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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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Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Assessment: Part I Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society May 28, 2019 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 Sep 1, 2013 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 Jun 22, 2015 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 Jan 2, 2020 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 Nov 3, 2017 Donald Wuebbles, David Fahey, and Kathleen Hibbard
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Future Warming and Intensification of Precipitation Extremes: A “Double Whammy” Leading to Increasing Flood Risk in California Aug 10, 2020 Xingying Huang, Samantha Stevenson, and Alex D. Hall
Climate Change: A Deadly Threat to Coral Reefs Apr 12, 2017 The Climate Council
Multimodel ensemble simulations of present-day and near-future tropospheric ozone Apr 26, 2006 Stevenson, Dentener, Schultz, Ellingsen, van Noije, Wild, G. Zeng, Amann, Atherton, Bell, Bergmann, Bey, Butler, Cofala, Collins, Derwent, Doherty, Drevet, Eskes, Fiore, Gauss, Hauglustaine, Horowitz, Isaksen, Krol, Lamarque, Lawrence, Montanaro et al
Grey swan tropical cyclones Aug 31, 2015 Ning Lin and Kerry Emanuel
Influence of Tropical Tropopause Layer Cooling on Atlantic Hurricane Activity Apr 1, 2013 Kerry Emanuel, Susan Solomon, Doris Folini, Sean Davis, and Chiara Cagnazzo
UK Climate Projections science report: Climate change projections Dec 1, 2010 James Murphy, David Sexton, Geoff Jenkins, Penny Boorman, Ben Booth, Kate Brown, Robin Clark, Mat Collins, Glen Harris, Lizzie Kendon
Increasing Antarctic Sea Ice under Warming Atmospheric and Oceanic Conditions Sep 18, 2006 Jiinlun Zhang
Sensitivity of Limiting Hurricane Intensity to SST in the Atlantic from Observations and GCMs Aug 6, 2013 James B. Elsner, Sarah E. Strazzo, Thomas H. Jagger, Timothy LaRow, Ming Zhao
Trends of the timing and volume of streamflow and their relationship with climate Apr 1, 2015 Shen, Yanjun; Shen, Yanjun; Fink, Manfred; Flügel, Wolfgang-Albert
Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia Apr 21, 2013 PAGES 2k Consortium, Moinuddin Ahmed, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Asfawossen Asrat, Hemant P. Borgaonkar, Martina Braida, Brendan M. Buckley, Ulf Büntgen, Brian M. Chase, Duncan A. Christie et al
East Antarctic ice sheet stability recorded in a high-elevation ice-cored moraine Mar 1, 2017 Nicole A. Bader, Kathy J. Lichta, Michael R. Kaplan, Christine Kassab, Gisela Winckler
Permafrost is warming at a global scale Jan 16, 2019 Boris K. Biskaborn, Sharon L. Smith, Jeannette Noetzli et al
WMO Presentation: Foehn jets and their implications for the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica Jun 28, 2017 Elvidge
Warm Arctic, Cold Continents: A Common Pattern Related to Arctic Sea Ice Melt, Snow Advance, and Extreme Winter Weather Sep 11, 2013 Judah Cohen, Justin E. Jones, Jason C. Furtado, Eli Tziperman
A Review of the Impact of Climate Variability and Change on Aeroallergens and Their Associated Effects Aug 1, 2008 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Cranking Up The Intensity: Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events Climate Council of Australia Limited Feb 8, 2017 Professor Will Steffen, Professor Lesley Hughes, Dr David Alexander and Dr Martin Rice
Global Warming Will Aggravate Ozone Pollution in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Jun 1, 2019 Cristina L. Archer, Joseph F. Brodie, and Sara A. Rauscher
Effects of Drought on Forests and Rangelands in the United States: A Comprehensive Science Synthesis U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service Feb 1, 2016 James M. Vose, James S. Clark, Charles H. Luce, Toral Patel-Weynand
State of the Lake UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center Jul 28, 2016 Geoffrey Schladow
Exceptionally Hot and Cold Summers in Europe (1951-2010) Acta Geophysica Feb 1, 2015 Robert Twardosz, Urszula Kossowska-Cezak

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