accumulation Along the U.S. East Coast	38
Accounting for Multisectoral Dynamics in Supporting Equitable Adaptation Planning: A Case Study on the Rice Agriculture in the Vietnam Mekong Delta	38
Global and Regional Drivers of Power Plant CO₂Emissions Over the Last Three Decades Revealed From Unit‐Based Database	38
The Critical Role of Hydrological Distance in Shaping Nutrient Dynamics Along the Watershed‐Lake Continuum	37

High‐Temperature Exposure and Land Transactions in China	37
Storylines for Global Hydrologic Drought Within CMIP6	37
A Multivariate Scaling System Is Essential to Characterize the Tropical Cyclones' Risk	37
Future Changes in δ¹³C of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon in the Ocean	37
Relationship of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition to Soil Nitrogen Cycling Along an Elevation Gradient in the Colorado Front Range	36
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Enhancing Urban Thermal Environment and Energy Sustainability With Temperature‐Adaptive Radiative Roofs	36
Incorporating Intensity Distance Attenuation Into PLUM Ground‐Motion‐Based Earthquake Early Warning in the United States: The APPLES Configuration	36
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Accounting for Compound Flooding Can Prevent Maladaptation—A Baltic Sea Case Study	35
Water Availability in China's Oases Decreased Between 1987 and 2017	34
Rainfall and Salinity Effects on Future Pacific Climate Change	34
Active Layer Thickness and Permafrost Area Projections for the 21st Century	34
Antarctic Biosecurity Policy Effectively Manages the Rates of Alien Introductions	33
Projecting Future Chronic Coastal Hazard Impacts, Hotspots, and Uncertainty at Regional Scale	33
Drivers of Future Indian Ocean Warming and Its Spatial Pattern in CMIP Models	33
Soil Moisture Memory of Land Surface Models Utilized in Major Reanalyses Differ Significantly From SMAP Observation	33
The Limited Effect of Reduced Typhoon Frequency on Stream Hydrochemistry in a Subtropical Forest Watershed	32
Mass Extinctions and Their Relationship With Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration: Implications for Earth's Future	32
Anthropogenic Climate Change Negatively Impacts Vegetation and Forage Conditions in the Greater Four Corners Region	32
Current and Future Patterns of Global Wildfire Based on Deep Neural Networks	32
Coronavirus: The Not‐So‐Trivial Loss of Well‐Being	31
A Bioeconomic Projection of Climate‐Induced Wildfire Risk in the Forest Sector	31
Reply to Comment on “Improved Water Savings and Reduction in Moist Heat Stress Caused by Efficient Irrigation” by Meetpal S. Kukal	31
A Comparative Study of the Argo‐Era Ocean Heat Content Among Four Different Types of Data Sets	31
Large Ensemble Exploration of Global Energy Transitions Under National Emissions Pledges	31
Comment on “Improved Water Savings and Reduction in Moist Heat Stress Caused by Efficient Irrigation” by Anukesh Krishnankutty Ambika and Vimal Mishra	31
Projected Changes to Characteristics of El Niño‐Southern Oscillation, Indian Ocean Dipole, and Southern Annular Mode Events in the CMIP6 Models	31
2021 Heatwave Over Western North America: Structural Uncertainty and Internal Variability in GCM Projections of Humidex and Temperature Extremes	30
Understanding Europe's Forest Harvesting Regimes	30
Understanding the Drivers of Coastal Flood Exposure and Risk From 1860 to 2100	30
Different Spatiotemporal Patterns in Global Human Population and Built‐Up Land	30
Inflated Negative Impacts of Temperature On Global Agricultural Yields Due To Ozone Omission	29
Performance of Fire Danger Indices and Their Utility in Predicting Future Wildfire Danger Over the Conterminous United States	29
Pan‐Arctic Assessment of Coastal Settlements and Infrastructure Vulnerable to Coastal Erosion, Sea‐Level Rise, and Permafrost Thaw	29
An Analytical Framework for Determining the Ecological Risks of Wastewater Discharges in River Networks Under Climate Change	29
Upper Bounds of Maximum Land Surface Temperatures in a Warming Climate and Limits to Plant Growth	29
Analyzing the Spatiotemporal Patterns of Forests Carbon Sink and Sources Between 2000 and 2019	29
Dryland Watersheds in Flux: How Nitrogen Deposition and Changing Precipitation Regimes Shape Nitrogen Export	29
The Anthropocene Is More Than a Time Interval	29
Forest Dieback in Drinking Water Protection Areas—A Hidden Threat to Water Quality	28
Urbanization Contributes Little to Global Warming but Substantially Intensifies Local and Regional Land Surface Warming	28
STAR‐ESDM: A Generalizable Approach to Generating High‐Resolution Climate Projections Through Signal Decomposition	28
Mapping the Vulnerability of Arctic Wetlands to Global Warming	27
A High‐End Estimate of Sea Level Rise for Practitioners	27
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Pervasive Permafrost Thaw Exacerbates Future Risk of Water Shortage Across the Tibetan Plateau	27
Small Ponds as Carbon Emission and Burial Hotspots in Lowland Agricultural Landscape	27
Geophysical Uncertainties in Air Pollution Exposure and Benefits of Emissions Reductions for Global Health	26
Tracking Interprovincial Flows of Atmospheric PAH Emissions Through Downscaling Estimates With Province‐Specific Emission Factors	26
Persistent Extreme Surface Solar Radiation and Its Implications on Solar Photovoltaics	26
Potential Impacts on Ozone and Climate From a Proposed Fleet of Supersonic Aircraft	25
Stratospheric Aerosol Injection to Stabilize Northern Hemisphere Terrestrial Permafrost Under the ARISE‐SAI‐1.5 Scenario	25
Identifying Robust Decarbonization Pathways for the Western U.S. Electric Power System Under Deep Climate Uncertainty	25
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Land Reclamation Controls on Multi‐Centennial Estuarine Evolution	24
Investigating Potential Ecological Benefits From Mariculture	24
Potential Vorticity Dynamics Explain How Extratropical Oceans and the Arctic Modulate Wintertime Land‐Temperature Variations	24
Interpretable Machine Learning Reveals Potential to Overcome Reactive Flood Adaptation in the Continental US	24
Understanding Climate Change and Anthropogenic Impacts on the Salinization of Low‐Lying Coastal Groundwater Systems	24
Increased Significance of Global Concurrent Hazards From 1981 to 2020	24
Projected Changes to Cool‐Season Storm Tides in the 21st Century Along the Northeastern United States Coast	24
Uncovering the Dynamic Drivers of Floods Through Interpretable Deep Learning	24
Planning for Climate Migration in Great Lake Legacy Cities	24
Assessing Global and Regional Trends in Spatially Co‐Occurring Hot or Wet Annual Maxima Under Climate Change	24
Projected Changes in Socioeconomic Exposure to Heatwaves in South Asia Under Changing Climate	24
Non‐Stationary Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessments Compounding Tides and Sea Level Rise	23
Climate Controls on River Chemistry	23
Marked Impacts of Pollution Mitigation on Crop Yields in China	23
Anthropogenic Dust as a Significant Source of Ice‐Nucleating Particles in the Urban Environment	23
Thank You to Our 2024 Reviewers	23
Simulated Impact of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement on Atmospheric CO₂ Removal in the Bering Sea	23
Advancing the Modeling of Future Climate and Innovation Impacts on Perennial Crops to Support Adaptation: A Case Study of California Almonds	23
An Empirical Social Vulnerability Map for Flood Risk Assessment at Global Scale (“GlobE‐SoVI”)	23
Conflict or Coordination? The Spatiotemporal Relationship Between Humans and Nature on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau	23
Assessing the Effect of Glacier Runoff Changes on Basin Runoff and Agricultural Production in the Indus, Amu Darya, and Tarim Interior Basins	22
Centennial Memory of the Arctic Ocean for Future Arctic Climate Recovery in Response to a Carbon Dioxide Removal	22
Possibility of Stabilizing the Greenland Ice Sheet	22

DICE and the Carbon Budget for Ambitious Climate Targets	22
Change in Wind Renewable Energy Potential Under Stratospheric Aerosol Injections	22
Natural Denudation Versus Anthropogenically Accelerated Erosion in Central Brazil: A Confrontation of Time and Space Scales	22
Carbon Cycle Response to Stratospheric Aerosol Injection With Multiple Temperature Stabilization Targets and Strategies	22
Partitioning the Uncertainties in Compound Hot and Dry Precipitation, Soil Moisture, and Runoff Extremes Projections in CMIP6	22
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Sea Level Rise Learning Scenarios for Adaptive Decision‐Making Based on IPCC AR6	22
Characterizing Climatic Socio‐Environmental Tipping Points in Coastal Communities: A Conceptual Framework for Research and Practice	22
Satellite Observed Land Surface Greening in Summer Controlled by the Precipitation Frequency Rather Than Its Total Over Tibetan Plateau	21
Reviving the Aral Sea: A Hydro‐Eco‐Social Perspective	21
Global‐Scale Shifts in Rooting Depths Due To Anthropocene Land Cover Changes Pose Unexamined Consequences for Critical Zone Functioning	21
A Global Increase in Nearshore Tropical Cyclone Intensification	21
Systemic Financial Risk Arising From Residential Flood Losses	21
A Climate Science Toolkit for High Impact‐Low Likelihood Climate Risks	21
Spatio‐Temporal Dynamics of Aboveground Biomass in China's Oasis Grasslands Between 1989 and 2021	21
The Poverty Impacts of Labor Heat Stress in West Africa Under a Warming Climate	21
Regional Impacts Poorly Constrained by Climate Sensitivity	20
Projections of Peak Water Timing From the East Rongbuk Glacier, Mt. Everest, Using a Higher‐Order Ice Flow Model	20
Global Agricultural Water Scarcity Assessment Incorporating Blue and Green Water Availability Under Future Climate Change	20
Caught Between Extremes: Understanding Human‐Water Interactions During Drought‐To‐Flood Events in the Horn of Africa	20
Thank You to Our 2022 Reviewers	20
How Low Should We Alert? Quantifying Intensity Threshold Alerting Strategies for Earthquake Early Warning in the United States	20
Unprecedented Historical Erosion of US Gulf Coast: A Consequence of Accelerated Sea‐Level Rise?	20
Drivers of Future Physical Water Scarcity and Its Economic Impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean	20
A National‐Scale Coastal Flood Hazard Assessment for the Atoll Nation of Tuvalu	20
Adaptation Strategies Strongly Reduce the Future Impacts of Climate Change on Simulated Crop Yields	20
Extratropical Climate Change During Periods Before and After an Arctic Ice‐Free Summer	20
Mapping Water, Energy and Carbon Footprints Along Urban Agglomeration Supply Chains	20
Projected Impact of Increased Global Warming on Heat Stress and Exposed Population Over Africa	20
Sustainability Evaluation of the Doughnut Economics: A Bibliometric Analysis	20
Landslide Hazard Is Projected to Increase Across High Mountain Asia	20
Reduced Complexity Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2: Synthesizing Earth System Knowledge for Probabilistic Climate Projections	20
Future Pathways of Water, Energy, and Food in the Eastern Nile Basin	19
Exposure of Global Rail and Road Infrastructures in Future Record‐Breaking Climate Extremes	19
Participatory Modeling for Analyzing Interactions Between High‐Priority Sustainable Development Goals to Promote Local Sustainability	19
Quantifying Global Wetland Methane Emissions With In Situ Methane Flux Data and Machine Learning Approaches	19
Economic Shock in a Climate Scenario and Its Impact on Surface Temperatures	19
The Streamflow Response to Multi‐Day Warm Anomaly Events: Sensitivity to Future Warming and Spatiotemporal Variability by Event Magnitude	19
New Insights Into Multi‐Component Atmospheric Wet Deposition Across China: A Multidimensional Analysis	19
Research to Confront Climate Change Complexity: Intersectionality, Integration, and Innovative Governance	19
The Effects of Model Complexity on Model Output Uncertainty in Co‐Evolved Coupled Natural‐Human Systems	19
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Hydroclimatic Vulnerability of Wetlands to Upwind Land Use Changes	19
Satellites Reveal Spatial Heterogeneity in Dryland Photovoltaic Plants' Effects on Vegetation Dynamics	19
Consumption‐Based Carbon Emissions of 85 Federal Entities in Russia	19
Global Cooling Hiatus Driven by an AMOC Overshoot in a Carbon Dioxide Removal Scenario	18
Key Uncertainties and Modeling Needs for Managing Living Marine Resources in the Future Arctic Ocean	18
Melting Alpine Water Towers Aggravate Downstream Low Flows: A Stress‐Test Storyline Approach	18
Probabilistic Risk Assessment of the Economy‐Wide Impacts From a Changing Wildfire Climate on a Regional Rural Landscape	18
Critical Role of Irrigation Efficiency for Cropland Expansion in Western China Arid Agroecosystems	18
Developing a Southern Ocean Marine Ecosystem Model Ensemble to Assess Climate Risks and Uncertainties	18
CMIP6 Earth System Models Project Greater Acceleration of Climate Zone Change Due To Stronger Warming Rates	18
High Spatial Variability of Biomass Burning Emissions Observed at Three Tibetan Plateau Sites	18
Heterogeneities in Regional Air Pollutant Emission Mitigation Across China During 2012–2020	18
Relic Groundwater and Prolonged Drought Confound Interpretations of Water Sustainability and Lithium Extraction in Arid Lands	18
Continued Warming of the Permafrost Regions Over the Northern Hemisphere Under Future Climate Change	18
Low‐Altitude High‐Latitude Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Is Feasible With Existing Aircraft	17
Decomposing Three Decades of Nitrogen Emissions in Canada	17
Accelerated Sea‐Level Rise Limits Vegetation Capacity to Sequester Soil Carbon in Coastal Wetlands: A Study Case in Southeastern Australia	17
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Permafrost Degradation Induces the Abrupt Changes of Vegetation NDVI in the Northern Hemisphere	17
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Recent Water Constraints Mediate the Dominance of Climate and Atmospheric CO₂ on Vegetation Growth Across China	17
Accelerating the Renewable Energy Revolution to Get Back to the Holocene	17
Climate Change Will Impact Surface Water Extents and Dynamics Across the Central United States	17
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The Dichotomy of Wet and Dry Trends Over India by Aerosol Indirect Effects in CMIP5 Models	17
Leveraging Governance Performance to Enhance Climate Resilience	17
Developing Low‐Likelihood Climate Storylines for Extreme Precipitation Over Central Europe	17
Future Soil Erosion Risk in China: Differences in Erosion Driven by General and Extreme Precipitation Under Climate Change	17
Urbanization Amplified Asymmetrical Changes of Rainfall and Exacerbated Drought: Analysis Over Five Urban Agglomerations in the Yangtze River Basin, China	17
Long‐Term Variability in the Arabian Peninsula Droughts Driven by the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation	17
What Does Global Land Climate Look Like at 2°C Warming?	17
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Integrating Values to Improve the Relevance of Climate‐Risk Research	17
Increasing Risk of a “Hot Eastern‐Pluvial Western” Asia	17
Future Extreme Precipitation in Summer Will Become More Widespread in China Depending on Level of Warming	17
Multi‐Model Simulation of Solar Geoengineering Indicates Avoidable Destabilization of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet	17
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Landscape Pollution Source Dynamics Highlight Priority Locations for Basin‐Scale Interventions to Protect Water Quality Under Hydroclimatic Variability	16
Spectral Signatures of Flow Regime Alteration by Dams Across the United States	16
A Country Wide Evaluation of Sweden's Spatial Flood Modeling With Optimized Convolutional Neural Network Algorithms	16
Divergent Responses of Summer Precipitation in China to 1.5°C Global Warming in Transient and Stabilized Scenarios	16
Rivers and Water Systems as Weapons and Casualties of the Russia‐Ukraine War	16
Assessment of the Global Relationship of Different Types of Droughts in Model Simulations Under High Anthropogenic Emissions	16
High Resolution SnowModel Simulations Reveal Future Elevation‐Dependent Snow Loss and Earlier, Flashier Surface Water Input for the Upper Colorado River Basin	16
Heatwave Duration and Heating Rate in a Non‐Stationary Climate: Spatiotemporal Pattern and Key Drivers	16
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Reconstruction of the Hydro‐Thermal Behavior of Regulated River Networks of the Columbia River Basin Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Data‐Driven Techniques	16
The Future of Soils in the Midwestern United States	16
Conceptualizing River Floodplains	16
Early Career Perspectives to Broaden the Scope of Critical Zone Science	16
Committed Global Warming Risks Triggering Multiple Climate Tipping Points	16
Projecting the Changes in Multifaceted Characteristics of Heatwave Events Across China	16