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)
Across US, Heaviest Downpours On The Rise Climate Central
Adapt to more wildfire in western North American forests as climate changes Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Tania Schoennagel, Jennifer K. Balch, Hannah Brenkert-Smith, Philip E. Dennison, Brian J. Harvey, Meg A. Krawchuk, Nathan Mietkiewicz, Penelope Morgan, Max A. Moritz, Ray Rasker, Monica G. Turner, Cathy Whitlock
Adaptation required to preserve future high-end river flood risk at present levels Science Advances Sven N. Willner, Anders Levermann, Fang Zhao and Katja Frieler
Advancing the Science of Climate Change The National Academies Press Pamela A. Matson, Thomas Dietz, Waleed Abdalati, Antonio J. Busalacchi, Jr., Ken Caldeira, Robert W. Corell, Ruth S. Defries, Inez Y. Fung, Steven Gaines, Maria Carmen Lemos, Susanne C. Moser, Richard H. Moss, Edward A. Parson, A. R. Ravishankara, Raymond
Aerosol‐driven increase in Arctic sea ice over the middle of the 20th Century Geophysical Research Letters Gagné, Marie‐Ève, Fyfe, John C., Gillett, Nathan P., Polyakov, Igor V., Flato, Gregory M.
Aircraft observations since the 1990s reveal increases of tropospheric ozone at multiple locations across the Northern Hemisphere Science Advances Audrey Gaudel, Owen R. Cooper, Kai-Lan Chang, Ilann Bourgeois, Jerry R. Ziemke, Sarah A. Strode, Luke D. Oman, Pasquale Sellitto, Philippe Nédélec, Romain Blot, Valérie Thouret, and Claire Granier
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
Algae drive enhanced darkening of bare ice on the Greenland ice sheet Geophysical Research Letters Stibal, Marek, Box, Jason E., Cameron, Karen A., Langen, Peter L., Yallop, Marian L., Mottram, Ruth H., Khan, Alia L., Molotch, Noah P., Chrismas, Nathan A. M., Quaglia, Filippo Calì, Remias et al
Amplification of the North American “Dust Bowl” drought through human-induced land degradation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Benjamin I. Cook, Ron L. Miller, Richard Seager
Amplified Arctic warming and mid‐latitude weather: new perspectives on emerging connections Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change Francis, Jennifer A., Vavrus, Stephen J., Cohen, Judah
An analysis of coastal and inland fatalities in landfalling US hurricanes Natural Hazards Jeffrey Czajkowski, Kevin Simmons, Daniel Sutter
An analysis of long-term relationships among count statistics and metrics of synthetic tropical cyclones downscaled from CMIP5 models Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Reed, Andra J., Mann, Michael E., Emanuel, Kerry A., Titley, David W.
An atmospheric mechanism for ENSO amplitude changes under an abrupt quadrupling of CO2 concentration in CMIP5 models Geophysical Research Letters Rashid, Harun A., Hirst, Anthony C., Marsland, Simon J.
An imperative to monitor Earth's energy imbalance Nature Climate Change K. von Schuckmann, M.D. Palmer, K.E. Trenberth, A. Cazenave, D. Chambers, N. Champollion, J. Hansen, S.A. Josey, N. Loeb, P.-P. Mathieu, B. Meyssignac and M. Wild
An Independent Assessment of Anthropogenic Attribution Statements for Recent Extreme Temperature and Rainfall Events AMS Journal of Climate Oliver Angélil, Dáithí Stone, and Michael Wehner
An intensified seasonal transition in the Central U.S. that enhances summer drought Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres S.‐Y. Simon Wang, Joseph Santanello, Hailan Wang, Daniel Barandiaran, Rachel T. Pinker, Siegfried Schubert, Robert R. Gillies, Robert Oglesby, Kyle Hilburn, Ayse Kilic, Paul Houser
An Updated Blizzard Climatology of the Contiguous United States (1959–2014): An Examination of Spatiotemporal Trends Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Jill S. M. Coleman and Robert M. Schwartz
Anatomy of an Extreme Event AMS Journal of Climate Martin Hoerling, Arun Kumar, Randall Dole, John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Jon Eischeid, Judith Perlwitz, Xiao-Wei Quan, Tao Zhang, Philip Pegion, and Mingyue Chen
Angry Summer 2016/17: Climate Change Super-Charging Extreme Weather Climate Council Will Steffen, Andrew Stock, Dr David Alexander and Dr Martin Rice
Annual and seasonal tornado trends in the contiguous United States and its regions International Journal of Climatology Todd W. Moore