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
NCA 4: Climate Change Impacts in the United States (Volume I) U.S. Global Change Research Program Donald Wuebbles, David Fahey, and Kathleen Hibbard
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.)
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
Attribution of climate extreme events Nature Climate Change Kevin E. Trenberth, John T. Fasullo & Theodore G. Shepherd
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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
A reversal in global terrestrial stilling and its implications for wind energy production Nature Climate Change Zhenzhong Zeng, Alan D. Ziegler, Timothy Searchinger, Long Yang, Anping Chen, Kunlu Ju, Shilong Piao, Laurent Z. X. Li, Philippe Ciais, Deliang Chen, Junguo Liu, Cesar Azorin-Molina, Adrian Chappell, David Medvigy, Eric F. Wood
A Reconciled Estimate of Ice-Sheet Mass Balance Science Andrew Shepherd, Erik R. Ivins, Geruo A, Valentina R. Barletta, Mike J. Bentley, Srinivas Bettadpur, Kate H. Briggs, David H. Bromwich, René Forsberg, Natalia Galin, Martin Horwath, Stan Jacobs, Ian Joughin et al
A real-time Global Warming Index Nature K. Haustein, M. R. Allen, P. M. Forster, F. E. L. Otto, D. M. Mitchell, H. D. Matthews & D. J. Frame
A projection of changes in landfalling atmospheric river frequency and extreme precipitation over western North America from the Large Ensemble CESM simulations Geophysical Research Letters Hagos, Samson M., Leung, L. Ruby, Yoon, Jin‐Ho, Lu, Jian, Gao, Yang
A probabilistic quantification of the anthropogenic component of twentieth century global warming Climate Dynamics T. M. L. Wigley, B. D. Santer
A possible response of the atmospheric Hadley circulation to equatorial anomalies of ocean temperature Tellus Bjerknes, J.
A New Subsidence Map for Coastal Louisiana GSA Today Jaap H. Nienhuis, Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, Krista L. Jankowski, Anjali M. Fernandes, Molly E. Keog
A new statistical approach to climate change detection and attribution Climate Dynamics Aurélien Ribe, Francis W. Zwiers, Jean-Marc Azaïs, Philippe Naveau
A new look at lake-effect snowfall trends in the Laurentian Great Lakes using a temporally homogeneous data set Journal of Great Lakes Research Kenneth E. Kunkel, Leslie Ensor, Michael Palecki, David Easterling, David Robinson, Kenneth G. Hubbard, Kelly Redmond
A National Strategy for Advancing Climate Modeling The National Academies Press National Research Council
A multiregion model evaluation and attribution study of historical changes in the area affected by temperature and precipitation extremes AMS Journal of Climate Andrea J. Dittus and David J. Karoly
A Mixed Method to Evaluate Burden of Malaria Due to Flooding and Waterlogging in Mengcheng County, China: A Case Study Plos One Guoyong Ding, Lu Gao, Xuewen Li, Maigeng Zhou, Qiyong Liu, Hongyan Ren, Baofa Jiang
A longer vernal window: the role of winter coldness and snowpack in driving spring transitions and lags Global Change Biology Contosta, Alexandra R., Adolph, Alden, Burchsted, Denise, Burakowski, Elizabeth, Green, Mark, Guerra, David, Albert, Mary, Dibb, Jack, Martin, Mary, McDowell, William H., Routhier, Michael, Wake, Cameron, Whitaker, Rachel, Wollheim, Wilfred
A heated mirror for future climate Science Richard B. Alley
A globally consistent reanalysis of hurricane variability and trends Geophysical Research Letters J. P. Kossin, K. R. Knapp, D. J. Vimont, R. J. Murnane, B. A. Harper
A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change impacts across natural systems Nature Camille Parmesan, Gary Yohe
A global slowdown of tropical-cyclone translation speed Nature James P. Kossin
A geological perspective on sea-level rise and its impacts along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast Earth's Future AGU Publication Kenneth G. Miller, Robert E. Kopp, Benjamin P. Horton, James V. Browning, Andrew C. Kemp
A Dramatic Increase in Annual Average Temperatures for U.S. Cities This Decade Weather Underground | Category 6 Christopher C. Burt