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)
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
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.)
Attribution of climate extreme events Nature Climate Change Kevin E. Trenberth, John T. Fasullo & Theodore G. Shepherd
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IPCC AR5 WGII: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability Cambridge University Press Field, C.B., V.R. Barros, D.J. Dokken, K.J. Mach, M.D. Mastrandrea, T.E. Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L. Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B. Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken, P.R. Mastrandrea, and L.L.White (eds.)
Increasing frequency of extreme El Niño events due to greenhouse warming Nature Climate Change Wenju Cai, Simon Borlace, Matthieu Lengaigne, Peter van Rensch, Mat Collins, Gabriel Vecchi, Axel Timmermann, Agus Santoso, Michael J. McPhaden, Lixin Wu, Matthew H. England, Guojian Wang, Eric Guilyardi & Fei-Fei Jin
Spring Climate Trends Changing in the Northeast USDA Blog Dave Hollinger, Director, USDA Northeast Climate Hub
Trends in atmospheric patterns conducive to seasonal precipitation and temperature extremes in California Science Advances Daniel L. Swain, Daniel E. Horton, Deepti Singh, and Noah S. Diffenbaugh
Climate Modulation of North Atlantic Hurricane Tracks Journal of Climate James Kossin, Suzana Camargo, Matthew Sitkowski
Mountain pine beetle develops an unprecedented summer generation in response to climate warming The American Naturalist Mitton JB, Ferrenberg SM
Forest mortality in high-elevation whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) forests of eastern California, USA; influence of environmental context, bark beetles, climatic water deficit, and warming Canadian Journal of Forest Research Millar, Constance I., Westfall, Robert D., Delany, Diane L., Bokach, Matthew J., Flint, Alan L., and Flint, Lorraine E.
Western Pine Beetle Populations in Arizona and California Differ in the Composition of Their Aggregation Pheromones Journal of Chemical Ecology Pureswaran DS, Hofstetter RW, Sullivan BT, Grady AM, Brownie C
Trends in twentieth-century U.S. extreme snowfall seasons American Meteorological Society Kenneth E. Kunkel, Michael A. Palecki, Leslie Ensor, David Easterling, Kenneth G. Hubbard, David Robinson, Kelly Redmond
A new look at lake-effect snowfall trends in the Laurentian Great Lakes using a temporally homogeneous data set Journal of Great Lakes Research Kenneth E. Kunkel, Leslie Ensor, Michael Palecki, David Easterling, David Robinson, Kenneth G. Hubbard, Kelly Redmond
Trends in twentieth-century US snowfall using a quality-controlled dataset American Meteorological Society Kenneth E. Kunkel, Michael Palecki, Leslie Ensor, Kenneth G. Hubbard, David Robinson, Kelly Redmond, David Easterling
Increasing risk of great floods in a changing climate Nature P. C. D. Milly, R. T. Wetherald, K. A. Dunne & T. L. Delworth
Climatology and Changes of Extratropical Cyclone Activity: Comparison of ERA-40 with NCEP–NCAR Reanalysis for 1958–2001 American Meteorological Society Xiaolan L. Wang, Val R. Swail, and Francis W. Zwiers
Trends and low frequency variability of extra-tropical cyclone activity in the ensemble of twentieth century reanalysis Climate Dynamics Xiaolan L. Wang • Y. Feng, G. P. Compo, V. R. Swail, F. W. Zwiers, R. J. Allan, P. D. Sardeshmukh
Interdecadal trend and ENSO-related interannual variability in Southern Hemisphere blocking American Meteorological Society Li Dong, Timothy J. Vogelsang, and Stephen J. Colucci
Blockings in the Northern Hemisphere and Euro-Atlantic region: Estimates of changes from reanalyses data and model simulations Doklady Earth Sciences I. I. Mokhov, M. G. Akperov, M. A. Prokofyeva, A. V. Timazhev, A. R. Lupo, and H. Le Treut
Bidimensional Diagnostics, Variability, and Trends of Northern Hemisphere Blocking American Meteorological Society Paolo Davini, Chiara Cagnazzo, Silvio Gualdi, and Antonio Navarra
Northern Hemisphere atmospheric stilling partly attributed to an increase in surface roughness Nature Geoscience Robert Vautard, Julien Cattiaux, Pascal Yiou, Jean-Noël Thépaut & Philippe Ciais
Changes in continental freshwater discharge from 1948 to 2004 American Meteorological Society Aiguo Dai, Taotao Qian, Kevin E. Trenberth, and John D. Milliman
Have anthropogenic aerosols delayed a greenhouse gas-induced weakening of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation? Geophysical Research Letters Thomas L. Delworth and Keith W. Dixon