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)
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
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.)
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
Title Source Date Author(s)
2017 Arctic Report Card Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) of the Arctic Council J. Richter-Menge, J.e. Overland, J.T. Mathis, and E. Osborne
2017 was the Warmest Year on Record for the Global Ocean Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Lijing Cheng and Jiang Zhu
21st Century Changes in U.S. Regional Heavy Precipitation Frequency Based on Resolved Atmospheric Patterns American Meteorological Society Xiang Gao, C. Adam Schlosser, Paul O’Gorman, Erwan Monier, and Dara Entekhabi
A 1,200-year perspective of 21st century drought in southwestern North America Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Connie A. Woodhouse, David M. Meko, Glen M. MacDonald, Dave W. Stahle, Edward R. Cook
A 1500-year reconstruction of annual mean temperature for temperate North America on decadal-to-multidecadal time scales Environmental Research Letters V Trouet, H F Diaz, E R Wahl, A E Viau, R Graham, N Graham, E R Cook
A 66‐year tropical cyclone record for south‐east Africa: temporal trends in a global context International Journal of Climatology Jennifer M. Fitchett, Stefan W. Grab
A biometeorology study of climate and heat-related morbidity in Phoenix from 2001 to 2006 International Journal of Biometeorology Jay S. Golden, Donna Hartz, Anthony Brazel, George Luber, Patrick Phelan
A carbon budget for the Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica: Estimating net community production and export in a highly productive polar ecosystem Elementa Science of the Anthropocene PL Yager, RM Sherrell, SE Stammerjohn, HW Ducklow, OME Schofield, ED Ingall, SE Wilson, KE Lowry, CM Williams, L Riemann, S Bertilsson, A-C Alderkamp, J Dinasquet, R Logares, I. Richert, RE Sipler, AJ Melara, L Mu, RG Newstead et al
A century of climate and ecosystem change in Western Montana: what do temperature trends portend? Climatic Change Gregory T. Pederson, Lisa J. Graumlich, Daniel B. Fagre, Todd Kipfer, Clint C. Muhlfeld
A climatological study of the effect of sea-surface temperature on North Atlantic hurricane intensification Physical Geography Erik Fraza and James B. Elsner
A Climatology of Arabian Sea Cyclonic Storms American Meteorological Society Amato T. Evan & Suzana J. Camargo
A Climatology of Intense Tropical Cyclones in the North Indian Ocean Over the Past Three Decades (1980-2008) Springer Karl Hoarau, Ludovic Chalonge
A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Burden of Heat-Related Illness and Death within the Florida Population International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Harduar Morano, Laurel, Watkins, Sharon, Kintziger, Kristina
A database for depicting Arctic sea ice variations back to 1850 Geographical Review Walsh, John E., Fetterer, Florence, Scott Stewart, J., Chapman, William L.
A decade of sea level rise slowed by climate-driven hydrology Science J. T. Reager, A. S. Gardner, J. S. Famiglietti, D. N. Wiese, A. Eicker, M.-H. Lo
A decade of weather extremes Nature Climate Change Dim Coumou, Stefan Rahmstorf
A Dramatic Increase in Annual Average Temperatures for U.S. Cities This Decade Weather Underground | Category 6 Christopher C. Burt
A geological perspective on sea-level rise and its impacts along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast Earth's Future AGU Publication Kenneth G. Miller, Robert E. Kopp, Benjamin P. Horton, James V. Browning, Andrew C. Kemp
A global slowdown of tropical-cyclone translation speed Nature James P. Kossin
A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change impacts across natural systems Nature Camille Parmesan, Gary Yohe