| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Increasing drought under global warming in observations and models | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 3,500 |
| 2 | Global warming and changes in drought | Nature Climate Change | 2014 | 2,389 |
| 3 | Different glacier status with atmospheric circulations in Tibetan Plateau and surroundings | Nature Climate Change | 2012 | 2,083 |
| 4 | Global flood risk under climate change | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 2,034 |
| 5 | Elevation-dependent warming in mountain regions of the world | Nature Climate Change | 2015 | 1,950 |
| 6 | Greening of the Earth and its drivers | Nature Climate Change | 2016 | 1,810 |
| 7 | Accelerated dryland expansion under climate change | Nature Climate Change | 2016 | 1,755 |
| 8 | A decade of weather extremes | Nature Climate Change | 2012 | 1,724 |
| 9 | Future flood losses in major coastal cities | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 1,720 |
| 10 | Forest disturbances under climate change | Nature Climate Change | 2017 | 1,717 |
| 11 | Global imprint of climate change on marine life | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 1,697 |
| 12 | Rising temperatures reduce global wheat production | Nature Climate Change | 2015 | 1,658 |
| 13 | Increasing frequency of extreme El Niño events due to greenhouse warming | Nature Climate Change | 2014 | 1,654 |
| 14 | Ground water and climate change | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 1,617 |
| 15 | The polarizing impact of science literacy and numeracy on perceived climate change risks | Nature Climate Change | 2012 | 1,587 |
| 16 | A meta-analysis of crop yield under climate change and adaptation | Nature Climate Change | 2014 | 1,570 |
| 17 | Temperature as a potent driver of regional forest drought stress and tree mortality | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 1,545 |
| 18 | Temporary reduction in daily global CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 forced confinement | Nature Climate Change | 2020 | 1,507 |
| 19 | The role of coastal plant communities for climate change mitigation and adaptation | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 1,480 |
| 20 | Rapidly falling costs of battery packs for electric vehicles | Nature Climate Change | 2015 | 1,474 |
| 21 | Revegetation in China’s Loess Plateau is approaching sustainable water resource limits | Nature Climate Change | 2016 | 1,388 |
| 22 | Estimated carbon dioxide emissions from tropical deforestation improved by carbon-density maps | Nature Climate Change | 2012 | 1,375 |
| 23 | Climate-smart agriculture for food security | Nature Climate Change | 2014 | 1,248 |
| 24 | Robustness and uncertainties in the new CMIP5 climate model projections | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 1,242 |
| 25 | The global groundwater crisis | Nature Climate Change | 2014 | 1,229 |
| 26 | Future climate risk from compound events | Nature Climate Change | 2018 | 1,228 |
| 27 | Thermal tolerance and the global redistribution of animals | Nature Climate Change | 2012 | 1,185 |
| 28 | Recent intensification of wind-driven circulation in the Pacific and the ongoing warming hiatus | Nature Climate Change | 2014 | 1,153 |
| 29 | More extreme precipitation in the world’s dry and wet regions | Nature Climate Change | 2016 | 1,134 |
| 30 | Consequences of widespread tree mortality triggered by drought and temperature stress | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 1,066 |
| 31 | Uncertainty in simulating wheat yields under climate change | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 1,060 |
| 32 | Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions | Nature Climate Change | 2016 | 1,030 |
| 33 | Cultural dimensions of climate change impacts and adaptation | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 1,008 |
| 34 | Marine heatwaves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services | Nature Climate Change | 2019 | 996 |
| 35 | Anthropogenic contribution to global occurrence of heavy-precipitation and high-temperature extremes | Nature Climate Change | 2015 | 984 |
| 36 | Global risk of deadly heat | Nature Climate Change | 2017 | 981 |
| 37 | Continent-wide response of mountain vegetation to climate change | Nature Climate Change | 2012 | 979 |
| 38 | An extreme climatic event alters marine ecosystem structure in a global biodiversity hotspot | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 978 |
| 39 | Meta-analyses of the determinants and outcomes of belief in climate change | Nature Climate Change | 2016 | 932 |
| 40 | The carbon footprint of global tourism | Nature Climate Change | 2018 | 931 |
| 41 | Assessing species vulnerability to climate change | Nature Climate Change | 2015 | 907 |
| 42 | Nonlinear heat effects on African maize as evidenced by historical yield trials | Nature Climate Change | 2011 | 895 |
| 43 | Climate warming enhances microbial network complexity and stability | Nature Climate Change | 2021 | 887 |
| 44 | Betting on negative emissions | Nature Climate Change | 2014 | 880 |
| 45 | Losers and winners in coral reefs acclimatized to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations | Nature Climate Change | 2011 | 872 |
| 46 | Consistent increase in High Asia's runoff due to increasing glacier melt and precipitation | Nature Climate Change | 2014 | 866 |
| 47 | Climate change and interconnected risks to sustainable development in the Mediterranean | Nature Climate Change | 2018 | 866 |
| 48 | Scenarios towards limiting global mean temperature increase below 1.5 °C | Nature Climate Change | 2018 | 861 |
| 49 | Increasing forest disturbances in Europe and their impact on carbon storage | Nature Climate Change | 2014 | 855 |
| 50 | Climate change and the South Asian summer monsoon | Nature Climate Change | 2012 | 838 |
