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)
Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over the past 30 years Nature Kerry Emanuel
Penetration of Human-Induced Warming into the World's Oceans Science Tim P. Barnett, David W. Pierce, Krishna M. AchutaRao, Peter J. Gleckler, Benjamin D. Santer, Jonathan M. Gregory, Warren M. Washington
Risk Mitigation Strategies for Tornadoes in the Context of Climate Change and Development Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change G. A. McBean
Detecting and Attributing External Influences on the Climate System: A Review of Recent Advances AMS Journal of Climate Tim Barnett
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
Trends in Intense Precipitation in the Climate Record AMS Journal of Climate Pavel Ya Groisman
Extracting a Climate Signal from 169 Glacier Records Science J. Oerlemans
Changes toward Earlier Streamflow Timing across Western North America American Meteorological Society Iris T. Stewart, Daniel R. Cayan, and Michael D. Dettinger
Signals of anthropogenic influence on European warming as seen in the trend patterns of daily temperature variance International Journal of Climatology Klein Tank, A. M. G., Können, G. P., Selten, F. M.
New estimates of future changes in extreme rainfall across the UK using regional climate model integrations Journal of Hydrology H.J. Fowler, M. Ekströmb, C.G. Kilsbya, P.D. Jones
Trends in indices for extremes in daily temperature and precipitation in central and western Europe, 1901–99 International Journal of Climatology Moberg, Anders, Jones, Philip D.
Human contribution to the European heatwave of 2003 Nature Peter A. Stott, D. A. Stone, M. R. Allen
Ozone and Short-term Mortality in 95 US Urban Communities, 1987-2000 JAMA Michelle L. Bell, Aidan McDermott, Scott L. Zeger, Jonathan M. Samet, Francesca Dominici
Detecting the effect of climate change on Canadian forest fires Geophysical Research Letters N. P. Gillett, A. J. Weaver, F. W. Zwiers, M. D. Flannigan
More Intense, More Frequent, and Longer Lasting Heat Waves in the 21st Century Science Gerald A. Meehl, Claudia Tebaldi
Factors contributing to the summer 2003 European heatwave Weather Black, Emily, Blackburn, Mike, Harrison, Giles, Hoskins, Brian, Methven, John
Impact of Anthropogenic CO2 on the CaCO3 System in the Oceans Science Richard A. Feely, Christopher L. Sabine, Kitack Lee, Will Berelson, Joanie Kleypas, Victoria J. Fabry, Frank J. Millero
The 2003 heat wave as an example of summers in a greenhouse climate? Observations and climate model simulations for Basel, Switzerland Global and Planetary Change Martin Benistona and Henry F. Diaz
East African Rainfall Anomaly Patterns in Association with El Niño/Southern Oscillation Journal of Hydrologic Engineering Henry K. Ntale and Thian Yew Gan
Forest Harvest Can Increase Subsequent Forest Fire Severity Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Fire Economics, Planning, and Policy: A Global View Carter Stone, Andrew Hudak, and Penelope Morgan