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)
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.)
NCA 4: Climate Change Impacts in the United States (Volume I) U.S. Global Change Research Program Donald Wuebbles, David Fahey, and Kathleen Hibbard
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)
US daily temperature records past, present, and future Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Gerald A. Meehl, Claudia Tebaldi, Dennis Adams-Smith
US regional tornado outbreaks and their links to spring ENSO phases and North Atlantic SST variability Environmental Research Letters Sang-Ki Lee, Andrew TWittenberg, David B Enfield, Scott J Weaver, Chunzai Wang and Robert Atlas
US surface ozone trends and extremes from 1980 to 2014: quantifying the roles of rising Asian emissions, domestic controls, wildfires, and climate Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Lin, Meiyun, Horowitz, Larry W., Payton, Richard, Fiore, Arlene M., Tonnesen, Gail
US surface ozone trends and extremes from 1980 to 2014: quantifying the roles of rising Asian emissions, domestic controls, wildfires, and climate Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Lin, Meiyun, Horowitz, Larry W., Payton, Richard, Fiore, Arlene M., Tonnesen, Gail
Using data to attribute episodes of warming and cooling in instrumental records Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Ka-Kit Tung, Jiansong Zhou
Using GPS collars to determine parturition and cause-specific mortality of moose calves Wildlife Society Bulletin Severud, William J., Giudice, Glenn Del, Obermoller, Tyler R., Enright, Thomas A., Wright, Robert G., Forester, James D.
Using present-day observations to detect when anthropogenic change forces surface ocean carbonate chemistry outside preindustrial bounds Biogeosciences Sutton, Adrienne J., Sabine, Christopher L., Feely, Richard A., Cai, Wei-Jun, Cronin, Meghan F., McPhaden, Michael J., Morell, Julio M., Newton, Jan A., Noh, Jae-Hoon, Ólafsdóttir, Sólveig R., Salisbury, Joseph E., Send, Uwe et al
Variability and climate change in the Mantaro River Basin, Central Peruvian Andes Proceedings of 8 ICSHMO Yamina Silva, Ken Takahashi, Nicolas Cruz, Grace Trasmonte, Kobi Mosquera, Elsa Nickl, Raul Chavez, Berlin Segura and Pablo Lagos
Variability in the surface temperature and melt extent of the Greenland ice sheet from MODIS Geophysical Research Letters Hall, Dorothy K., Comiso, Josefino C., DiGirolamo, Nicolo E., Shuman, Christopher A., Box, Jason E., Koenig, Lora S.
Variability in tornado frequency associated with U.S. landfalling tropical cyclones Geophysical Research Letters Belanger, James I., Curry, Judith A., Hoyos, Carlos D.
Variability of extreme precipitation over Yunnan Province, China 1960–2012 International Journal of Climatology Li, Yun‐Gang, He, Daming, Hu, Jin‐Ming, Cao, Jie
Variability of tornado climatology across the continental United States International Journal of Climatology Farney, Tory J., Dixon, P. Grady
Variability of tornado occurrence over the continental United States since 1950 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Guo, Li, Wang, Kaicun, Bluestein, Howard B.
Variations in the Intensity and Spatial Extent of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Geophysical Research Letters Danielle Touma, Samantha Stevenson, Suzana J. Camargo, Daniel E. Horton, Noah S. Diffenbaugh
Viral emergence in marine mammals in the North Pacific may be linked to Arctic sea ice reduction Scientific Reports E. VanWormer, J. A. K. Mazet, A. Hall, V. A. Gill, P. L. Boveng, J. M. London, T. Gelatt, B. S. Fadely, M. E. et al
Vital Signs: Update on Zika Virus–Associated Birth Defects and Evaluation of All U.S. Infants with Congenital Zika Virus Exposure — U.S. Zika Pregnancy Registry, 2016 MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Megan R. Reynolds, MPH; Abbey M. Jones, MPH; Emily E. Petersen, MD; Ellen H. Lee, MD; Marion E. Rice, MPH; Andrea Bingham, PhD; Sascha R. Ellington, MSPH; Nicole Evert, MS; Sarah Reagan-Steiner, MD et al
Vulnerability due to Nocturnal Tornadoes American Meteorological Society Walker S. Ashley, Andrew J. Krmenec, and Rick Schwantes
Vulnerability of African maize yield to climate change and variability during 1961–2010 Food Security Wenjiao Shi, Fulu Tao
Vulnerability of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands to present-day rates of relative sea-level rise Nature Communications Krista L. Jankowski, Torbjörn E Törnqvist, Anjali M Fernandes
Warm Arctic episodes linked with increased frequency of extreme winter weather in the United States Nature Communications Judah Cohen, Karl Pfeiffer, Jennifer A. Francis