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)
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
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.)
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
NCA 4: Climate Change Impacts in the United States (Volume I) U.S. Global Change Research Program Donald Wuebbles, David Fahey, and Kathleen Hibbard
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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
Spatial Redistribution of U.S. Tornado Activity between 1954 and 2013 American Meteorological Society Ernest Agee, Jennifer Larson, Samuel Childs, and Alexandra Marmo
Dynamical link between the Barents-Kara Sea ice and the Arctic Oscillation American Meteorological Society Xiao-Yi Yang, Xiaojun Yuan, and Mingfang Ting
Will Global Warming Make Hurricane Forecasting More Difficult? American Meteorological Society Kerry Emanuel
Climate Mechanism for Stronger Typhoons in a Warmer World American Meteorological Society Nam-Young Kang and James B. Elsner
Global Warming–Induced Changes in El Niño Teleconnections over the North Pacific and North America American Meteorological Society Zhen-Qiang Zhou, Shang-Ping Xie, Xiao-Tong Zheng, Qinyu Liu, and Hai Wang
A Revised U.S. Climate Extremes Index American Meteorological Society Karin L. Gleason, Jay H. Lawrimore, David H. Levinson, Thomas R. Karl, and David J. Karoly
Atmosphere and Ocean Origins of North American Droughts American Meteorological Society Richard Seager and Martin Hoerling
Simulated Arctic Ocean freshwater budgets in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries American Meteorological Society Marika M. Holland, Joel Finnis, Mark C. Serreze
Dynamically Derived Tropical Cyclone Intensity Changes over the Western North Pacific American Meteorological Society Liguang Wu and Haikun Zhao
Evolution and Distribution of Record-Breaking High and Low Monthly Mean Temperatures American Meteorological Society Amalia Anderson and Alexander Kotinski
Twenty-first century Arctic climate change American Meteorological Society Stephen J. Vavrus, Marika M. Holland, Alexandra Jahn, David A. Bailey, and Benjamin A. Blazey
Consensus on Climate Trends in Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclones American Meteorological Society Nam-Young Kang and James B. Elsner
Changes in U.S. East Coast Cyclone Dynamics with Climate Change American Meteorological Society Christopher G. Marciano, Gary M. Lackmann, and Walter A. Robinson
Monitoring and Understanding Changes in Extremes: Extratropical Storms, Winds, and Waves American Meteorological Society Thomas C. Peterson, Thomas R. Karl, James P. Kossin, Kenneth E. Kunkel, Jay H. Lawrimore, James R. McMahon, Russell S. Vose, Xungang Yin.
Changes in U.S. East Coast Cyclone Dynamics with Climate Change American Meteorological Society Christopher G. Marciano, Gary M. Lackmann, and Walter A. Robinson
Changes in continental freshwater discharge from 1948 to 2004 American Meteorological Society Aiguo Dai, Taotao Qian, Kevin E. Trenberth, and John D. Milliman
Has Arctic Sea Ice Loss Contributed to Increased Surface Melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet? American Meteorological Society Jiping Liu, Zhiqiang Chen, Jennifer Francis, Mirong Song, Thomas Mote, and Yongyun Hu
Changing Northern Hemisphere Snow Seasons American Meteorological Society Gwangyong Choi, David A. Robinson, and Sinkyu Kang
Multi-century evaluation of recovery from strong precipitation deficits in California American Meteorological Society Eugene. R. Wahl, Henry F. Diaz, Russell S. Vose, and Wendy S. Gross