| Unprecedented 21st century drought risk in the American Southwest and Central Plains BI Cook, TR Ault, JE Smerdon Science advances 1 (1), e1400082, 2015 | 1763 | 2015 |
| Global warming and 21st century drying BI Cook, JE Smerdon, R Seager, S Coats Climate dynamics 43 (9), 2607-2627, 2014 | 1251 | 2014 |
| Warming experiments underpredict plant phenological responses to climate change EM Wolkovich, BI Cook, JM Allen, TM Crimmins, JL Betancourt, ... Nature, 2012 | 1133 | 2012 |
| Large contribution from anthropogenic warming to an emerging North American megadrought AP Williams, ER Cook, JE Smerdon, BI Cook, JT Abatzoglou, K Bolles, ... Science 368 (6488), 314-318, 2020 | 1034 | 2020 |
| Twenty‐first century drought projections in the CMIP6 forcing scenarios BI Cook, JS Mankin, K Marvel, AP Williams, JE Smerdon, KJ Anchukaitis Earth's Future 8 (6), e2019EF001461, 2020 | 948 | 2020 |
| Rapid intensification of the emerging southwestern North American megadrought in 2020–2021 AP Williams, BI Cook, JE Smerdon Nature Climate Change 12 (3), 232-234, 2022 | 794 | 2022 |
| Climate change and drought: From past to future BI Cook, JS Mankin, KJ Anchukaitis Current Climate Change Reports 4 (2), 164-179, 2018 | 755 | 2018 |
| Contribution of anthropogenic warming to California drought during 2012–2014 AP Williams, R Seager, JT Abatzoglou, BI Cook, JE Smerdon, ER Cook Geophysical Research Letters 42 (16), 6819-6828, 2015 | 687 | 2015 |
| Land–atmosphere feedbacks exacerbate concurrent soil drought and atmospheric aridity S Zhou, AP Williams, AM Berg, BI Cook, Y Zhang, S Hagemann, R Lorenz, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (38), 18848-18853, 2019 | 606 | 2019 |
| Assessing the evolving fragility of the global food system MJ Puma, S Bose, SY Chon, BI Cook Environmental Research Letters 10 (2), 024007, 2015 | 583 | 2015 |
| Spatiotemporal drought variability in the Mediterranean over the last 900 years BI Cook, KJ Anchukaitis, R Touchan, DM Meko, ER Cook Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 121 (5), 2060-2074, 2016 | 542 | 2016 |
| GISS‐E2. 1: Configurations and climatology M Kelley, GA Schmidt, LS Nazarenko, SE Bauer, R Ruedy, GL Russell, ... Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 12 (8), e2019MS002025, 2020 | 526 | 2020 |
| Predicting phenology by integrating ecology, evolution and climate science S Pau, EM Wolkovich, BI Cook, TJ Davies, NJB Kraft, K Bolmgren, ... Global Change Biology, 2011 | 510 | 2011 |
| Divergent responses to spring and winter warming drive community level flowering trends BI Cook, EM Wolkovich, C Parmesan Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (23), 9000-9005, 2012 | 486 | 2012 |
| Effects of global irrigation on the near-surface climate WJ Sacks, BI Cook, N Buenning, S Levis, JH Helkowski Climate Dynamics 33 (2), 159-175, 2009 | 471 | 2009 |
| Amplification of the North American “Dust Bowl” drought through human-induced land degradation BI Cook, RL Miller, R Seager Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (13), 4997, 2009 | 471 | 2009 |
| Projections of declining surface-water availability for the southwestern United States R Seager, M Ting, C Li, N Naik, B Cook, J Nakamura, H Liu Nature Climate Change 3 (5), 482-486, 2013 | 434 | 2013 |
| Effects of irrigation on global climate during the 20th century MJ Puma, BI Cook Journal of Geophysical Research 115 (D16), D16120, 2010 | 391 | 2010 |
| Soil moisture–atmosphere feedbacks mitigate declining water availability in drylands S Zhou, AP Williams, BR Lintner, AM Berg, Y Zhang, TF Keenan, BI Cook, ... Nature Climate Change 11 (1), 38-44, 2021 | 362 | 2021 |
| Twentieth-century hydroclimate changes consistent with human influence K Marvel, BI Cook, CJW Bonfils, PJ Durack, JE Smerdon, AP Williams Nature 569 (7754), 59-65, 2019 | 352 | 2019 |
Jason E. SmerdonProfessor of Climate, Columbia Climate School, Columbia UniversityVerified email at ldeo.columbia.edu
