| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Increasing drought under global warming in observations and models | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 3,342 |
| 2 | Global warming and changes in drought | Nature Climate Change | 2014 | 2,231 |
| 3 | Different glacier status with atmospheric circulations in Tibetan Plateau and surroundings | Nature Climate Change | 2012 | 1,979 |
| 4 | Global flood risk under climate change | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 1,892 |
| 5 | Elevation-dependent warming in mountain regions of the world | Nature Climate Change | 2015 | 1,814 |
| 6 | Greening of the Earth and its drivers | Nature Climate Change | 2016 | 1,675 |
| 7 | A decade of weather extremes | Nature Climate Change | 2012 | 1,660 |
| 8 | Future flood losses in major coastal cities | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 1,631 |
| 9 | Accelerated dryland expansion under climate change | Nature Climate Change | 2016 | 1,615 |
| 10 | Global imprint of climate change on marine life | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 1,602 |
| 11 | Increasing frequency of extreme El Niño events due to greenhouse warming | Nature Climate Change | 2014 | 1,572 |
| 12 | Forest disturbances under climate change | Nature Climate Change | 2017 | 1,561 |
| 13 | Rising temperatures reduce global wheat production | Nature Climate Change | 2015 | 1,544 |
| 14 | Ground water and climate change | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 1,513 |
| 15 | The polarizing impact of science literacy and numeracy on perceived climate change risks | Nature Climate Change | 2012 | 1,510 |
| 16 | A meta-analysis of crop yield under climate change and adaptation | Nature Climate Change | 2014 | 1,492 |
| 17 | Temperature as a potent driver of regional forest drought stress and tree mortality | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 1,487 |
| 18 | Rapidly falling costs of battery packs for electric vehicles | Nature Climate Change | 2015 | 1,413 |
| 19 | Temporary reduction in daily global CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 forced confinement | Nature Climate Change | 2020 | 1,408 |
| 20 | The role of coastal plant communities for climate change mitigation and adaptation | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 1,369 |
| 21 | Estimated carbon dioxide emissions from tropical deforestation improved by carbon-density maps | Nature Climate Change | 2012 | 1,326 |
| 22 | Revegetation in China’s Loess Plateau is approaching sustainable water resource limits | Nature Climate Change | 2016 | 1,270 |
| 23 | Robustness and uncertainties in the new CMIP5 climate model projections | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 1,211 |
| 24 | Climate-smart agriculture for food security | Nature Climate Change | 2014 | 1,157 |
| 25 | The global groundwater crisis | Nature Climate Change | 2014 | 1,130 |
| 26 | Recent intensification of wind-driven circulation in the Pacific and the ongoing warming hiatus | Nature Climate Change | 2014 | 1,115 |
| 27 | Thermal tolerance and the global redistribution of animals | Nature Climate Change | 2012 | 1,109 |
| 28 | Future climate risk from compound events | Nature Climate Change | 2018 | 1,074 |
| 29 | More extreme precipitation in the world’s dry and wet regions | Nature Climate Change | 2016 | 1,043 |
| 30 | Uncertainty in simulating wheat yields under climate change | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 1,021 |
| 31 | Consequences of widespread tree mortality triggered by drought and temperature stress | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 1,018 |
| 32 | Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions | Nature Climate Change | 2016 | 973 |
| 33 | Cultural dimensions of climate change impacts and adaptation | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 956 |
| 34 | Continent-wide response of mountain vegetation to climate change | Nature Climate Change | 2012 | 941 |
| 35 | An extreme climatic event alters marine ecosystem structure in a global biodiversity hotspot | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 925 |
| 36 | Anthropogenic contribution to global occurrence of heavy-precipitation and high-temperature extremes | Nature Climate Change | 2015 | 921 |
| 37 | Global risk of deadly heat | Nature Climate Change | 2017 | 887 |
| 38 | Marine heatwaves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services | Nature Climate Change | 2019 | 883 |
| 39 | Nonlinear heat effects on African maize as evidenced by historical yield trials | Nature Climate Change | 2011 | 860 |
| 40 | Losers and winners in coral reefs acclimatized to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations | Nature Climate Change | 2011 | 856 |
| 41 | Assessing species vulnerability to climate change | Nature Climate Change | 2015 | 856 |
| 42 | Betting on negative emissions | Nature Climate Change | 2014 | 846 |
| 43 | Meta-analyses of the determinants and outcomes of belief in climate change | Nature Climate Change | 2016 | 832 |
| 44 | The carbon footprint of global tourism | Nature Climate Change | 2018 | 828 |
| 45 | Consistent increase in High Asia's runoff due to increasing glacier melt and precipitation | Nature Climate Change | 2014 | 818 |
| 46 | The challenge to keep global warming below 2 °C | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 809 |
| 47 | Climate change and the South Asian summer monsoon | Nature Climate Change | 2012 | 800 |
| 48 | Increasing forest disturbances in Europe and their impact on carbon storage | Nature Climate Change | 2014 | 799 |
| 49 | Scenarios towards limiting global mean temperature increase below 1.5 °C | Nature Climate Change | 2018 | 795 |
| 50 | Evaluation of climate models using palaeoclimatic data | Nature Climate Change | 2012 | 779 |
