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)
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
NCA 4: Climate Change Impacts in the United States (Volume I) U.S. Global Change Research Program Donald Wuebbles, David Fahey, and Kathleen Hibbard
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
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
Title Source Date Author(s)
Shrinkage of Sperry and Grinnell Glaciers, Glacier National Park, Montana Geographical Review James Dyson
A possible response of the atmospheric Hadley circulation to equatorial anomalies of ocean temperature Tellus Bjerknes, J.
The dependence of hurricane intensity on climate Nature Kerry Emanuel
The 1988 US drought linked to anomalous sea surface temperature Nature T. N. Palmer, Č. Branković
Potential evapotranspiration and the likelihood of future drought Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Rind, D., Goldberg, R., Hansen, J., Rosenzweig, C., Ruedy, R.
Winter ticks on moose and other ungulates: factors influencing their population size Alces Samuel, W. M., & Welch, Dwight A.
“Recent warming”: ice core evidence from tropical ice cores with emphasis on Central Asia Global and Planetary Change L.G. Thompson, E.Mosley-Thompson, M.Davis, P.N.Lin, T.Yao, M.Dyurgerov J.Dai
The Association between Extremes in North American Snow Cover Extent and United States Temperatures AMS: Journal of Climate Daniel J. Leathers and Dayid A. Robinson
Frequency of Heavy Rainfall Events in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1900 to 1991 Southeastern Geographer Barry D. Keim, Robert A. Muller
Towards the detection and attribution of an anthropogenic effect on climate Climate Dynamics Benjamin D. Santer, Karl E. Taylor, Tom M. L. Wigley, Joyce E. Penner, Philip D. Jones, Ulrich Cubasch
Natural and anthropogenic changes in atmospheric CO2 over the last 1000 years from air in Antarctic ice and firn Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Etheridge, D. M., Steele, L. P., Langenfelds, R. L., Francey, R. J., Barnola, J.‐M., Morgan, V. I.
Impacts and Responses to the 1995 Heat Wave: A Call to Action Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Stanley A. Changnon, Kenneth E. Kunkel, and Beth C. Reinke
The July 1995 Heat Wave in the Midwest: A Climatic Perspective and Critical Weather Factors Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Kunkel, K. E., S. A. Changnon, B. C. Reinke, and R. W. Arritt
A search for human influences on the thermal structure of the atmosphere Nature B. D. Santer, K. E. Taylor, T. M. L. Wigley, T. C. Johns, P. D. Jones, D. J. Karoly, J. F. B. Mitchell, A. H. Oort, J. E. Penner, V. Ramaswamy, M. D. Schwarzkopf, R. J. Stouffer, S. Tett
Heat-Related Deaths during the July 1995 Heat Wave in Chicago The New England Journal of Medicine Jan C. Semenza, Ph.D., M.P.H., Carol H. Rubin, D.V.M., M.P.H., Kenneth H. Falter, Ph.D., Joel D. Selanikio, M.D., W. Dana Flanders, M.D., D.Sc., Holly L. Howe, Ph.D., and John L. Wilhelm, M.D., M.P.H.
Detecting Greenhouse-Gas-Induced Climate Change with an Optimal Fingerprint Method AMS Journal of Climate Hegerl, G.C., H.v. Storch, K. Hasselmann, B.D. Santer, U. Cubasch, and P.D. Jones
The 1995 Chicago Heat Wave: How Likely Is a Recurrence? Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Thomas R. Karl and Richard W. Knight
Multi-fingerprint detection and attribution analysis of greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas-plus-aerosol and solar forced climate change Climate Dynamics G. C. Hegerl, K. Hasselmann, U. Cubasch, J. F. B. Mitchell, E. Roeckner, R. Voss, J. Waszkewitz
Maximum and Minimum Temperature Trends for the Globe Science David R. Easterling, Briony Horton, Philip D. Jones, Thomas C. Peterson, Thomas R. Karl, David E. Parker, M. James Salinger, Vyacheslav Razuvayev, Neil Plummer, Paul Jamason, Christopher K. Folland
“Great Salinity Anomalies” in the North Atlantic Progress in Oceanography I.M Belkin, S Levitus, J Antonov, S.-A Malmberg