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
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Airway epithelial anion secretion and barrier function following exposure to fungal aeroallergens: Role of oxidative stress American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology Nathan A. Zaidman, Kelly E. O'Grady, Nandadevi Patil, Francesca Milavetz, Peter J Maniak, Hirohito Kita, Scott M. O'Grady
Thermodynamic and Dynamic Mechanisms for Large-Scale Changes in the Hydrological Cycle in Response to Global Warming American Meteorological Society Richard Seager, Naomi Naik, Gabriel A. Vecchi
Climate-Driven Variability and Trends in Mountain Snowpack in Western North America American Meteorological Society Philip Mote
Changes toward Earlier Streamflow Timing across Western North America American Meteorological Society Iris T. Stewart, Daniel R. Cayan, and Michael D. Dettinger
Environmental Factors Affecting Tropical Cyclone Power Dissipation American Meteorological Society Kerry Emanuel
Vulnerability due to Nocturnal Tornadoes American Meteorological Society Walker S. Ashley, Andrew J. Krmenec, and Rick Schwantes
Precipitation Extremes: Trends and Relationships with Average Precipitation and Precipitable Water in the Contiguous United States American Meteorological Society Kenneth E. Kunkel, Thomas R. Karl, Michael F. Squires, Xungang Yin, Steve T. Stegall, and David R. Easterling
Increasing Great Lake–Effect Snowfall during the Twentieth Century: A Regional Response to Global Warming? American Meteorological Society Adam W. Burnett, Matthew E. Kirby, Henry T. Mullins, William P. Patterson
Monitoring and Understanding Trends in Extreme Storms American Meteorological Society Kenneth E. Kunkel, Thomas R. Karl, Harold Brooks, James Kossin, Jay H. Lawrimore, Derek Arndt, Lance Bosart, David Changnon, Susan L. Cutter, Nolan Doesken, Kerry Emanuel et al
North Atlantic Storm-Track Sensitivity to Warming Increases with Model Resolution American Meteorological Society Jeff Willison, Walter A. Robinson, and Gary M. Lackmann
Eddy Heat Flux in the Southern Ocean: Response to Variable Wind Forcing American Meteorological Society Andrew Hogg, Michael Meredith, Jeffrey Blundell, and Chis Wison
Precipitation Deficit Flash Droughts over the United States American Meteorological Society Kingtse C. Mo and Dennis P. Lettenmaier
Flash Droughts: A Review and Assessment of the Challenges Imposed by Rapid-Onset Droughts in the United States American Meteorological Society Jason A. Otkin, Mark Svoboda, Eric D. Hunt, Trent W. Ford, Martha C. Anderson, Christopher Hain, and Jeffrey B. Basara
Spatial Redistribution of U.S. Tornado Activity between 1954 and 2013 American Meteorological Society Ernest Agee, Jennifer Larson, Samuel Childs, and Alexandra Marmo
Dynamical link between the Barents-Kara Sea ice and the Arctic Oscillation American Meteorological Society Xiao-Yi Yang, Xiaojun Yuan, and Mingfang Ting
Will Global Warming Make Hurricane Forecasting More Difficult? American Meteorological Society Kerry Emanuel
Climate Mechanism for Stronger Typhoons in a Warmer World American Meteorological Society Nam-Young Kang and James B. Elsner
Global Warming–Induced Changes in El Niño Teleconnections over the North Pacific and North America American Meteorological Society Zhen-Qiang Zhou, Shang-Ping Xie, Xiao-Tong Zheng, Qinyu Liu, and Hai Wang
A Revised U.S. Climate Extremes Index American Meteorological Society Karin L. Gleason, Jay H. Lawrimore, David H. Levinson, Thomas R. Karl, and David J. Karoly
Atmosphere and Ocean Origins of North American Droughts American Meteorological Society Richard Seager and Martin Hoerling