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.)
Title Source Date Author(s)
Global Issue, Local Risk Colorado Health Institute CHI Staff
Global glacier mass changes and their contributions to sea-level rise from 1961 to 2016 Nature M. Zemp, M. Huss, E. Thibert, N. Eckert, R. McNabb, J. Huber, M. Barandun, H. Machguth, S. U. Nussbaumer, I. Gärtner-Roer, L. Thomson, F. Paul, F. Maussion, S. Kutuzov, J. G. Cogley
Recent global warming as confirmed by AIRS Environmental Research Letters J Susskind, G A Schmidt, J N Lee, L Iredell
Anthropogenic climate change and heat effects on health International Journal of Climatology Nikolaos Christidis, Dann Mitchell, Peter A. Stott
Extremes of summer climate trigger thousands of thermokarst landslides in a High Arctic environment Nature Communications Antoni G. Lewkowicz, Robert G. Way
China Blue Book on Climate Change China's National Climate Center
Associations between alteration in plant phenology and hay fever prevalence among US adults: Implication for changing climate PLOS One Amir Sapkota, Raghu Murtugudde, Frank C. Curriero, Crystal R. Upperman, Lewis Ziska, Chengsheng Jiang
Wildfire smoke exposure under climate change: impact on respiratory health of affected communitie Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine Reid CE and Maestas MM
Interruption of two decades of Jakobshavn Isbrae acceleration and thinning as regional ocean cools Nature Geoscience Ala Khazendar, Ian G. Fenty, Dustin Carroll, Alex Gardner, Craig M. Lee, Ichiro Fukumori, Ou Wang, Hong Zhang, Hélène Seroussi, Delwyn Moller, Brice P. Y. Noël, Michiel R. van den Broeke, Steven Dinardo, Josh Willis
Widespread shifts in the coastal biota of northern California during the 2014–2016 marine heatwaves Scientific Reports Eric Sanford, Jacqueline L. Sones, Marisol García-Reyes, Jeffrey H. R. Goddard, John L. Largier
Increased Greenland melt triggered by large-scale, year-round cyclonic moisture intrusions The Cryosphere Oltmanns, Marilena, Straneo, Fiammetta, Tedesco, Marco
Human Influence on Winter Precipitation Trends (1921–2015) over North America and Eurasia Revealed by Dynamical Adjustment Geophysical Research Letters Ruixia Guo, Clara Deser, Laurent Terray, Flavio Lehner
Past and future spread of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus Nature Microbiology Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Robert C. Reiner, Oliver J. Brady et al.
Extreme Rainfall Associated With Hurricane Maria Over Puerto Rico and Its Connections to Climate Variability and Change Geophysical Research Letters David Keellings, José J. Hernández Ayala
Impacts of historical warming on marine fisheries production Science Christopher M. Free, James T. Thorson, Malin L. Pinsky, Kiva L. Oken, John Wiedenmann, Olaf P. Jensen
Impacts of historical warming on marine fisheries production Science Christopher M. Free, James T. Thorson, Malin L. Pinsky, Kiva L. Oken, John Wiedenmann, Olaf P. Jensen
Temperature-related changes in airborne allergenic pollen abundance and seasonality across the northern hemisphere: a retrospective data analysis The Lancet - Planetary Health Lewis H Ziska, László Makra, Susan K Harry, Nicolas Bruffaerts, Marijke Hendrickx, Frances Coates, Annika Saarto, Michel Thibaudon, Gilles Oliver, Athanasios Damialis, Athanasios Charalampopoulos, Despoina Vokou, Starri Heiđmarsson, Ellý Guđjohnsen et al
A review and analysis of possible changes to the climatology of tornadoes in the United States Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment Todd W Moore, Tiffany A DeBoer
Recent increases in tropical cyclone intensification rates Nature Communications Kieran T. Bhatia, Gabriel A. Vecchi, Thomas R. Knutson, Hiroyuki Murakami, James Kossin, Keith W. Dixon, Carolyn E. Whitlock
Climate, conflict and forced migration Global Environmental Change Guy J. Abel, Michael Brottrager, Jesus Crespo Cuaresma, Raya Muttarak