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Xu, J., Ren, C., Zhang, X. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1961-3339, Wang, C., Wang, S., Ma, B., He, Y., Hu, L., Liu, X., Zhang, F., Lu, L., Li, S., Zhang, J., Zhu, Y.-G., Vitousek, P. & Gu, B. (2025). Soil health contributes to variations in crop production and nitrogen use efficiency. Nature Food 10.1038/s43016-025-01155-6.

Liu, X., Wu, K., Wagner, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3429-2374, Zhang, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2487-8574, Xu, M., Liu, Y., Wang, X., Fang, Y., Zhang, S. & Dai, H. (2025). Pathways to achieve the dual targets of carbon neutrality and air quality in Southern China. Frontiers of Engineering Management 10.1007/s42524-025-4043-0.

Zhang, S., Zhang, C., Cai, W., Bai, Y., Max, C., Chang, N., Chen, B., Chen, H., Cheng, L., Dai, H., Dai, X., Fan, W., Fang, X., Gao, T., Geng, Y., Guan, D., Hu, Y., Hua, J., Huang, C., Huang, H. et al. (2024). Taking stock of climate action for a healthy and thriving future. Chinese Science Bulletin 69 (27), 4005-4011. 10.1360/TB-2024-0439.

Zhang, S., Zhang, C., Cai, W., Bai, Y., Callaghan, M., Chang, N., Chen, B., Chen, H., Cheng, L., Dai, H., Dai, X., Fan, W., Fang, X., Gao, T., Geng, Y., Guan, D., Hu, Y., Hua, J., Huang, C., Huang, H. et al. (2023). The 2023 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: taking stock for a thriving future. The Lancet Public Health 10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00245-1.

Cai, W., Zhang, C., Zhang, S., Bai, Y., Callaghan, M., Chang, N., Chen, B., Chen, H., Cheng, L., Cui, X., Dai, H., Danna, B., Dong, W., Fan, W., Fang, X., Gao, T., Geng, Y., Guan, D., Hu, Y., Hua, J. et al. (2023). Leveraging climate actions for healthy ageing. Chinese Science Bulletin 68 (33), 4472-4479. 10.1360/TB-2023-0366.

Ma, T., Zhang, S., Xiao, Y., Liu, X., Wang, M., Wu, K., Shen, G., Huang, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8839-2478, Fang, Y.R. & Xie, Y. (2023). Costs and health benefits of the rural energy transition to carbon neutrality in China. Nature Communications 14 (1) 10.1038/s41467-023-41707-7.

Guo, Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4958-7044, Tan, H., Zhang, L., Liu, G., Zhou, M., Vira, J., Hess, P.G., Liu, X., Paulot, F. & Liu, X. (2023). Global food loss and waste embodies unrecognized harms to air quality and biodiversity hotspots. Nature Food 4, 686-698. 10.1038/s43016-023-00810-0.

Ren, M., Ma, T., Fang, C., Liu, X., Guo, C., Zhang, S., Zhou, Z., Zhu, Y., Dai, H. & Huang, C. (2023). Negative emission technology is key to decarbonizing China's cement industry. Applied Energy 329, e120254. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.120254.

Cai, W., Zhang, C., Zhang, S., Ai, S., Bai, Y., Bao, J., Chang, N., Chen, B., Chen, H., Cheng, L., Cui, X., Dai, H., Bawuerjiang, D., Di, Q., Dong, W., Dong, W., Dou, D., Fan, W., Fan, X., Fang, X. et al. (2023). Seizing the window of opportunity to mitigate the impact of climate change on the health of people in China. Chinese Science Bulletin 68 (15), 1899-1905. 10.1360/TB-2022-0709.

Fan, L., Wigneron, J.-P., Ciais, P., Chave, J., Brandt, M., Sitch, S., Yue, C., Bastos, A., Li, X., Qin, Y., Yuan, W., Shchepashchenko, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7814-4990, Mukhortova, L., Li, X., Liu, X., Wang, M., Frappart, F., Xiao, X., Chen, J., Ma, M. et al. (2023). Siberian carbon sink reduced by forest disturbances. Nature Geoscience 16, 56-62. 10.1038/s41561-022-01087-x.

Cai, W., Zhang, C., Zhang, S., Bai, Y., Callaghan, M., Chang, N., Chen, B., Chen, H., Cheng, L., Cui, X., Dai, H., Danna, B., Dong, W., Fan, W., Fang, X., Gao, T., Geng, Y., Guan, D., Hu, Y., Hua, J. et al. (2022). The 2022 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: leveraging climate actions for healthy ageing. The Lancet Public Health 7 (12), e1073-e1090. 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00224-9.

Liu, X., Liu, W., Tang, Q., Liu, B., Wada, Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4770-2539 & Yang, H. (2022). Global Agricultural Water Scarcity Assessment Incorporating Blue and Green Water Availability Under Future Climate Change. Earth's Future 10 (4) 10.1029/2021EF002567.

Liu, X., Dai, H., Wada, Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4770-2539, Kahil, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7812-5271, Ni, J., Chen, B., Chen, Y., Guo, C., Pan, C., Liu, X. & Liu, Y. (2022). Achieving carbon neutrality enables China to attain its industrial water-use target. One Earth 5 (2), 188-200. 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.01.007.

Liu, W., Liu, X., Yang, H., Ciais, P. & Wada, Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4770-2539 (2022). Global Water Scarcity Assessment Incorporating Green Water in Crop Production. Water Resources Research 58 (1), e2020WR028570. 10.1029/2020WR028570.

Chen, Y., Zhang, L., Henze, D.K., Zhao, Y., Lu, X., Winiwarter, W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7131-1496, Guo, Y., Liu, X., Wen, Z., Pan, Y. & Song, Y. (2021). Interannual variation of reactive nitrogen emissions and their impacts on PM2.5 air pollution in China during 2005–2015. Environmental Research Letters 16 (12), e125004. 10.1088/1748-9326/ac3695.

Cai, W., Zhang, C., Suen, H.P., Ai, S., Bai, Y., Bao, J., Chen, B., Cheng, L., Cui, X., Dai, H., Di, Q., Dong, W., Dou, D., Fan, W., Fan, X., Gao, T., Geng, Y., Guan, D., Guo, Y., Hu, Y. et al. (2021). Location-specific health impacts of climate change require location-specific responses. Chinese Science Bulletin 66 (31), 3925-3931. 10.1360/TB-2021-0140.

Cai, W., Zhang, C., Zhang, S., Ai, S., Bai, Y., Bao, J., Chen, B., Chang, N., Chen, H., Cheng, L., Cui, X., Dai, H., Danna, B., Di, Q., Dong, W., Dong, W., Dou, D., Fan, W., Fan, X., Fang, X. et al. (2021). The 2021 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: seizing the window of opportunity. The Lancet Public Health 6 (12), 932-947. 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00209-7.

Cai, W., Zhang, C., Suen, H.P., Ai, S., Bai, Y., Bao, J., Chen, B., Cheng, L., Cui, X., Dai, H., Di, Q., Dong, W., Dou, D., Fan, W., Fan, X., Gao, T., Geng, Y., Guan, D., Guo, Y., Hu, Y. et al. (2021). The 2020 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change. The Lancet Public Health 6 (1), 64-81. 10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30256-5.

Liu, X., Shaw, D., Bjørndal, T. & Heino, Mikko ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2928-3940 (2021). The Day-to-Day Supply Responses of a Limited-Entry Mixed Fishery. Marine Resource Economics 36 (1), 1-39. 10.1086/711384.

Liu, X., Tian, Z., Sun, L., Liu, J., Wu, W., Xu, H., Sun, L. & Wang, C. (2020). Mitigating heat-related mortality risk in Shanghai, China: system dynamics modeling simulations. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 42, 3171-3184. 10.1007/s10653-020-00556-9.

Liu, X., Pei, F., Wen, Y., Li, X., Wang, S., Wu, C., Cai, Y., Wu, J., Chen, J., Feng, K., Liu, J., Hubacek, K., Davis, S., Yuan, W., Yu, L. & Liu, Z. (2019). Global urban expansion offsets climate-driven increases in terrestrial net primary productivity. Nature Communications 10 (1), e5558. 10.1038/s41467-019-13462-1.

Tian, X., Dai, H., Geng, Y., Zhang, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2487-8574, Xie, Y., Liu, X., Lu, P. & Bleischwitz, R. (2019). Toward the 2-degree target: Evaluating co-benefits of road transportation in China. Journal of Transport & Health 15, e100674. 10.1016/j.jth.2019.100674.

Liu, X., Wang, S., Wu, P., Feng, K., Hubacek, K., Li, X. & Sun, L. (2019). Impacts of Urban Expansion on Terrestrial Carbon Storage in China. Environmental Science & Technology 53 (12), 6834-3844. 10.1021/acs.est.9b00103.

Zaherpour, J., Mount, N., Gosling, S., Dankers, R., Eisner, S., Gerten, D., Liu, X., Masaki, Y., Müller, H., Tang, Q. & Wada, Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4770-2539 (2019). Exploring the value of machine learning for weighted multi-model combination of an ensemble of global hydrological models. Environmental Modelling & Software 114, 112-128. 10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.01.003.

Liu, X., Liu, W., Yang, H., Tang, Q., Flörke, M., Masaki, Y., Müller Schmied, H., Ostberg, S., Pokhrel, Y., Satoh, Y. & Wada, Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4770-2539 (2019). Multimodel assessments of human and climate impacts on mean annual streamflow in China. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 23 (3), 1245-1261. 10.5194/hess-23-1245-2019.

Li, Z., Wang, Z., Liu, X., Fath, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9440-6842, Liu, X., Xu, Y., Hutjes, R. & Kroeze, C. (2019). Causal relationship in the interaction between land cover change and underlying surface climate in the grassland ecosystems in China. Science of the Total Environment 647, 1080-1087. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.401.

Bai, Z., Lee, M.R.F., Ma, Lin, Ledgard, S., Oenema, O., Velthof, G.L., Ma, W., Guo, M., Zhao, Z., Wei, S., Li, S., Liu, X., Havlik, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5551-5085, Luo, J., Hu, C. & Zhang, F. (2018). Global environmental costs of China's thirst for milk. Global Change Biology 24 (5), 2198-2211. 10.1111/gcb.14047.

Veldkamp, T., Zhao, F., Ward, P.J., Moel, H. de, Aerts, J.C.J.H., Müller Schmied, H., Portmann, F.T., Masaki, Y., Pokhrel, Y.N., Liu, X., Satoh, Y., Gerten, D., Gosling, S.N., Zaherpour, J. & Wada, Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4770-2539 (2018). Human impact parameterizations in global hydrological models improves estimates of monthly discharges and hydrological extremes: a multi-model validation study. Environmental Research Letters 13 (5), e055008. 10.1088/1748-9326/aab96f.

Zhao, F., Veldkamp, T.I.E., Frieler, K., Schewe, J., Ostberg, S., Willner, S., Schauberger, B., Gosling, S.N., Schmied, H.M., Portmann, F.T., Leng, G., Huang, M., Liu, X., Tang, Q., Hanasaki, N., Biemans, H., Gerten, D., Satoh, Y., Pokhrel, Y., Stacke, T. et al. (2017). The critical role of the routing scheme in simulating peak river discharge in global hydrological models. Environmental Research Letters 12 (7), 075003. 10.1088/1748-9326/aa7250.

Sun, P., Liu, X., Tang, Y., Cheng, W., Sun, R., Wang, X., Wan, R. & Heino, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2928-3940 (2017). The bio-economic effects of artificial reefs: mixed evidence from Shandong, China. ICES Journal of Marine Science 74 (8), 2239-2248. 10.1093/icesjms/fsx058.

Liu, X., Tang, Q., Cui, H., Mu, M., Gerten, D., Godling, S.N., Masaki, Y., Satoh, Y. & Wada, Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4770-2539 (2017). Multimodel uncertainty changes in simulated river flows induced by human impact parameterizations. Environmental Research Letters 12 (2), 025009. 10.1088/1748-9326/aa5a3a.

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Liu, X. & Heino, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2928-3940 (2014). Overlooked biological and economic implications of within-season fishery dynamics. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 71 (2), 181-188. 10.1139/cjfas-2013-0029.

Liu, X. & Heino, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2928-3940 (2013). Comparing proactive and reactive management: Managing a transboundary fish stock under changing environment. Natural Resource Modeling 26 (4), 480-504. 10.1111/nrm.12009.

Liu, X., Chen, D., Zhang, W., Qin, W., Zhou, W., Qiu, T. & Zhu, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2890-7523 (2013). An assessment of the energy-saving potential in China's petroleum refining industry from a technical perspective. Energy 59, 38-49. 10.1016/j.energy.2013.07.049.

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Book Section

Zusman, E., Murray, F., Rehman, I., Sharma, S., Patdu, K., Tao, H., Mar, K., Li, W., Espita, D., Dematera, K., Silayan, A., Borgford Parnell, N., Oanh, N., Augustian, D., Tsevegjav, B., Annenberg, S., Saikawa, E., Minjares, R., Fabian, B., Hengesbaugh, M. et al. (2019). Closing the Implementation Gap: Bringing Clean Air to the Region. In: Air Pollution in Asia and the Pacific: Science-based solutions. pp. 100-136 Bangkok, Thailand: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ISBN 978-92-807-3725-7

Monograph

Liu, X. (2021). Cost-optimized pathways to achieve the carbon neutrality and PM2.5 air quality targets in Southern China. IIASA YSSP Report. Laxenburg, Austria: IIASA

Liu, X. & Heino, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2928-3940 (2013). Overlooked biological and economic implications of within-season fishery dynamics. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-13-046

Liu, X. & Heino, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2928-3940 (2012). Comparing proactive and reactive management: Managing a transboundary fish stock under changing environment. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-12-047

Liu, X., Heilig, G.K., Chen, J. & Heino, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2928-3940 (2006). Interactions between Economic Growth and Environmental Quality in Shenzhen, China's First Special Economic Zone. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-06-032

Conference or Workshop Item

Telteu, C.-E., Müller Schmied, H., Thiery, W., Leng, G., Burek, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6390-8487, Liu, X., Boulange, J.E.S., Seaby, L.P., Grillakis, M., Satoh, Y., Rakovec, O., Stacke, T., Chang, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4463-7778, Wanders, N., Tao, F., Zhai, R., Shah, H.L., Trautmann, T., Mao, G., Koutroulis, A. et al. (2020). Similarities and differences among fifteen global water models in simulating the vertical water balance. DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-7549. In: European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2020, 4-8 May 2020, Vienna, Austria.

Data

Mahowald, N., Li, L., Vira, J., Prank, M., Hamilton, D., Matsui, H., Miller, R., Lu, L., Akyuz, E., Daphne, M., Hess, P., Lihavainen, H., Wiedinmyer, C., Hand, J., Alaimo, M., Alves, C., Alastuey, A., Artaxo, P., Barreto, A., Barraza, F. et al. (2024). Datasets for: AERO-MAP: A data compilation and modelling approach to understand the fine and coarse mode aerosol composition V. 3. 10.5281/zenodo.14538182.