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
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Anthropogenic ocean acidification over the twenty-first century and its impact on calcifying organisms Nature James C. Orr, Victoria J. Fabry, Olivier Aumont, Laurent Bopp, Scott C. Doney, Richard A. Feely, Anand Gnanadesikan, Nicolas Gruber, Akio Ishida, Fortunat Joos, Robert M. Key, Keith Lindsay, Ernst Maier-Reimer, Richard Matear, Patrick Monfray et al
Precipitation Shifts over Western North America as a Result of Declining Arctic Sea Ice Cover: The Coupled System Response American Meteorological Society Jacob O. Sewall
Detection of changes in temperature extremes during the second half of the 20th century Geophysical Research Letters Christidis, Nikolaos, Stott, Peter A., Brown, Simon, Hegerl, Gabriele C., Caesar, John
Maximum and minimum temperature trends for the globe: An update through 2004 Geophysical Research Letters Russell S. Vose, David R. Easterling, Byron Gleason
Thermohaline Ocean Circulation Encyclopedia of Quaternary Sciences Stefan Rahmstorf
Onset of spring starting earlier across the Northern Hemisphere Global Change Biology Schwartz, Marl D., Ahas, Rein, Aasa, Anto
Have anthropogenic aerosols delayed a greenhouse gas-induced weakening of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation? Geophysical Research Letters Thomas L. Delworth and Keith W. Dixon
Changes in the timing of winter–spring streamflows in eastern North America, 1913–2002 Geophysical Research Letters Hodgkins, Glenn A., Dudley, Robert W.
Variability and climate change in the Mantaro River Basin, Central Peruvian Andes Proceedings of 8 ICSHMO Yamina Silva, Ken Takahashi, Nicolas Cruz, Grace Trasmonte, Kobi Mosquera, Elsa Nickl, Raul Chavez, Berlin Segura and Pablo Lagos
Multimodel ensemble simulations of present-day and near-future tropospheric ozone 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
Recent changes in the fire regime across the North American boreal region—Spatial and temporal patterns of burning across Canada and Alaska Geophysical Research Letters Eric S. Kasischke, Merritt R. Turetsky
Weakening of tropical Pacific atmospheric circulation due to anthropogenic forcing Nature Gabriel A. Vecchi, Brian J. Soden, Andrew T. Wittenberg, Isaac M. Held, Ants Leetmaa, Matthew J. Harrison
Anthropogenic Warming of the Oceans: Observations and Model Results AMS Journal of Climate David W. Pierce and Tim P. Barnett
Flooding on California's Russian River: Role of atmospheric rivers Geophysical Research Letters Ralph, F. Martin, Neiman, Paul J., Wick, Gary A., Gutman, Seth I., Dettinger, Michael D., Cayan, Daniel R., White, Allen B.
Forced and unforced ocean temperature changes in Atlantic and Pacific tropical cyclogenesis regions Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences B. D. Santer, T. M. L. Wigley, P. J. Gleckler, C. Bonfils, M. F. Wehner, K. AchutaRao, T. P. Barnett, J. S. Boyle, W. Brüggemann, M. Fiorino, N. Gillett, J. E. Hansen, P. D. Jones, S. A. Klein, G. A. Meehl, S. C. B. Raper, R. W. Reynolds et al
Warming and Earlier Spring Increase Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity Science A. L. Westerling, H. G. Hidalgo, D. R. Cayan, T. W. Swetnam
Multimodel Multisignal Climate Change Detection at Regional Scale AMS Journal of Climate Xuebin Zhang
Increasing Antarctic Sea Ice under Warming Atmospheric and Oceanic Conditions Jiinlun Zhang
Forced and unforced ocean temperature changes in Atlantic and Pacific tropical cyclogenesis regions Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences B. D. Santer, T. M. L. Wigley, P. J. Gleckler, C. Bonfils, M. F. Wehner, K. AchutaRao, T. P. Barnett, J. S. Boyle, W. Brüggemann, M. Fiorino, N. Gillett, J. E. Hansen, P. D. Jones, S. A. Klein, G. A. Meehl, S. C. B. Raper, R. W. Reynolds et al
The impact of natural and anthropogenic forcings on climate and hydrology since 1550 Climate Dynamics Simon F. B. Tett, Richard Betts, Thomas J. Crowley, Jonathan Gregory, Timothy C. Johns, Andy Jones, Timothy J. Osborn, Elisabeth Öström, David L. Roberts, Margaret J. Woodage