Science Sources: Detection and Attribution
Climate Signals tracks detection and attribution studies in real time. Below is an updating database of studies that find the fingerprint of human-caused climate change on observed trends and events. The database is limited to studies of local significance in the United States and studies of global significance. For a broader database of peer-reviewed studies and organizational reports on climate change trends, please see all Science Sources.
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Title | Source | Date | Author(s) |
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Human-induced arctic moistening | Science | Seung-Ki Min, Xuebin Zhang, Francis Zwiers | |
Human influence has intensified extreme precipitation in North America | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Megan C. Kirchmeier-Young and Xuebin Zhang | |
Projected Atlantic hurricane surge threat from rising temperatures | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Aslak Grinsted, John C. Moore, Svetlana Jevrejeva | |
Hurricane Sandy’s flood frequency increasing from year 1800 to 2100 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Ning Lin, Robert E. Kopp, Benjamin P. Horton, Jeffrey P. Donnelly | |
Identifying human influences on atmospheric temperature | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Benjamin D. Santer, Jeffrey F. Painter, Carl A. Mears, Charles Doutriaux, Peter Caldwell, Julie M. Arblaster, Philip J. Cameron-Smith, Nathan P. Gillett, Peter J. Gleckler, John Lanzante, Judith Perlwitz, Susan Solomon, Peter A. Stott, Karl E. Taylor et a | |
Increase of extreme events in a warming world | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Stefan Rahmstorf and Dim Coumou | |
Increased threat of tropical cyclones and coastal flooding to New York City during the anthropogenic era | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Andra J. Reed, Michael E. Mann, Kerry A. Emanuel, Ning Lin, Benjamin P. Horton, Andrew C. Kemp, and Jeffrey P. Donnelly | |
Impact of anthropogenic climate change on wildfire across western US forests | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | John T. Abatzoglou and A. Park Williams | |
Human and natural influences on the changing thermal structure of the atmosphere | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Benjamin D. Santer, Jeffrey F. Painter, Céline Bonfils, Carl A. Mears, Susan Solomon, Tom M. L. Wigley, Peter J. Gleckler, Gavin A. Schmidt, Charles Doutriaux, Nathan P. Gillett, Karl E. Taylor, Peter W. Thorne, Frank J. Wentz | |
Incorporating model quality information in climate change detection and attribution studies | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | B. D. Santer, K. E. Taylor, P. J. Gleckler, C. Bonfils, T. P. Barnett, D. W. Pierce, T. M. L. Wigley, C. Mears, F. J. Wentz, W. Brüggemann, N. P. Gillett, S. A. Klein, S. Solomon, P. A. Stott, M. F. Wehner | |
Climate change and California drought in the 21st century | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Michael E. Mann, Peter H. Gleick | |
Normalized US hurricane damage estimates using area of total destruction, 1900−2018 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Aslak Grinsted, Peter Ditlevsen, Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen | |
Anthropogenic warming has increased drought risk in California | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Noah S. Diffenbaugh, Daniel L. Swain, and Danielle Toum | |
Temperature-driven global sea-level variability in the Common Era | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Robert E. Kopp, Andrew C. Kemp, Klaus Bittermann, Benjamin P. Horton, Jeffrey P. Donnelly, W. Roland Gehrels, Carling C. Hay, Jerry X. Mitrovica, Eric D. Morrow, Stefan Rahmstorf | |
Quantifying the influence of global warming on unprecedented extreme climate events | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Noah S. Diffenbaugh, Deepti Singh, Justin S. Mankin, Daniel E. Horton, Daniel L. Swain, Danielle Touma, Allison Charland, Yunjie Liu, Matz Haugen, Michael Tsiang, Bala Rajaratnam | |
Identification of human-induced changes in atmospheric moisture content | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | B. D. Santer, C. Mears, F. J. Wentz, K. E. Taylor , P. J. Gleckler, T. M. L. Wigley, T. P. Barnett, J. S. Boyle, W. Brüggemann, N. P. Gillett, S. A. Klein, G. A. Meehl, T. Nozawa, D. W. Pierce, P. A. Stott, W. M. Washington, and M. F. Wehner | |
Detected climatic change in global distribution of tropical cyclones | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Hiroyuki Murakami, Thomas L. Delworth, William F. Cooke, Ming Zhao, Baoqiang Xiang, Pang-Chi Hsu | |
Forced and unforced ocean temperature changes in Atlantic and Pacific tropical cyclogenesis regions | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | B. D. Santer, T. M. L. Wigley, P. J. Gleckler, C. Bonfils, M. F. Wehner, K. AchutaRao, T. P. Barnett, J. S. Boyle, W. Brüggemann, M. Fiorino, N. Gillett, J. E. Hansen, P. D. Jones, S. A. Klein, G. A. Meehl, S. C. B. Raper, R. W. Reynolds et al | |
Global increase in major tropical cyclone exceedance probability over the past four decades | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | James P. Kossin, Kenneth R. Knapp, Timothy L. Olander, Christopher S. Velden | |
Impact of climate change on New York City’s coastal flood hazard: Increasing flood heights from the preindustrial to 2300 CE | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Andra J. Garner, Michael E. Mann, Kerry A. Emanuel, Robert E. Kopp, Ning Ling, Richard B. Alley, Benjamin P. Horton, Robert M. DeContok, Jeffrey P. Donnelly, and David Pollard |