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)
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
A search for human influences on the thermal structure of the atmosphere Nature B. D. Santer, K. E. Taylor, T. M. L. Wigley, T. C. Johns, P. D. Jones, D. J. Karoly, J. F. B. Mitchell, A. H. Oort, J. E. Penner, V. Ramaswamy, M. D. Schwarzkopf, R. J. Stouffer, S. Tett
A sensitivity study of annual area change for Greenland ice sheet marine terminating outlet glaciers: 1999–2013 Journal of Glaciology Trine S. Jensen, Jason E. Box, Christine S. HvidBerg
A simple approach to distinguish land-use and climate-change effects on watershed hydrology Journal of Hydrology Mark D.Tomer and Keith E.Schilling
A simple method for estimating excess mortality due to heat waves, as applied to the 2006 California heat wave International Journal of Public Health Sumi Hoshiko, Paul English, Daniel Smith, Roger Trent
A Spatial and Temporal Investigation of Medical Surge in Dallas-Fort Worth During Hurricane Harvey, Texas 2017 Disaster medicine and public health preparedness William Stephens, Grete E Wilt, Erica Adams Lehnert, NoelleAngelique M Molinari, and Tanya Telfair LeBlanc
A stratospheric pathway linking a colder Siberia to Barents-Kara Sea sea ice loss Science Advances Pengfei Zhang, Yutian Wu, Isla R. Simpson, Karen L. Smith, Xiangdong Zhang, Bithi De, Patrick Callaghan
A threefold rise in widespread extreme rain events over central India Nature Communications M. K. Roxy, Subimal Ghosh, Amey Pathak, R. Athulya, Milind Mujumdar, Raghu Murtugudde, Pascal Terray & M. Rajeevan
A tipping point in refreezing accelerates mass loss of Greenland’s glaciers and ice caps Nature Communications B. Noël, W. J van de Berg, S. Lhermitte, B. Wouters, H. Machguth, I. Howat, M. Citterio, G. Moholdt, J. T. M. Lenaerts, M. R. van den Broeke
Aboveground live carbon stock changes of California wildland ecosystems, 2001–2010 Forest Ecology and Management Patrick Gonzalez, John J. Battles, Brandon M. Collins, Timothy Robards, David S. Saah
Abrupt shift in the observed runoff from the southwestern Greenland ice sheet Science Advances Andreas P. Ahlstrøm, Dorthe Petersen, Peter L. Langen, Michele Citterio, Jason E. Box
Absence of 21st century warming on Antarctic Peninsula consistent with natural variability Nature John Turner, Hua Lu, Ian White, John C. King, Tony Phillips, J. Scott Hosking, Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Gareth J. Marshall, Robert Mulvaney, Pranab Deb
Accelerated greenhouse gases versus slow insolation forcing induced climate changes in southern South America since the Mid-Holocene Climate Dynamics Ana Laura Berman, Gabriel Silvestri, Maisa Rojas, Marcela S. Tonello
Accelerated ice shelf rifting and retreat at Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica Geophysical Research Letters Jeong, Seongsu, Howat, Ian M., Bassis, Jeremy N.
Accelerated increase in the Arctic tropospheric warming events surpassing stratospheric warming events during winter Geophysical Research Letters S.‐Y. Simon Wang, Yen‐Heng Lin, Ming‐Ying Lee, Jin‐Ho Yoon, Jonathan D. D. Meyer, Philip J. Rasch
Accelerated sea level rise and Florida Current transport Ocean Science J. Park and W. Sweet
Accelerated West Antarctic ice mass loss continues to outpace East Antarctic gains Earth and Planetary Science Letters Christopher Harig and Frederik J. Simons
Acceleration of ice loss across the Himalayas over the past 40 years Science Advances J. M. Maurer, J. M. Schaefer, S. Rupper, A. Corley
Acceleration of phenological advance and warming with latitude over the past century Scientific Reports Eric Post, Byron A. Steinman, Michael E. Mann
Access : Increased multidecadal variability of the North Atlantic Oscillation since 1781 Nature Geoscience Nathalie F. Goodkin, Konrad A. Hughen, Scott C. Doney, William B. Curry