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)
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
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
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.)
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
Title Source Date Author(s)
Trends in twentieth-century US snowfall using a quality-controlled dataset American Meteorological Society Kenneth E. Kunkel, Michael Palecki, Leslie Ensor, Kenneth G. Hubbard, David Robinson, Kelly Redmond, David Easterling
Effects of a Warming Climate on Daily Snowfall Events in the Northern Hemisphere American Meteorological Society James F. Danco, Anthony M. DeAngelis, Bryan K. Raney, and Anthony J. Broccoli
Hurricane Sandy inundation probabilities today and tomorrow American Meteorological Society William Sweet, Chris Zervas, Stephen Gill, and Joseph Park
Observed Climate–Snowpack Relationships in California and their Implications for the Future American Meteorological Society Sarah Kapnick and Alex Hall
Increased Interannual Precipitation Extremes over California under Climate Change American Meteorological Society Neil Berg and Alex Hall
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
Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Air Temperature Variability: 1840–2007 American Meteorological Society Jason E. Box, Lei Yang, David H. Bromwich and Le-Sheng Bai
Trends in twentieth-century U.S. extreme snowfall seasons American Meteorological Society Kenneth E. Kunkel, Michael A. Palecki, Leslie Ensor, David Easterling, Kenneth G. Hubbard, David Robinson, Kelly Redmond
Effects of Rainfall on Vehicle Crashes in Six U.S. States American Meteorological Society Alan Black, Gabriele Villarini, and Thomas Mote
Contributions from California Coastal-Zone Surface Fluxes to Heavy Coastal Precipitation: A CALJET Case Study during the Strong El Niño of 1998 American Meteorological Society P. Ola G. Persson, P. J. Neiman, B. Walter, J-W. Bao and F. M. Ralph
On the Measurement of Heat Waves American Meteorological Society S. E. Perkins and L. V. Alexander
A Climatology of Arabian Sea Cyclonic Storms American Meteorological Society Amato T. Evan & Suzana J. Camargo
Interdecadal Changes in Summertime Tropical Cyclone Precipitation over Southeast China during 1960–2009 American Meteorological Society Richard C. Y. Li and Wen Zhou
Temperature and Precipitation Trends in California: Global Warming and Pacific Ocean Influences American Meteorological Society Steve Ladochy, Pedro Ramirez, Dan Killam, Ann Bui, William Patzert, Josh Willis
Flash Droughts: A Review and Assessment of the Challenges Imposed by Rapid-Onset Droughts in the United States American Meteorological Society Jason A. Otkin, Mark Svoboda, Eric D. Hunt, Trent W. Ford, Martha C. Anderson, Christopher Hain, and Jeffrey B. Basara
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
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
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
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.