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
Title Source Date Author(s)
Quantifying statistical uncertainty in the attribution of human influence on severe weather Weather and Climate Extremes Paciorek, Stone, and Wehner
Cold-season Tornadoes: Climatological and Meteorological Insights Weather and Forecasting Samuel J. Childs, Russ S. Schumacher, and John T. Allen
A Dramatic Increase in Annual Average Temperatures for U.S. Cities This Decade Weather Underground | Category 6 Christopher C. Burt
Observed and Projected Changes in United States Tornado Exposure Weather, Climate, and Society Stephen M. Strader, Walker S. Ashley, Thomas J. Pingel, and Andrew J. Krmenec
Polar bear attacks on humans: Implications of a changing climate Wildlife Society Bulletin Wilder, James M., Vongraven, Dag, Atwood, Todd, Hansen, Bob, Jessen, Amalie, Kochnev, Anatoly, York, Geoff, Vallender, Rachel, Hedman, Daryll, Gibbons, Melissa
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.
Attribution of climate variations and trends to human influences and natural variability Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change Trenberth, Kevin E.
Amplified Arctic warming and mid‐latitude weather: new perspectives on emerging connections Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change Francis, Jennifer A., Vavrus, Stephen J., Cohen, Judah
Detection and attribution of climate change: a regional perspective Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change Peter A. Stott, Nathan P. Gillett, Gabriele C. Hegerl, David J. Karoly, Dáithí A. Stone, Xuebin Zhang, Francis Zwiers
Tropical cyclones and climate change Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change Walsh, Kevin J.E., McBride, John L., Klotzbach, Philip J., Balachandran, Sethurathinam, Camargo, Suzana J., Holland, Greg, Knutson, Thomas R., Kossin, James P., Lee, Tsz‐cheung, Sobel, Adam, Sugi, Masato
Attribution of extreme weather and climate-related events Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change Stott, Peter A., Christidis, Nikolaos, Otto, Friederike E. L., Sun, Ying, Vanderlinden, Jean‐Paul, van Oldenborgh, Geert Jan, Vautard, Robert, von Storch, Hans, Walton, Peter, Yiou, Pascal, Zwiers, Francis W.
The impact of Arctic warming on the midlatitude jet‐stream: Can it? Has it? Will it? Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change Barnes, Elizabeth A, Screen, James A
Destruction or persistence of coral atoll islands in the face of 20th and 21st century sea‐level rise? WIREs Climate Change Roger McLean and Paul Kench
Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Mountain Hydrology : Development of a Methodology through a Case Study in the Andes of Peru World Bank Studies Vergara, Walter, Deeb, Alejandro, Leino, Irene, Kitoh, Akio, Escobar, Marisa
Global Glacier Change Bulletin (2012 - 2013) World Glacier Monitoring Service Michael Zemp, Isabelle Gärtner-Roer, Samuel U. Nussbaumer, Fabia Hüsler, Horst Machguth, Nico Mölg, Frank Paul, Martin Hoelzle
Climate change and vector-borne diseases: a regional analysis World Health Organization Andrew K. Githeko, Steve W. Lindsay, Ulisses E. Confalonieri, & Jonathan A. Patz
Un/natural Disasters: Communicating Linkages Between Extreme Events and Climate Change World Meteorological Organization Susan Joy Hassol, Simon Torok, Sophie Lewis, and Patrick Luganda
The global climate 2011-2015: hot and wild World Meteorological Organization
WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2016 World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
WMO expert team statement on Hurricane Harvey World Meteorological Organization News Knutson et al.