Science Sources

Search the database below for peer-reviewed studies and organizational reports documenting climate change trends. (Note: The database does not include studies on projected, or future change.) For studies that specifically identify the fingerprint of climate change on observed trends and events, visit Science Sources: Detection and Attribution.

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Title Source Date Author(s)
Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Assessment: Part I Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Thomas Knutson, Suzana J. Camargo, Johnny C. L. Chan, Kerry Emanuel, Chang-Hoi Ho, James Kossin, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Masaki Satoh, Masato Sugi, Kevin Walsh, and Liguang Wu
IPCC AR5 WGI: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis Cambridge University Press Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)
Attribution of climate extreme events Nature Climate Change Kevin E. Trenberth, John T. Fasullo & Theodore G. Shepherd
Climate change now detectable from any single day of weather at global scale Nature Climate Change Sebastian Sippel, Nicolai Meinshausen, Erich M. Fischer, Enikő Székely, Reto Knutti
NCA 4: Climate Change Impacts in the United States (Volume I) U.S. Global Change Research Program Donald Wuebbles, David Fahey, and Kathleen Hibbard
Title Source Date Author(s)
The impact of climate change and aeroallergens on children's health Allergy and Asthma Proceedings Schmier JK and Ebi KL
What We Know – The Reality, Risks, and Response To Climate Change American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Mario Molina, James McCarthy, Diana Wall, Richard Alley, Julia Cole, Sarah Das, Noah Diffenbaugh, Kerry Emanuel, Howard Frumkin, Katharine Hayhoe, Camille Parmesan, Marshall Shepherd
Time-Course of Cause-Specific Hospital Admissions During Snowstorms: An Analysis of Electronic Medical Records From Major Hospitals in Boston, Massachusetts American Journal of Epidemiology Bobb, Jennifer F., Ho, Kalon K. L., Yeh, Robert W., Harrington, Lori, Zai, Adrian, Liao, Katherine P., Dominici, Francesca
Mortality Displacement as a Function of Heat Event Strength in 7 US Cities American Journal of Epidemiology Saha, Michael V., Davis, Robert E., Hondula, David M.
Occupational heat‐related illness emergency department visits and inpatient hospitalizations in the southeast region, 2007–2011 American Journal of Industrial Medicine L. Harduar Morano, T.L. Bunn, M. Lackovic, A. Lavender, G.T.T. Dang, J.J. Chalmers, Y. Li, L. Zhang, D.D. Flammia
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Children After Hurricane Katrina: Predicting the Need for Mental Health Services American Journal of Orthopsychiatry Howard J. Osofsky, Joy D. Osofsky, Mindy Kronenberg, Adrianne Brennan, Tonya Cross Hansel
Airway epithelial anion secretion and barrier function following exposure to fungal aeroallergens: Role of oxidative stress American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology Nathan A. Zaidman, Kelly E. O'Grady, Nandadevi Patil, Francesca Milavetz, Peter J Maniak, Hirohito Kita, Scott M. O'Grady
A Revised U.S. Climate Extremes Index American Meteorological Society Karin L. Gleason, Jay H. Lawrimore, David H. Levinson, Thomas R. Karl, and David J. Karoly
Atmosphere and Ocean Origins of North American Droughts American Meteorological Society Richard Seager and Martin Hoerling
Diverse Characteristics of U.S. Summer Heat Waves American Meteorological Society Bradfield Lyon and Anthony G. Barnston
Sixfold Increase in Historical Northern Hemisphere Concurrent Large Heatwaves Driven by Warming and Changing Atmospheric Circulations American Meteorological Society Cassandra D. W. Rogers , Kai Kornhuber , Sarah E. Perkins-Kirkpatrick , Paul C. Loikith , and Deepti Singh
Simulated Arctic Ocean freshwater budgets in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries American Meteorological Society Marika M. Holland, Joel Finnis, Mark C. Serreze
Dynamically Derived Tropical Cyclone Intensity Changes over the Western North Pacific American Meteorological Society Liguang Wu and Haikun Zhao
Evolution and Distribution of Record-Breaking High and Low Monthly Mean Temperatures American Meteorological Society Amalia Anderson and Alexander Kotinski
Changes in U.S. East Coast Cyclone Dynamics with Climate Change American Meteorological Society Christopher G. Marciano, Gary M. Lackmann, and Walter A. Robinson
Precipitation Extremes: Trends and Relationships with Average Precipitation and Precipitable Water in the Contiguous United States American Meteorological Society Kenneth E. Kunkel, Thomas R. Karl, Michael F. Squires, Xungang Yin, Steve T. Stegall, and David R. Easterling
Twenty-first century Arctic climate change American Meteorological Society Stephen J. Vavrus, Marika M. Holland, Alexandra Jahn, David A. Bailey, and Benjamin A. Blazey
Consensus on Climate Trends in Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclones American Meteorological Society Nam-Young Kang and James B. Elsner
Monitoring and Understanding Changes in Extremes: Extratropical Storms, Winds, and Waves American Meteorological Society Thomas C. Peterson, Thomas R. Karl, James P. Kossin, Kenneth E. Kunkel, Jay H. Lawrimore, James R. McMahon, Russell S. Vose, Xungang Yin.
Changes in U.S. East Coast Cyclone Dynamics with Climate Change American Meteorological Society Christopher G. Marciano, Gary M. Lackmann, and Walter A. Robinson