OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Earths Future is 11. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Economic Shock in a Climate Scenario and Its Impact on Surface Temperatures	385
Asymmetrical Impact of Daytime and Nighttime Warming on the Interannual Variation of Urban Spring Vegetation Phenology	130
Conflicting Changes of Vegetation Greenness Interannual Variability on Half of the Global Vegetated Surface	117
The SDGs Provide Limited Evidence That Environmental Policies Are Delivering Multiple Ecological and Social Benefits	108
Material Hide‐and‐Seek: Looking for the Resource Savings Due to International Trade of Food Products	98
A Retrospective and Prospective Examination of the 1960s U.S. Northeast Drought	93
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Quantifying the Impact of Climate Change and Forest Management on Swedish Forest Ecosystems Using the Dynamic Vegetation Model LPJ‐GUESS	87
Future Extreme Climate Events Threaten Alpine and Subalpine Woody Plants in China	83
Equity, Diversity, and Community as the Basis for Critical Zone Science and Education	83
CMIP6 GCMs Projected Future Koppen‐Geiger Climate Zones on a Global Scale	83
The Role of Anthropogenic Forcings on Historical Sea‐Level Change in the Indo‐Pacific Warm Pool Region	82
Do Vegetation Fuel Reduction Treatments Alter Forest Fire Severity and Carbon Stability in California Forests?	80
Heterogeneities in Regional Air Pollutant Emission Mitigation Across China During 2012–2020	79
Large Divergence in Tropical Hydrological Projections Caused by Model Spread in Vegetation Responses to Elevated CO₂	78
Human Settlement Pressure Drives Slow‐Moving Landslide Exposure	77
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Connecting Large‐Scale Meteorological Patterns to Extratropical Cyclones in CMIP6 Climate Models Using Self‐Organizing Maps	63
PM_2.5 Exposure and Associated Premature Mortality to 2100 in China Under Climate and Socioeconomic Change Scenarios	62
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Thank You to Our 2022 Reviewers	61
The 3‐Machines Energy Transition Model: Exploring the Energy Frontiers for Restoring a Habitable Climate	57
Trade and Climate Mitigation Interactions Create Agro‐Economic Opportunities With Social and Environmental Trade‐Offs in Latin America and the Caribbean	57
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Thresholds in Road Network Functioning on US Atlantic and Gulf Barrier Islands	53
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A Comprehensive Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Removal Options for Germany	52
A Safety Factor Approach to Designing Urban Infrastructure for Dynamic Conditions	49
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Participatory Modeling for Analyzing Interactions Between High‐Priority Sustainable Development Goals to Promote Local Sustainability	46
Linear and Nonlinear Trend Analyzes in Global Satellite‐Based Precipitation, 1998–2017	46
Arctic Sea Ice Response to Flooding of the Snow Layer in Future Warming Scenarios	46
Diffuse Radiation Forcing Constraints on Gross Primary Productivity and Global Terrestrial Evapotranspiration	46
Biochar and Its Potential to Deliver Negative Emissions and Better Soil Quality in Europe	46
Sustainable Development Pathways for Chinese Cities: An Assessment of the Advanced Inclusive Wealth Index	45
Relic Groundwater and Prolonged Drought Confound Interpretations of Water Sustainability and Lithium Extraction in Arid Lands	44
Extratropical Climate Change During Periods Before and After an Arctic Ice‐Free Summer	44
Unveiling the Evolution of Extreme Rainfall Storm Structure Across Space and Time in a Warming Climate	44
Wind Speed and Vegetation Coverage in Turn Dominated Wind Erosion Change With Increasing Aridity in Africa	43
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Long‐Term Variability in the Arabian Peninsula Droughts Driven by the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation	41
Fluvial Flood Losses in the Contiguous United States Under Climate Change	41
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Non‐Stationary Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessments Incorporating Climate‐Change‐Driven Sea Level Rise	41
Robust Changes in North America's Hydroclimate Variability and Predictability	41
Uncovering the Past and Future Climate Drivers of Wheat Yield Shocks in Europe With Machine Learning	40
Breaking the Ecosystem Balance Over the Tibetan Plateau	40
Spatial Aggregation of Global Dry and Wet Patterns Based on the Standard Precipitation Index	39
Uncertain Pathways to a Future Safe Climate	38
Hydrological Extremes Heighten Vulnerability to Schistosomiasis	38
Multi‐Model Simulation of Solar Geoengineering Indicates Avoidable Destabilization of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet	38
The Janus‐Faced Role of Renewable Energy Development in Global Carbon Reduction Under Renewable Energy Policies	38
Research to Confront Climate Change Complexity: Intersectionality, Integration, and Innovative Governance	37
A Prefire Approach for Probabilistic Assessments of Postfire Debris‐Flow Inundation	37
Predicting Flood Event Class Using a Novel Class Membership Function and Hydrological Modeling	36
Evolution Modeling and Protection Scheme for Tidal Flats Under Natural Change and Human Pressure, Central Jiangsu Coast	35
A Hierarchical Framework for Unpacking the Nitrogen Challenge	35
Revisiting the Global Methane Cycle Through Expert Opinion	35
CMIP6 Earth System Models Project Greater Acceleration of Climate Zone Change Due To Stronger Warming Rates	35
Consumption‐Based Carbon Emissions of 85 Federal Entities in Russia	35
The Future Climate and Air Quality Response From Different Near‐Term Climate Forcer, Climate, and Land‐Use Scenarios Using UKESM1	35
Uncovering the Dynamics of Multi‐Sector Impacts of Hydrological Extremes: A Methods Overview	34
An Action‐Oriented Approach to Make the Most of the Wind and Solar Power Complementarity	34
Transient and Quasi‐Equilibrium Climate States at 1.5°C and 2°C Global Warming	34
Uncertainty in Simulating Twentieth Century West African Precipitation Trends: The Role of Anthropogenic Aerosol Emissions	33
Coral Reef Exposure to Damaging Tropical Cyclone Waves in a Warming Climate	33
The Value of Large‐Scale Climatic Indices for Monthly Forecasting Severity of Widespread Flooding Using Dilated Convolutional Neural Networks	33
Phase Shifts of the PDO and AMO Alter the Translation Distance of Global Tropical Cyclones	33
Carbon Footprint Differentiation in the Japanese Residential Sector Due To Income‐Driven Divergences in Consumption and Time Allocation	32

Deciphering China's Complex Pattern of Summer Precipitation Trends	32
Global Wet/Dry Patterns and Mechanisms Since the Last Glacial Maximum: A Key to Future Projection	32
Coupling GEDI LiDAR and Optical Satellite for Revealing Large‐Scale Maize Lodging in Northeast China	31
The Effects of Model Complexity on Model Output Uncertainty in Co‐Evolved Coupled Natural‐Human Systems	31
A New Method of Diagnosing the Historical and Projected Changes in Permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau	31
Decomposing Three Decades of Nitrogen Emissions in Canada	31
Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge‐Based Flood Risk Assessment Under Combined Scenarios of High Tides and Sea‐Level Rise: A Case Study of Hainan Island, China	30
Shifting Contribution of Climatic Constraints on Evapotranspiration in the Boreal Forest	30
Towards a Less Habitable Ocean	30
Agent‐Based Model to Manage Household Water Use Through Social‐Environmental Strategies of Encouragement and Peer Pressure	30
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Large Divergence of Projected High Latitude Vegetation Composition and Productivity Due To Functional Trait Uncertainty	29
Key Uncertainties and Modeling Needs for Managing Living Marine Resources in the Future Arctic Ocean	29
Impacts of Forest Management‐Induced Productivity Changes on Future Land Use and Land Cover Change	29
Accelerating the Renewable Energy Revolution to Get Back to the Holocene	29
Evolution and Drivers of Energy Embodied in Intermediate and Final Trade Between China and the World	28
Past, Present, and Future Pacific Sea‐Level Change	28
Extreme Hydrometeorological Events, a Challenge for Gravimetric and Seismology Networks	28
Impact of Quasi‐Idealized Future Land Cover Scenarios at High Latitudes in Complex Terrain	28
Influence of Hillslope Flow on Hydroclimatic Evolution Under Climate Change	28
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Fusion of Probabilistic Projections of Sea‐Level Rise	27
Vegetation Greening Mitigates the Impacts of Increasing Extreme Rainfall on Runoff Events	27
Future Pathways of Water, Energy, and Food in the Eastern Nile Basin	27
The 2018–2020 Multi‐Year Drought Sets a New Benchmark in Europe	27
Heatwaves in Southeast Asia and Their Changes in a Warmer World	27
Earthquake Iso‐Nuisance and Iso‐Damage Mapping for Alberta: Applications for Choosing Magnitude Thresholds to Manage Induced Seismicity	27
Power and Pathways: Exploring Robustness, Cooperative Stability, and Power Relationships in Regional Infrastructure Investment and Water Supply Management Portfolio Pathways	27
Uncertainty in Projected Critical Soil Moisture Values in CMIP6 Affects the Interpretation of a More Moisture‐Limited World	26
Cyclone Gabrielle as a Design Storm for Northeastern Aotearoa New Zealand Under Anthropogenic Warming	26
Modulation of Land Photosynthesis by the Indian Ocean Dipole: Satellite‐Based Observations and CMIP6 Future Projections	26
The Weight of New York City: Possible Contributions to Subsidence From Anthropogenic Sources	25
Land‐Atmosphere Coupling Constrains Increases to Potential Evaporation in a Warming Climate: Implications at Local and Global Scales	25
Bringing Social Science Into Critical Zone Science: Exploring Smallholder Farmers' Learning Preferences in Chinese Human‐Modified Critical Zones	25
Multi‐Centennial Variability of Yangtze Delta Growth Over the Last 2000 Years: Interplay of Climate and People	25
Remote Sensing of Seasonal Climatic Constraints on Leaf Phenology Across Pantropical Evergreen Forest Biome	25
Illustrative Multi‐Centennial Projections of Global Mean Sea‐Level Rise and Their Application	25
Do Derived Drought Indices Better Characterize Future Drought Change?	25
Multivariate Analysis of Compound Flood Hazard Across Canada's Atlantic, Pacific and Great Lakes Coastal Areas	24
Simulated Abrupt Shifts in Aerobic Habitats of Marine Species in the Past, Present, and Future	24
Climatology of the Soil Surface Diurnal Temperature Range in a Warming World: Annual Cycles, Regional Patterns, and Trends in China	24
Anthropogenic Effects on the Contemporary Sediment Budget of the Lower Rhine‐Meuse Delta Channel Network	24
How May the Choice of Downscaling Techniques and Meteorological Reference Observations Affect Future Hydroclimate Projections?	23
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Increased Risk of Extreme Precipitation Over an Urban Agglomeration With Future Global Warming	23
The Future of Developed Barrier Systems: 2. Alongshore Complexities and Emergent Climate Change Dynamics	23
Hydroclimatic Vulnerability of Wetlands to Upwind Land Use Changes	23
Marine Heatwaves Contribute More to Changing Air‐Water Exchange of Semi‐Volatile Organic Compounds Than Mean Sea Surface Temperature Rise	22
Defining the “Ice Shed” of the Arctic Ocean's Last Ice Area and Its Future Evolution	22
Projecting Changes in the Drivers of Compound Flooding in Europe Using CMIP6 Models	22
Assessing Current Coastal Subsidence at Continental Scale: Insights From Europe Using the European Ground Motion Service	22
Evaluating Seasonal Wildfire Susceptibility and Wildfire Threats to Local Ecosystems in the Largest Forested Area of China	22
Observational Evidence for Multivariate Drought Hazard Amplifications Across Disparate Climate Regimes	21
Land Policy for Flood Risk Management—Toward a New Working Paradigm	21
Reduced Tropical Cyclone Genesis in the Future as Predicted by a Machine Learning Model	21
A Cost Model for Ocean Iron Fertilization as a Means of Carbon Dioxide Removal That Compares Ship‐ and Aerial‐Based Delivery, and Estimates Verification Costs	21
Cascading Hazards in the Aftermath of Australia's 2019/2020 Black Summer Wildfires	21
Impact of Rocket Launch and Space Debris Air Pollutant Emissions on Stratospheric Ozone and Global Climate	21
Timing and Order of Extreme Drought and Wetness Determine Bioclimatic Sensitivity of Tree Growth	21
Critical Role of Irrigation Efficiency for Cropland Expansion in Western China Arid Agroecosystems	21
Heat Stress Indicators in CMIP6: Estimating Future Trends and Exceedances of Impact‐Relevant Thresholds	21
Exposure of Global Rail and Road Infrastructures in Future Record‐Breaking Climate Extremes	21
Heterogeneous Spatial Effects of FDI on CO₂ Emissions in China	21
Shift in Peaks of PAH‐Associated Health Risks From East Asia to South Asia and Africa in the Future	20
A Refined Supply‐Demand Framework to Quantify Variability in Ecosystem Services Related to Surface Water in Support of Sustainable Development Goals	20
A Review of Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty Applications Using Green Infrastructure for Flood Management	20
Probabilistic Risk Assessment of the Economy‐Wide Impacts From a Changing Wildfire Climate on a Regional Rural Landscape	20
2021 February Texas Ice Storm Induced Spring GPP Reduction Compensated by the Higher Precipitation	20
Evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Over the Next Three Centuries From an ISMIP6 Model Ensemble	19
High Spatial Variability of Biomass Burning Emissions Observed at Three Tibetan Plateau Sites	19
Recent Water Constraints Mediate the Dominance of Climate and Atmospheric CO₂ on Vegetation Growth Across China	19
Agricultural Adaptation to Reconcile Food Security and Water Sustainability Under Climate Change: The Case of Cereals in Iran	19
Uncertainties, Limits, and Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation for Soil Moisture Drought in Southwestern North America	19
Dams and Climate Interact to Alter River Flow Regimes Across the United States	19
Climate Warming Consistently Reduces Grassland Ecosystem Productivity	19
Carbon Footprint of Railway Projects Under the Belt and Road Initiative and the Future Low‐Carbon Pathways	19
Diverging Trends in Rain‐On‐Snow Over High Mountain Asia	19
Increased Global Vegetation Productivity Despite Rising Atmospheric Dryness Over the Last Two Decades	19
Deep Learning for Bias‐Correcting CMIP6‐Class Earth System Models	19
Crop Yield Loss Risk Is Modulated by Anthropogenic Factors	19

Delimiting China's Urban Growth Boundaries Under Localized Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and Various Urban Expansion Modes	18
Increasing Risk of Ecological Change to Major Rivers of the World With Global Warming	18
Future Amplification of Multivariate Risk of Compound Drought and Heatwave Events on South Asian Population	18
Time Evolution of the Surface Urban Heat Island	18
Melting Alpine Water Towers Aggravate Downstream Low Flows: A Stress‐Test Storyline Approach	18
Heatwave Characteristics in the Recent Climate and at Different Global Warming Levels: A Multimodel Analysis at the Global Scale	18
Potential of Land‐Neutral Negative Emissions Through Biochar Sequestration	18
Uncertain Spatial Pattern of Future Land Use and Land Cover Change and Its Impacts on Terrestrial Carbon Cycle Over the Arctic–Boreal Region of North America	18
Global Cooling Hiatus Driven by an AMOC Overshoot in a Carbon Dioxide Removal Scenario	17
Urbanization Amplified Asymmetrical Changes of Rainfall and Exacerbated Drought: Analysis Over Five Urban Agglomerations in the Yangtze River Basin, China	17
Inequalities in Air Pollution Exposure and Attributable Mortality in a Low Carbon Future	17
Distinguishing Direct Human‐Driven Effects on the Global Terrestrial Water Cycle	17
Environmental Co‐Benefits of Maintaining Native Vegetation With Solar Photovoltaic Infrastructure	17
What Does Global Land Climate Look Like at 2°C Warming?	17
Improving Satellite Monitoring of Armed Conflicts	17
Landslide Hazard and Exposure Modelling in Data‐Poor Regions: The Example of the Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh	17
Does Transfer Payments Promote Low‐Carbon Development of Resource‐Exhausted Cities in China?	17
New Insights Into Multi‐Component Atmospheric Wet Deposition Across China: A Multidimensional Analysis	17
Evaluating Knowledge Gaps in Sea‐Level Rise Assessments From the United States	17
Significant Increase of the Global Population Exposure to Increased Precipitation Extremes in the Future	17
The COVID‐19 Pandemic Not Only Poses Challenges, but Also Opens Opportunities for Sustainable Transformation	17
Increasing Heat‐Stress Inequality in a Warming Climate	17
Fates and Use Efficiency of Nitrogen Fertilizer in Maize Cropping Systems and Their Responses to Technologies and Management Practices: A Global Analysis on Field ¹⁵N Tracer Studies	16
Quantifying Global Wetland Methane Emissions With In Situ Methane Flux Data and Machine Learning Approaches	16
The Streamflow Response to Multi‐Day Warm Anomaly Events: Sensitivity to Future Warming and Spatiotemporal Variability by Event Magnitude	16
How to Achieve a 50% Reduction in Nutrient Losses From Agricultural Catchments Under Different Climate Trajectories?	16
Satellites Reveal Spatial Heterogeneity in Dryland Photovoltaic Plants' Effects on Vegetation Dynamics	16
Shrinking Habitats and Native Species Loss Under Climate Change: A Multifactorial Risk Assessment of China's Inland Wetlands	16
Global Wetland Methane Emissions From 2001 to 2020: Magnitude, Dynamics and Controls	16
Observations Over a Century Underscore an Increasing Likelihood of Compound Dry‐Hot Events in China	16
Persistently Elevated High‐Latitude Ocean Temperatures and Global Sea Level Following Temporary Temperature Overshoots	16
Forest Carbon Storage in the Western United States: Distribution, Drivers, and Trends	16
Continued Warming of the Permafrost Regions Over the Northern Hemisphere Under Future Climate Change	16
Climatic Drivers of Extreme Sea Level Events Along the Coastline of Western Australia	16
Participatory Causal Loop Diagrams Building for Supporting Decision‐Makers Integrating Flood Risk Management in an Urban Regeneration Process	16
Enabling Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Systems: A Systematic Literature Review	16
Tropical Sea Surface Temperature Variability and Its Impact on Oilseed Crop Yields in China	16
Impact‐Based Skill Evaluation of Seasonal Precipitation Forecasts	16
Global Pattern of Ecosystem Respiration Tendencies and Its Implications on Terrestrial Carbon Sink Potential	16
Structuring Climate Service Co‐Creation Using a Business Model Approach	15
The Realistic Potential of Soil Carbon Sequestration in U.S. Croplands for Climate Mitigation	15
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The Dichotomy of Wet and Dry Trends Over India by Aerosol Indirect Effects in CMIP5 Models	15
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Climate Change Will Impact Surface Water Extents and Dynamics Across the Central United States	15
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The Influence of Future Changes in Tidal Range, Storm Surge, and Mean Sea Level on the Emergence of Chronic Flooding	15
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Rising Seas, Rising Inequity? Communities at Risk in the San Francisco Bay Area and Implications for Adaptation Policy	15
30 m Resolution Global Maps of Forest Soil Respiration and Its Changes From 2000 to 2020	15
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Weather Index Insurance Can Offset Heat‐Induced Rice Losses Under Global Warming	15
The Need for Multi‐Century Projections of Sea Level Rise	15
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Remote Sensing Big Data for Water Environment Monitoring: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Prospects	14
Responses of Ecosystem Productivity to Anthropogenic Ozone and Aerosols at the 2060	14
Multi‐Region Multi‐Sector Contributions to Drivers of Air Pollution in China	14
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A Subjective Bayesian Framework for Synthesizing Deep Uncertainties in Climate Risk Management	14
Building a Global Ecosystem Research Infrastructure to Address Global Grand Challenges for Macrosystem Ecology	14
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Meteorological Influences on Anthropogenic PM_2.5 in Future Climates: Species Level Analysis in the Community Earth System Model v2	14
Toward a US Framework for Continuity of Satellite Observations of Earth's Climate and for Supporting Societal Resilience	14
Projecting Changes in the Frequency and Magnitude of Ozone Pollution Events Under Uncertain Climate Sensitivity	14
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Accelerated Sea‐Level Rise Limits Vegetation Capacity to Sequester Soil Carbon in Coastal Wetlands: A Study Case in Southeastern Australia	14
Assessing Outcomes in Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Scenarios Shortly After Deployment	14
Development of a Multi‐Region Power System Risk Management Model for Supporting China's Carbon Neutrality Ambition in 2060s	14
Understanding the Contributions of Paleo‐Informed Natural Variability and Climate Changes to Hydroclimate Extremes in the San Joaquin Valley of California	14
Detecting, Attributing, and Projecting Global Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries Change: FishMIP 2.0	14
Compound Post‐Fire Flood Hazards Considering Infrastructure Sedimentation	14
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Potential for Electric Vehicle Adoption to Mitigate Extreme Air Quality Events in China	14
Trajectory Simulation and Prediction of COVID‐19 via Compound Natural Factor (CNF) Model in EDBF Algorithm	14
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Knowns and Unknowns in Future Human Pressures on the Ocean	14
Permafrost Degradation Induces the Abrupt Changes of Vegetation NDVI in the Northern Hemisphere	13
Learning About Sea Level Rise Uncertainty Improves Coastal Adaptation Decisions	13
Deciphering the Biophysical Impact of Permafrost Greening on Summer Surface Offset	13
How Does Plant CO₂ Physiological Forcing Amplify Amazon Warming in CMIP6 Earth System Models?	13
Flood Seasonality Over the Third Pole Region Modulated by Upper Level Moisture Transport	13
Temporal Scaling Characteristics of Sub‐Daily Precipitation in Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau	13
A Consumption‐Based Integrated Framework for Subnational Absolute Environmental Sustainability Management	13
Quantifying the Impact of Internal Variability on the CESM2 Control Algorithm for Stratospheric Aerosol Injection	13
Top‐Down Regulation by a Reindeer Herding System Limits Climate‐Driven Arctic Vegetation Change at a Regional Scale	13
The Effects of Climate Change on Interregional Electricity Market Dynamics on the U.S. West Coast	13
A Toy Model for the Global Annual Number of Tropical Cyclones	13
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Different Strategies of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Would Significantly Affect Climate Extreme Mitigation	13
Compound Effects of Climate Change on Future Transboundary Water Issues in the Middle East	13
Strong Agricultural Resilience to 2022 Southern China Drought	13