| Influence of extreme weather disasters on global crop production C Lesk, P Rowhani, N Ramankutty Nature 529 (7584), 84-87, 2016 | 2877 | 2016 |
| A review of recent advances in research on extreme heat events RM Horton, JS Mankin, C Lesk, E Coffel, C Raymond Current Climate Change Reports 2, 242-259, 2016 | 367 | 2016 |
| Amplified Rossby waves enhance risk of concurrent heatwaves in major breadbasket regions K Kornhuber, D Coumou, E Vogel, C Lesk, JF Donges, J Lehmann, ... Nature Climate Change 10 (1), 48-53, 2020 | 239 | 2020 |
| Threats to North American forests from southern pine beetle with warming winters C Lesk, E Coffel, AW D’Amato, K Dodds, R Horton Nature Climate Change 7 (10), 713-717, 2017 | 133 | 2017 |
| Stronger temperature–moisture couplings exacerbate the impact of climate warming on global crop yields C Lesk, E Coffel, J Winter, D Ray, J Zscheischler, SI Seneviratne, ... Nature Food 2 (9), 683-691, 2021 | 126 | 2021 |
| Impact of climate change on heat-related mortality in Jiangsu Province, China K Chen, RM Horton, DA Bader, C Lesk, L Jiang, B Jones, L Zhou, X Chen, ... Environmental pollution 224, 317-325, 2017 | 117 | 2017 |
| Future hot and dry years worsen Nile Basin water scarcity despite projected precipitation increases ED Coffel, B Keith, C Lesk, RM Horton, E Bower, J Lee, JS Mankin Earth's Future 7 (8), 967-977, 2019 | 80 | 2019 |
| Compound heat and moisture extreme impacts on global crop yields under climate change C Lesk, W Anderson, A Rigden, O Coast, J Jägermeyr, S McDermid, ... Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 3 (12), 872-889, 2022 | 79 | 2022 |
| Climate change and physical activity: estimated impacts of ambient temperatures on bikeshare usage in New York City AK Heaney, D Carrión, K Burkart, C Lesk, D Jack Environmental health perspectives 127 (3), 037002, 2019 | 72 | 2019 |
| Net benefits to US soy and maize yields from intensifying hourly rainfall C Lesk, E Coffel, R Horton Nature Climate Change 10 (9), 819-822, 2020 | 55 | 2020 |
| Assessing ecosystem service provision under climate change to support conservation and development planning in Myanmar L Mandle, S Wolny, N Bhagabati, H Helsingen, P Hamel, R Bartlett, ... PLoS One 12 (9), e0184951, 2017 | 50 | 2017 |
| Assessing climate risk in Myanmar: Technical report R Horton, M De Mel, D Peters, C Lesk, R Bartlett, H Helsingen, D Bader, ... Center for Climate Systems Research at Columbia University, WWF-US and WWF …, 2017 | 46 | 2017 |
| Agricultural land-use change in Kerala, India: Perspectives from above and below the canopy TA Fox, JM Rhemtulla, N Ramankutty, C Lesk, T Coyle, TK Kunhamu Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 245, 1-10, 2017 | 39 | 2017 |
| Critically ill patients and end-of-life decision-making: the senior medical resident experience SP Ahern, TK Doyle, F Marquis, C Lesk, Y Skrobik Advances in health sciences education 17, 121-136, 2012 | 39 | 2012 |
| Decadal variability modulates trends in concurrent heat and drought over global croplands C Lesk, W Anderson Environmental Research Letters 16 (5), 055024, 2021 | 34 | 2021 |
| Shifting economic activity to services has limited potential to reduce global environmental impacts due to the household consumption of labour DH Greenford, T Crownshaw, C Lesk, K Stadler, HD Matthews Environmental Research Letters 15 (6), 064019, 2020 | 26 | 2020 |
| Risks of synchronized low yields are underestimated in climate and crop model projections K Kornhuber, C Lesk, CF Schleussner, J Jägermeyr, P Pfleiderer, ... Nature Communications 14 (1), 3528, 2023 | 25 | 2023 |
| Assessing climate risk in Myanmar: summary for policymakers and planners R Horton, M De Mel, D Peters, C Lesk, R Bartlett, H Helsingen, D Bader, ... Center for Climate Systems Research at Columbia University, WWF-US and WWF …, 2017 | 18 | 2017 |
| Habitat use as indicator of adaptive capacity to climate change CS Teitelbaum, APK Sirén, E Coffel, JR Foster, JL Frair, JW Hinton, ... Diversity and Distributions 27 (4), 655-667, 2021 | 13 | 2021 |
| Crop-climate feedbacks boost US maize and soy yields ED Coffel, C Lesk, JM Winter, EC Osterberg, JS Mankin Environmental Research Letters 17 (2), 024012, 2022 | 12 | 2022 |
