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| 2 | Mortality risk attributable to high and low ambient temperature: a multicountry observational study | Lancet, The | 2015 | 1,676 |
| 3 | Comparative metagenomic, phylogenetic and physiological analyses of soil microbial communities across nitrogen gradients | ISME Journal | 2012 | 1,405 |
| 4 | Soil-carbon response to warming dependent on microbial physiology | Nature Geoscience | 2010 | 1,192 |
| 5 | Overcoming the tragedy of super wicked problems: constraining our future selves to ameliorate global climate change | Policy Sciences | 2012 | 1,157 |
| 6 | The changing carbon cycle of the coastal ocean | Nature | 2013 | 1,146 |
| 7 | Temperature and soil organic matter decomposition rates - synthesis of current knowledge and a way forward | Global Change Biology | 2011 | 1,143 |
| 8 | Triggers of tree mortality under drought | Nature | 2018 | 957 |
| 9 | Ozone and Short-term Mortality in 95 US Urban Communities, 1987-2000 | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2004 | 942 |
| 10 | An evaluation of noninvasive methods to estimate foliar chlorophyll content | New Phytologist | 2002 | 909 |
| 11 | Trophic cascades: the primacy of trait-mediated indirect interactions | Ecology Letters | 2004 | 889 |
| 12 | The global methane budget 2000–2012 | Earth System Science Data | 2016 | 824 |
| 13 | Systems integration for global sustainability | Science | 2015 | 820 |
| 14 | Heat Waves in the United States: Mortality Risk during Heat Waves and Effect Modification by Heat Wave Characteristics in 43 U.S. Communities | Environmental Health Perspectives | 2011 | 790 |
| 15 | Volatile chemical products emerging as largest petrochemical source of urban organic emissions | Science | 2018 | 716 |
| 16 | BEHAVIORALLY MEDIATED TROPHIC CASCADES: EFFECTS OF PREDATION RISK ON FOOD WEB INTERACTIONS | Ecology | 1997 | 715 |
| 17 | Patterns and processes in crop domestication: an historical review and quantitative analysis of 203 global food crops | New Phytologist | 2012 | 674 |
| 18 | Formal subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch: a Discussion Paper by a Working Group of INTIMATE (Integration of ice‐core, marine and terrestrial records) and the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy (International Commission on Stratigraphy) | Journal of Quaternary Science | 2012 | 671 |
| 19 | Designing for a green chemistry future | Science | 2020 | 645 |
| 20 | Valuation of an Amazonian rainforest | Nature | 1989 | 621 |
| 21 | Acid Rain: A Serious Regional Environmental Problem | Science | 1974 | 607 |
| 22 | Limitations of Captive Breeding in Endangered Species Recovery | Conservation Biology | 1996 | 581 |
| 23 | Mapping urbanization dynamics at regional and global scales using multi-temporal DMSP/OLS nighttime light data | Remote Sensing of Environment | 2011 | 573 |
| 24 | Challenges in Metal Recycling | Science | 2012 | 569 |
| 25 | Large contribution to inland water CO2 and CH4 emissions from very small ponds | Nature Geoscience | 2016 | 565 |
| 26 | Observed increase in local cooling effect of deforestation at higher latitudes | Nature | 2011 | 543 |
| 27 | Lignin transformations for high value applications: towards targeted modifications using green chemistry | Green Chemistry | 2017 | 542 |
| 28 | Coercing conservation? | Global Environmental Change | 1993 | 530 |
| 29 | Spatial and Temporal Variation in PM 2.5 Chemical Composition in the United States for Health Effects Studies | Environmental Health Perspectives | 2007 | 524 |
| 30 | Expansion of Phragmites australis into tidal wetlands of North America | Aquatic Botany | 1999 | 510 |
| 31 | A Meta-Analysis of Time-Series Studies of Ozone and Mortality With Comparison to the National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study | Epidemiology | 2005 | 508 |
| 32 | Projections of temperature-related excess mortality under climate change scenarios | Lancet Planetary Health, The | 2017 | 497 |
| 33 | Towards demand-side solutions for mitigating climate change | Nature Climate Change | 2018 | 496 |
| 34 | Managing uncertainty in soil carbon feedbacks to climate change | Nature Climate Change | 2016 | 491 |
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| 36 | Consistent effects of nitrogen fertilization on soil bacterial communities in contrasting systems | Ecology | 2010 | 475 |
| 37 | The New Geography of Contemporary Urbanization and the Environment | Annual Review of Environment and Resources | 2010 | 473 |
| 38 | Soil warming, carbon–nitrogen interactions, and forest carbon budgets | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2011 | 459 |
| 39 | Emergency Admissions for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases and the Chemical Composition of Fine Particle Air Pollution | Environmental Health Perspectives | 2009 | 450 |
| 40 | Geographic variation in opinions on climate change at state and local scales in the USA | Nature Climate Change | 2015 | 447 |
| 41 | Methodology of Metal Criticality Determination | Environmental Science & Technology | 2012 | 444 |
| 42 | How two ridges and the furrow mulched with plastic film affect soil water, soil temperature and yield of maize on the semiarid Loess Plateau of China | Field Crops Research | 2009 | 443 |
| 43 | The biogeochemistry of calcium at Hubbard Brook | Biogeochemistry | 1998 | 438 |
| 44 | The impacts of climate change on ecosystem structure and function | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | 2013 | 433 |
| 45 | Hospital Admissions and Chemical Composition of Fine Particle Air Pollution | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 2009 | 427 |
| 46 | Technologies and policies to decarbonize global industry: Review and assessment of mitigation drivers through 2070 | Applied Energy | 2020 | 427 |
| 47 | On micrometeorological observations of surface-air exchange over tall vegetation | Agricultural and Forest Meteorology | 1998 | 425 |
| 48 | Life Cycle Assessment of Metals: A Scientific Synthesis | PLoS ONE | 2014 | 425 |
| 49 | Buildings as a global carbon sink | Nature Sustainability | 2020 | 419 |
| 50 | Values and Perceptions of Invertebrates | Conservation Biology | 1993 | 415 |
