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)
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
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
Attribution of climate extreme events Nature Climate Change Kevin E. Trenberth, John T. Fasullo & Theodore G. Shepherd
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.)
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Increasing River Discharge to the Arctic Ocean Science Bruce J. Peterson, Robert M. Holmes, James W. McClelland, Charles J. Vörösmarty, Richard B. Lammers, Alexander I. Shiklomanov, Igor A. Shiklomanov, Stefan Rahmstorf
Interannual variations in snowpack in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem Hydrological Processes Selkowitz, David J., Fagre, Daniel B., Reardon, Blase A.
The Cause of Decreased Pan Evaporation over the Past 50 Years Science Michael L. Roderick, Graham D. Farquhar
Changes in snowmelt runoff timing in Western North America under a 'business as usual' climate change scenario Climatic Change Iris Stewart, Daniel Cayan, and Michael Dettinger
Estimation of natural and anthropogenic contributions to twentieth century temperature change Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Simon F. B. Tett, Gareth S. Jones, Peter A. Stott, David C. Hill, John F. B. Mitchell, Myles R. Allen, William J. Ingram, Tim C. Johns, Colin E. Johnson, Andy Jones, David L. Roberts, David M. H. Sexton, Margaret J. Woodage
Global ocean warming tied to anthropogenic forcing Geophysical Research Letters Reichert, Bernhard K.; Schnur, Reiner; Bengtsson, Lennart
Interpretation of Recent Southern Hemisphere Climate Change Science David W. J. Thompson, Susan Solomon
Increasing risk of great floods in a changing climate Nature P. C. D. Milly, R. T. Wetherald, K. A. Dunne & T. L. Delworth
Detection of Anthropogenic Climate Change in the World's Oceans Science Tim P. Barnett, David W. Pierce, Reiner Schnur
Anthropogenic Warming of Earth's Climate System Science Sydney Levitus, John I. Antonov, Julian Wang, Thomas L. Delworth, Keith W. Dixon, Anthony J. Broccoli
Heavy Precipitation and High Streamflow in the Contiguous United States: Trends in the Twentieth Century Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Pavel Ya. Groisman, Richard W. Knight, and Thomas R. Karl
Attribution of twentieth century temperature change to natural and anthropogenic causes Climate Dynamics P. A. Stott, S. F. B. Tett, G. S. Jones, M. R. Allen, W. J. Ingram, J. F. B. Mitchell
Role of sea surface temperature and soil-moisture feedback in the 1998 Oklahoma–Texas drought Nature Song-You Hong, Eugenia Kalnay
Are observed decadal changes in intermediate water masses a signature of anthropogenic climate change? Geophysical Research Letters Helene T. Banks, Richard A. Wood, Jonathan M. Gregory, Timothy C. Johns, Gareth S. Jones
Preventing disaster: Home ignitability in the wildland-urban interface Journal of Forestry Jack D. Cohen
ENSO and interannual rainfall variability in Uganda: implications for agricultural management International Journal of Climatology Phillips, Jennifer and McIntyre, Beverly
Climate change and vector-borne diseases: a regional analysis World Health Organization Andrew K. Githeko, Steve W. Lindsay, Ulisses E. Confalonieri, & Jonathan A. Patz
Detection and Attribution of Recent Climate Change: A Status Report Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society T. P. Barnett, K. Hasselmann, M. Chelliah, T. Delworth, G. Hegerl, P. Jones, E. Rasmusson, E. Roeckner, C. Ropelewski, B. Santer, and S. Tett
Thinning of the Arctic sea-ice cover Geophysical Research Letters Rothrock, D. A., Yu, Y., Maykut, G. A.
Relative roles of climate and emissions changes on future tropospheric oxidant concentrations Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Johnson, C. E., Collins, W. J., Stevenson, D. S., Derwent, R. G.