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
NCA 4: Climate Change Impacts in the United States (Volume I) U.S. Global Change Research Program Donald Wuebbles, David Fahey, and Kathleen Hibbard
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.)
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
Attribution of climate extreme events Nature Climate Change Kevin E. Trenberth, John T. Fasullo & Theodore G. Shepherd
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A longer vernal window: the role of winter coldness and snowpack in driving spring transitions and lags Global Change Biology Contosta, Alexandra R., Adolph, Alden, Burchsted, Denise, Burakowski, Elizabeth, Green, Mark, Guerra, David, Albert, Mary, Dibb, Jack, Martin, Mary, McDowell, William H., Routhier, Michael, Wake, Cameron, Whitaker, Rachel, Wollheim, Wilfred
A Later Onset of the Rainy Season in California Geophysical Research Letters Jelena Luković, John C. H. Chiang, Dragan Blagojević, & Aleksandar Sekulić
A heated mirror for future climate Science Richard B. Alley
A globally consistent reanalysis of hurricane variability and trends Geophysical Research Letters J. P. Kossin, K. R. Knapp, D. J. Vimont, R. J. Murnane, B. A. Harper
A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change impacts across natural systems Nature Camille Parmesan, Gary Yohe
A global slowdown of tropical-cyclone translation speed Nature James P. Kossin
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 Dramatic Increase in Annual Average Temperatures for U.S. Cities This Decade Weather Underground | Category 6 Christopher C. Burt
A decade of weather extremes Nature Climate Change Dim Coumou, Stefan Rahmstorf
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 database for depicting Arctic sea ice variations back to 1850 Geographical Review Walsh, John E., Fetterer, Florence, Scott Stewart, J., Chapman, William L.
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 Climatology of Intense Tropical Cyclones in the North Indian Ocean Over the Past Three Decades (1980-2008) Springer Karl Hoarau, Ludovic Chalonge
A Climatology of Arabian Sea Cyclonic Storms American Meteorological Society Amato T. Evan & Suzana J. Camargo
A climatological study of the effect of sea-surface temperature on North Atlantic hurricane intensification Physical Geography Erik Fraza and James B. Elsner
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 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 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 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 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