Scientific Reports

Collection 12 March 2023

Top 100 in Earth, Environment and Ecology - 2022

This collection highlights our most downloaded* Earth, environment and ecology papers published in 2022. Featuring authors from aroud the world, these papers showcase valuable research from an international community.

You can also view the top papers across various subject areas here.

*Data obtained from SN Insights, which is based on Digital Science's Dimensions.

1-25

Large-magnitude (VEI ≥ 7) ‘wet’ explosive silicic eruption preserved a Lower Miocene habitat at the Ipolytarnóc Fossil Site, North Hungary
- Dávid Karátson
- Tamás Biró
- Imre Szarvas
ArticleOpen Access13 Jun 2022 Scientific Reports
First direct evidence of adult European eels migrating to their breeding place in the Sargasso Sea
- Rosalind M. Wright
- Adam T. Piper
- David Righton
ArticleOpen Access13 Oct 2022 Scientific Reports
The microstructure and the origin of the Venus from Willendorf
- Gerhard W. Weber
- Alexander Lukeneder
- Anton Kern
ArticleOpen Access28 Feb 2022 Scientific Reports
Industrialised fishing nations largely contribute to floating plastic pollution in the North Pacific subtropical gyre
- Laurent Lebreton
- Sarah-Jeanne Royer
- Matthias Egger
ArticleOpen Access1 Sep 2022 Scientific Reports
Incorporation of machine learning and deep neural network approaches into a remote sensing-integrated crop model for the simulation of rice growth
- Seungtaek Jeong
- Jonghan Ko
- Jong-min Yeom
ArticleOpen Access30 May 2022 Scientific Reports
Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) grieve over the loss of a conspecific
- Stefania Uccheddu
- Lucia Ronconi
- Federica Pirrone
ArticleOpen Access24 Feb 2022 Scientific Reports
Classification of pig calls produced from birth to slaughter according to their emotional valence and context of production
- Elodie F. Briefer
- Ciara C.-R. Sypherd
- Céline Tallet
ArticleOpen Access7 Mar 2022 Scientific Reports
A large Megaraptoridae (Theropoda: Coelurosauria) from Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Patagonia, Argentina
- Alexis M. Aranciaga Rolando
- Matias J. Motta
- Fernando E. Novas
ArticleOpen Access26 Apr 2022 Scientific Reports
Intestinal preservation in a birdlike dinosaur supports conservatism in digestive canal evolution among theropods
- Xuri Wang
- Andrea Cau
- Yichuan Liu
ArticleOpen Access19 Nov 2022 Scientific Reports
Evidence of an oceanic impact and megatsunami sedimentation in Chryse Planitia, Mars
- J. Alexis P. Rodriguez
- Darrel K. Robertson
- Mario Zarroca
ArticleOpen Access1 Dec 2022 Scientific Reports
The first occurrence of an avian-style respiratory infection in a non-avian dinosaur
- D. Cary Woodruff
- Ewan D. S. Wolff
- Lawrence M. Witmer
ArticleOpen Access10 Feb 2022 Scientific Reports
Optimal linear estimation models predict 1400–2900 years of overlap between Homo sapiens and Neandertals prior to their disappearance from France and northern Spain
- Igor Djakovic
- Alastair Key
- Marie Soressi
ArticleOpen Access13 Oct 2022 Scientific Reports
The emergence of a new sex-system (XX/XY₁Y₂) suggests a species complex in the “monotypic” rodent Oecomys auyantepui (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae)
- Willam Oliveira da Silva
- Celina Coelho Rosa
- Cleusa Yoshiko Nagamachi
ArticleOpen Access24 May 2022 Scientific Reports
A gigantic bizarre marine turtle (Testudines: Chelonioidea) from the Middle Campanian (Late Cretaceous) of South-western Europe
- Oscar Castillo-Visa
- Àngel H. Luján
- Albert Sellés
ArticleOpen Access17 Nov 2022 Scientific Reports
Mapping the “catscape” formed by a population of pet cats with outdoor access
- Richard Bischof
- Nina Rosita Hansen
- Torbjørn Haugaasen
ArticleOpen Access8 Apr 2022 Scientific Reports
New therizinosaurid dinosaur from the marine Osoushinai Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Japan) provides insight for function and evolution of therizinosaur claws
- Yoshitsugu Kobayashi
- Ryuji Takasaki
- Yoshinori Hikida
ArticleOpen Access3 May 2022 Scientific Reports
Forest fire detection system using wireless sensor networks and machine learning
- Udaya Dampage
- Lumini Bandaranayake
- Bathiya Jayasanka
ArticleOpen Access7 Jan 2022 Scientific Reports
Exceptional warming over the Barents area
- Ketil Isaksen
- Øyvind Nordli
- Tatiana Karandasheva
ArticleOpen Access15 Jun 2022 Scientific Reports
A new Early Cretaceous lizard in Myanmar amber with exceptionally preserved integument
- Andrej Čerňanský
- Edward L. Stanley
- Susan E. Evans
ArticleOpen Access31 Jan 2022 Scientific Reports
Shifts in the foraging tactics of crocodiles following invasion by toxic prey
- Abhilasha Aiyer
- Richard Shine
- Georgia Ward-Fear
ArticleOpen Access24 Jan 2022 Scientific Reports
A 5-km-thick reservoir with > 380,000 km³ of magma within the ancient Earth's crust
- Rais Latypov
- Sofya Chistyakova
- Mauritz van der Merwe
ArticleOpen Access19 Sep 2022 Scientific Reports
Return of large fin whale feeding aggregations to historical whaling grounds in the Southern Ocean
- Helena Herr
- Sacha Viquerat
- Bettina Meyer
ArticleOpen Access7 Jul 2022 Scientific Reports
A functional definition to distinguish ponds from lakes and wetlands
- David C. Richardson
- Meredith A. Holgerson
- Jon N. Sweetman
ArticleOpen Access21 Jun 2022 Scientific Reports
Environmental impact of diets for dogs and cats
- Vivian Pedrinelli
- Fabio A. Teixeira
- Marcio A. Brunetto
ArticleOpen Access17 Nov 2022 Scientific Reports
Role of oceanic abiotic carbonate precipitation in future atmospheric CO₂ regulation
- Or M. Bialik
- Guy Sisma-Ventura
- Timor Katz
ArticleOpen Access24 Sep 2022 Scientific Reports

26-50

Sabertooth carcass consumption behavior and the dynamics of Pleistocene large carnivoran guilds
- Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo
- Charles P. Egeland
- Richard C. Hulbert Jr.
ArticleOpen Access2 May 2022 Scientific Reports
Rapid magma ascent beneath La Palma revealed by seismic tomography
- Luca D’Auria
- Ivan Koulakov
- Nemesio M. Peréz
ArticleOpen Access21 Oct 2022 Scientific Reports
Standardised bioassays reveal that mosquitoes learn to avoid compounds used in chemical vector control after a single sub-lethal exposure
- Seynabou Sougoufara
- Hanna Yorkston-Dives
- Frederic Tripet
ArticleOpen Access17 Feb 2022 Scientific Reports
Roadmap for achieving net-zero emissions in global food systems by 2050
- Ciniro Costa Jr.
- Eva Wollenberg
- Federico Bellone
ArticleOpen Access5 Sep 2022 Scientific Reports
A rapid change in magma plumbing taps porphyry copper deposit-forming magmas
- Lawrence C. Carter
- Simon R. Tapster
- Daniel B. Parvaz
ArticleOpen Access14 Oct 2022 Scientific Reports
The Subantarctic Rayadito (Aphrastura subantarctica), a new bird species on the southernmost islands of the Americas
- Ricardo Rozzi
- Claudio S. Quilodrán
- Rodrigo A. Vásquez
ArticleOpen Access26 Aug 2022 Scientific Reports
Plutonium isotopes in the North Western Pacific sediments coupled with radiocarbon in corals recording precise timing of the Anthropocene
- Yusuke Yokoyama
- Stephen Tims
- Michinobu Kuwae
ArticleOpen Access1 Jul 2022 Scientific Reports
Water provisioning increases caged worker bee lifespan and caged worker bees are living half as long as observed 50 years ago
- Anthony Nearman
- Dennis vanEngelsdorp
ArticleOpen Access14 Nov 2022 Scientific Reports
Australian wildfires cause the largest stratospheric warming since Pinatubo and extends the lifetime of the Antarctic ozone hole
- Lilly Damany-Pearce
- Ben Johnson
- Jim Haywood
ArticleOpen Access25 Aug 2022 Scientific Reports
Small brains predisposed Late Quaternary mammals to extinction
- Jacob Dembitzer
- Silvia Castiglione
- Shai Meiri
ArticleOpen Access31 Mar 2022 Scientific Reports
Histological and chemical diagnosis of a combat lesion in Triceratops
- Ruggero D’Anastasio
- Jacopo Cilli
- Luigi Capasso
ArticleOpen Access7 Apr 2022 Scientific Reports
Sustainable human population density in Western Europe between 560.000 and 360.000 years ago
- Jesús Rodríguez
- Christian Willmes
- Ana Mateos
ArticleOpen Access28 Apr 2022 Scientific Reports
First titanosaur dinosaur nesting site from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil
- Lucas E. Fiorelli
- Agustín G. Martinelli
- Thiago da Silva Marinho
ArticleOpen Access24 Mar 2022 Scientific Reports
First ovum-in-ovo pathological titanosaurid egg throws light on the reproductive biology of sauropod dinosaurs
- Harsha Dhiman
- Vishal Verma
- Guntupalli V. R. Prasad
ArticleOpen Access7 Jun 2022 Scientific Reports
High-resolution surface water dynamics in Earth’s small and medium-sized reservoirs
- Gennadii Donchyts
- Hessel Winsemius
- Susanne Schmeier
ArticleOpen Access12 Aug 2022 Scientific Reports
Phylogenomics and species delimitation of the economically important Black Basses (Micropterus)
- Daemin Kim
- Andrew T. Taylor
- Thomas J. Near
ArticleOpen Access6 Jun 2022 Scientific Reports
Elastic interaction between Mauna Loa and Kīlauea evidenced by independent component analysis
- Monika Przeor
- Luca D’Auria
- Iván Cabrera-Pérez
ArticleOpen Access18 Nov 2022 Scientific Reports
Multiple phases of human occupation in Southeast Arabia between 210,000 and 120,000 years ago
- K. Bretzke
- F. Preusser
- A. G. Parker
ArticleOpen Access31 Jan 2022 Scientific Reports
Association of zoonotic protozoan parasites with microplastics in seawater and implications for human and wildlife health
- Emma Zhang
- Minji Kim
- Karen Shapiro
ArticleOpen Access26 Apr 2022 Scientific Reports
A Middle Pleistocene wolf from central Italy provides insights on the first occurrence of Canis lupus in Europe
- Dawid A. Iurino
- Beniamino Mecozzi
- Raffaele Sardella
ArticleOpen Access25 Feb 2022 Scientific Reports
The near-field tsunami generated by the 15 January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano and its impact on Tongatapu, Tonga
- Kwanchai Pakoksung
- Anawat Suppasri
- Fumihiko Imamura
ArticleOpen Access7 Sep 2022 Scientific Reports
Vertical stratification of insect abundance and species richness in an Amazonian tropical forest
- Dalton de Souza Amorim
- Brian V. Brown
- José Albertino Rafael
ArticleOpen Access2 Feb 2022 Scientific Reports
Severe conservation risks of roads on apex predators
- Itxaso Quintana
- Edgar F. Cifuentes
- Freddie-Jeanne Richard
ArticleOpen Access21 Feb 2022 Scientific Reports
Owl-like plaques of the Copper Age and the involvement of children
- Juan J. Negro
- Guillermo Blanco
- Víctor M. Díaz Núñez de Arenas
ArticleOpen Access1 Dec 2022 Scientific Reports
Water quality assessment and evaluation of human health risk of drinking water from source to point of use at Thulamela municipality, Limpopo Province
- N. Luvhimbi
- T. G. Tshitangano
- J. N. Edokpayi
ArticleOpen Access11 Apr 2022 Scientific Reports

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Global economic costs of herpetofauna invasions
- Ismael Soto
- Ross N. Cuthbert
- Phillip J. Haubrock
ArticleOpen Access28 Jul 2022 Scientific Reports
Comprehensive assessment of harmful heavy metals in contaminated soil in order to score pollution level
- Haodong Zhao
- Yan Wu
- Liyu Du
ArticleOpen Access3 Mar 2022 Scientific Reports
Neuroanatomy of the nodosaurid Struthiosaurus austriacus (Dinosauria: Thyreophora) supports potential ecological differentiations within Ankylosauria
- Marco Schade
- Sebastian Stumpf
- Cathrin Pfaff
ArticleOpen Access7 Jan 2022 Scientific Reports
Carbon peak and its mitigation implications for China in the post-pandemic era
- Jiandong Chen
- Chong Xu
- Ding Li
ArticleOpen Access2 Mar 2022 Scientific Reports
Sea level rise risks and societal adaptation benefits in low-lying coastal areas
- Alexandre K. Magnan
- Michael Oppenheimer
- Hans-Otto Pörtner
ArticleOpen Access23 Jun 2022 Scientific Reports
Global warming is shifting the relationships between fire weather and realized fire-induced CO₂ emissions in Europe
- Jofre Carnicer
- Andrés Alegria
- Claudia Vitolo
ArticleOpen Access20 Jun 2022 Scientific Reports
Human ignitions on private lands drive USFS cross-boundary wildfire transmission and community impacts in the western US
- William M. Downing
- Christopher J. Dunn
- Karen C. Short
ArticleOpen Access15 Feb 2022 Scientific Reports
Genetic diversity and selection in Puerto Rican horses
- Walter W. Wolfsberger
- Nikole M. Ayala
- Taras K. Oleksyk
ArticleOpen Access11 Jan 2022 Scientific Reports
Quadrupedal water launch capability demonstrated in small Late Jurassic pterosaurs
- Michael Pittman
- Thomas G. Kaye
- Michael B. Habib
ArticleOpen Access21 Apr 2022 Scientific Reports
Genomic analysis of a novel Neanderthal from Mezmaiskaya Cave provides insights into the genetic relationships of Middle Palaeolithic populations
- Tatiana V. Andreeva
- Andrey D. Manakhov
- Evgeny I. Rogaev
ArticleOpen Access29 Jul 2022 Scientific Reports
Frontiers of the Lower Palaeolithic expansion in Europe: Tunel Wielki Cave (Poland)
- Małgorzata Kot
- Claudio Berto
- Teresa Madeyska
ArticleOpen Access29 Sep 2022 Scientific Reports
Evaluation of heavy metal contamination in copper mine tailing soils of Kitwe and Mufulira, Zambia, for reclamation prospects
- Leonce Dusengemungu
- Benjamin Mubemba
- Cousins Gwanama
ArticleOpen Access4 Jul 2022 Scientific Reports
The global contribution of invasive vertebrate eradication as a key island restoration tool
- Dena R. Spatz
- Nick D. Holmes
- James C. Russell
ArticleOpen Access10 Aug 2022 Scientific Reports
Projected U.S. drought extremes through the twenty-first century with vapor pressure deficit
- Brandi L. Gamelin
- Jeremy Feinstein
- Veerabhadra R. Kotamarthi
ArticleOpen Access21 May 2022 Scientific Reports
Salmon lice in the Pacific Ocean show evidence of evolved resistance to parasiticide treatment
- Sean C. Godwin
- Andrew W. Bateman
- Jeffrey A. Hutchings
ArticleOpen Access28 Mar 2022 Scientific Reports
Changes in land use enhance the sensitivity of tropical ecosystems to fire-climate extremes
- Sujay Kumar
- Augusto Getirana
- Niels Andela
ArticleOpen Access19 Jan 2022 Scientific Reports
First tagging data on large Atlantic bluefin tuna returning to Nordic waters suggest repeated behaviour and skipped spawning
- Kim Aarestrup
- Henrik Baktoft
- Brian R. MacKenzie
ArticleOpen Access11 Jul 2022 Scientific Reports
Trans-polar drift-pathways of riverine European microplastic
- Mats B. O. Huserbråten
- Tore Hattermann
- Jon Albretsen
ArticleOpen Access17 Mar 2022 Scientific Reports
Exceptional soft-tissue preservation of Jurassic Vampyronassa rhodanica provides new insights on the evolution and palaeoecology of vampyroteuthids
- Alison J. Rowe
- Isabelle Kruta
- Isabelle Rouget
ArticleOpen Access23 Jun 2022 Scientific Reports
Increasing stratification as observed by satellite sea surface salinity measurements
- Estrella Olmedo
- Antonio Turiel
- Klaus Scipal
ArticleOpen Access15 Apr 2022 Scientific Reports
InSAR data reveal that the largest hydraulic fracturing-induced earthquake in Canada, to date, is a slow-slip event
- Thomas S. Eyre
- Sergey Samsonov
- David W. Eaton
ArticleOpen Access7 Feb 2022 Scientific Reports
Implications for fault locking south of Jakarta from an investigation of seismic activity along the Baribis fault, northwestern Java, Indonesia
- S. Widiyantoro
- P. Supendi
- A. Lesmana
ArticleOpen Access16 Jun 2022 Scientific Reports
Chromitite layers indicate the existence of large, long-lived, and entirely molten magma chambers
- Rais Latypov
- Sofya Chistyakova
- Kudakwashe Jakata
ArticleOpen Access8 Mar 2022 Scientific Reports
Squid adjust their body color according to substrate
- Ryuta Nakajima
- Zdeněk Lajbner
- Jonathan Miller
ArticleOpen Access28 Mar 2022 Scientific Reports
Using Sentinel-1 and GRACE satellite data to monitor the hydrological variations within the Tulare Basin, California
- Donald W. Vasco
- Kyra H Kim
- Hiroko K. Beaudoing
ArticleOpen Access9 Mar 2022 Scientific Reports

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Honey bees and climate explain viral prevalence in wild bee communities on a continental scale
- Niels Piot
- Oliver Schweiger
- Joachim R. de Miranda
ArticleOpen Access3 Feb 2022 Scientific Reports
Density of invasive western honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in fragmented woodlands indicates potential for large impacts on native species
- Saul A. Cunningham
- Mason J. Crane
- David B. Lindenmayer
ArticleOpen Access4 Mar 2022 Scientific Reports
The effects of protected areas on the ecological niches of birds and mammals
- Andrea Santangeli
- Stefano Mammola
- Marjo Saastamoinen
ArticleOpen Access8 Jul 2022 Scientific Reports
Audience effect on domestic dogs’ behavioural displays and facial expressions
- Giulia Pedretti
- Chiara Canori
- Paola Valsecchi
ArticleOpen Access13 Jun 2022 Scientific Reports
Responses of birds and mammals to long-established wind farms in India
- Honnavalli N. Kumara
- S. Babu
- Mahesh Bilaskar
ArticleOpen Access25 Jan 2022 Scientific Reports
Impacts of offshore wind farms on the atmospheric environment over Taiwan Strait during an extreme weather typhoon event
- Tsung-Yu Lee
- Yu-Ting Wu
- Yang-Fan Sheng
ArticleOpen Access17 Jan 2022 Scientific Reports
Calibrating the zenith of dinosaur diversity in the Campanian of the Western Interior Basin by CA-ID-TIMS U–Pb geochronology
- Jahandar Ramezani
- Tegan L. Beveridge
- Eric M. Roberts
ArticleOpen Access26 Sep 2022 Scientific Reports
Overall negative trends for snow cover extent and duration in global mountain regions over 1982–2020
- C. Notarnicola
ArticleOpen Access12 Aug 2022 Scientific Reports
Physiological acclimatization in Hawaiian corals following a 22-month shift in baseline seawater temperature and pH
- Rowan H. McLachlan
- James T. Price
- Andréa G. Grottoli
ArticleOpen Access10 Mar 2022 Scientific Reports
Nature and happiness in an individualist and a collectivist culture
- Tal Svoray
- Michael Dorman
- Robert Gifford
ArticleOpen Access11 May 2022 Scientific Reports
Total isostatic response to the complete unloading of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets
- Guy J. G. Paxman
- Jacqueline Austermann
- Andrew Hollyday
ArticleOpen Access6 Jul 2022 Scientific Reports
A Jurassic record encodes an analogous Dansgaard–Oeschger climate periodicity
- Slah Boulila
- Bruno Galbrun
- Pierre Pellenard
ArticleOpen Access4 Feb 2022 Scientific Reports
Monitoring geological storage of CO₂ using a new rock physics model
- Manzar Fawad
- Nazmul Haque Mondol
ArticleOpen Access7 Jan 2022 Scientific Reports
Evaluation of hair cortisol as an indicator of long-term stress responses in dogs in an animal shelter and after subsequent adoption
- Janneke Elisabeth van der Laan
- Claudia Maureen Vinke
- Saskia Stefanie Arndt
ArticleOpen Access21 Apr 2022 Scientific Reports
Cranial muscle reconstructions quantify adaptation for high bite forces in Oviraptorosauria
- Luke E. Meade
- Waisum Ma
ArticleOpen Access22 Feb 2022 Scientific Reports
Song complexity is maintained during inter-population cultural transmission of humpback whale songs
- Jenny A Allen
- Ellen C. Garland
- Michael J. Noad
ArticleOpen Access30 May 2022 Scientific Reports
Species delimitation and mitonuclear discordance within a species complex of biting midges
- Phillip Shults
- Matthew Hopken
- Edward L. Vargo
ArticleOpen Access2 Feb 2022 Scientific Reports
Three-dimensional polygonal muscle modelling and line of action estimation in living and extinct taxa
- Oliver E. Demuth
- Ashleigh L. A. Wiseman
- John R. Hutchinson
ArticleOpen Access1 Mar 2022 Scientific Reports
The 2019–2020 Australian forest fires are a harbinger of decreased prescribed burning effectiveness under rising extreme conditions
- Hamish Clarke
- Brett Cirulis
- Ross Bradstock
ArticleOpen Access13 Jul 2022 Scientific Reports
Spatial distribution and risk assessments due to the microplastics pollution in sediments of Karnaphuli River Estuary, Bangladesh
- Md. Refat Jahan Rakib
- M. Belal Hossain
- Mohamed Mahmoud Sayed
ArticleOpen Access20 May 2022 Scientific Reports
Human forager response to abrupt climate change at 8.2 ka on the Atlantic coast of Europe
- Asier García-Escárzaga
- Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti
- Patrick Roberts
ArticleOpen Access2 May 2022 Scientific Reports
Arboreal camera trap reveals the frequent occurrence of a frugivore-carnivore in neotropical nutmeg trees
- Marie Séguigne
- Opale Coutant
- Pierre-Michel Forget
ArticleOpen Access7 May 2022 Scientific Reports
Earlier snowmelt may lead to late season declines in plant productivity and carbon sequestration in Arctic tundra ecosystems
- Donatella Zona
- Peter M. Lafleur
- Walter C. Oechel
ArticleOpen Access21 Mar 2022 Scientific Reports
Large carnivores and naturalness affect forest recreational value
- Marek Giergiczny
- Jon E. Swenson
- Nuria Selva
ArticleOpen Access11 Aug 2022 Scientific Reports
The accumulation of microplastic pollution in a commercially important fishing ground
- Eoghan M. Cunningham
- Sonja M. Ehlers
- Jaimie T. A. Dick
ArticleOpen Access10 Mar 2022 Scientific Reports

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