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)
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
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
NCA 4: Climate Change Impacts in the United States (Volume I) U.S. Global Change Research Program Donald Wuebbles, David Fahey, and Kathleen Hibbard
Attribution of climate extreme events Nature Climate Change Kevin E. Trenberth, John T. Fasullo & Theodore G. Shepherd
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.)
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Are observed decadal changes in intermediate water masses a signature of anthropogenic climate change? Geophysical Research Letters Helene T. Banks, Richard A. Wood, Jonathan M. Gregory, Timothy C. Johns, Gareth S. Jones
Preventing disaster: Home ignitability in the wildland-urban interface Journal of Forestry Jack D. Cohen
ENSO and interannual rainfall variability in Uganda: implications for agricultural management International Journal of Climatology Phillips, Jennifer and McIntyre, Beverly
Climate change and vector-borne diseases: a regional analysis World Health Organization Andrew K. Githeko, Steve W. Lindsay, Ulisses E. Confalonieri, & Jonathan A. Patz
Detection and Attribution of Recent Climate Change: A Status Report Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society T. P. Barnett, K. Hasselmann, M. Chelliah, T. Delworth, G. Hegerl, P. Jones, E. Rasmusson, E. Roeckner, C. Ropelewski, B. Santer, and S. Tett
Thinning of the Arctic sea-ice cover Geophysical Research Letters Rothrock, D. A., Yu, Y., Maykut, G. A.
Relative roles of climate and emissions changes on future tropospheric oxidant concentrations Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Johnson, C. E., Collins, W. J., Stevenson, D. S., Derwent, R. G.
Causes of twentieth-century temperature change near the Earth's surface Nature Simon F. B. Tett, Peter A. Stott, Myles R. Allen, William J. Ingram, John F. B. Mitchell
Near-Fatal Heat Stroke during the 1995 Heat Wave in Chicago Annals of Internal Medicine Jane E. Dematte, Karen O'Mara, Jennifer Buescher, Cynthia G. Whitney, Sean Forsythe, Turi McNamee, Raghavendra B. Adiga, I. Maurice Ndukwu
Photochemical box modeling of long-range transport from North America to Tenerife during NARE Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Schultz, M., Schmitt, R., Thomas, K., Volz‐Thomas, A.
Detecting climate signals in the surface temperature record AMS Journal of Climate Gerald R. North and Mark J. Stevens
“Great Salinity Anomalies” in the North Atlantic Progress in Oceanography I.M Belkin, S Levitus, J Antonov, S.-A Malmberg
Maximum and Minimum Temperature Trends for the Globe Science David R. Easterling, Briony Horton, Philip D. Jones, Thomas C. Peterson, Thomas R. Karl, David E. Parker, M. James Salinger, Vyacheslav Razuvayev, Neil Plummer, Paul Jamason, Christopher K. Folland
Multi-fingerprint detection and attribution analysis of greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas-plus-aerosol and solar forced climate change Climate Dynamics G. C. Hegerl, K. Hasselmann, U. Cubasch, J. F. B. Mitchell, E. Roeckner, R. Voss, J. Waszkewitz
The 1995 Chicago Heat Wave: How Likely Is a Recurrence? Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Thomas R. Karl and Richard W. Knight
Detecting Greenhouse-Gas-Induced Climate Change with an Optimal Fingerprint Method AMS Journal of Climate Hegerl, G.C., H.v. Storch, K. Hasselmann, B.D. Santer, U. Cubasch, and P.D. Jones
Heat-Related Deaths during the July 1995 Heat Wave in Chicago The New England Journal of Medicine Jan C. Semenza, Ph.D., M.P.H., Carol H. Rubin, D.V.M., M.P.H., Kenneth H. Falter, Ph.D., Joel D. Selanikio, M.D., W. Dana Flanders, M.D., D.Sc., Holly L. Howe, Ph.D., and John L. Wilhelm, M.D., M.P.H.
A search for human influences on the thermal structure of the atmosphere Nature B. D. Santer, K. E. Taylor, T. M. L. Wigley, T. C. Johns, P. D. Jones, D. J. Karoly, J. F. B. Mitchell, A. H. Oort, J. E. Penner, V. Ramaswamy, M. D. Schwarzkopf, R. J. Stouffer, S. Tett
The July 1995 Heat Wave in the Midwest: A Climatic Perspective and Critical Weather Factors Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Kunkel, K. E., S. A. Changnon, B. C. Reinke, and R. W. Arritt
Impacts and Responses to the 1995 Heat Wave: A Call to Action Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Stanley A. Changnon, Kenneth E. Kunkel, and Beth C. Reinke