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
Title Source Date Author(s)
Twenty-first century Arctic climate change American Meteorological Society Stephen J. Vavrus, Marika M. Holland, Alexandra Jahn, David A. Bailey, and Benjamin A. Blazey
Projected changes in Arctic Ocean freshwater budgets Journal of Geophysical Research Marika M. Holland, Joel Finnis, Andrew P. Barrett, and Mark C. Serreze
Simulated Arctic Ocean freshwater budgets in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries American Meteorological Society Marika M. Holland, Joel Finnis, Mark C. Serreze
Changes in the Atmospheric Circulation as Indicator of Climate Change Elsevier Thomas Reichler
Reclamation Managing Water in the West: Interim Report No. 1, Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study, Status Report U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study Study Team
Independent effects of temperature and precipitation on modeled runoff in the conterminous United States Water Resources Research Gregory J. McCabe, David M. Wolock
Declining annual streamflow distributions in the Pacific Northwest United States, 1948–2006 Geophysical Research Letters C. H. Luce and Z. A. Holden
Identification of human-induced changes in atmospheric moisture content Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences B. D. Santer, C. Mears, F. J. Wentz, K. E. Taylor , P. J. Gleckler, T. M. L. Wigley, T. P. Barnett, J. S. Boyle, W. Brüggemann, N. P. Gillett, S. A. Klein, G. A. Meehl, T. Nozawa, D. W. Pierce, P. A. Stott, W. M. Washington, and M. F. Wehner
Bathymetry data reveal glaciers vulnerable to ice-ocean interaction in Uummannaq and Vaigat glacial fjords, west Greenland Geophysical Research Letters E. Rignot, I. Fenty, Y. Xu, C. Cai, I. Velicogna, C. Ó Cofaigh, J. A. Dowdeswell, W. Weinrebe, G. Catania, D. Duncan
Climate and Dengue Transmission: Evidence and Implications Environmental Health Perspectives Cory W. Morin, Andrew C. Comrie, and Kacey Ernst
Changes in dengue risk potential in Hawaii, USA, due to climate variability and change Inter-Research Climate Research Korine N. Kolivras
Increasing Great Lake–Effect Snowfall during the Twentieth Century: A Regional Response to Global Warming? American Meteorological Society Adam W. Burnett, Matthew E. Kirby, Henry T. Mullins, William P. Patterson
Winter climate change in plant–soil systems: summary of recent findings and future perspectives Ecological Research Kobayashi Makoto, Takuya Kajimoto, Lina Koyama, Gaku Kudo, Hideaki Shibata, Yosuke Yanai, J. H. C. Cornelissen
Cold truths: how winter drives responses of terrestrial organisms to climate change Biological Reviews Williams CM, Henry HA, Sinclair BJ
Phenology as a bio-indicator of climate change impacts on people and ecosystems: towards an integrated national assessment approach USA-NPN Technical Report Series 2012 USA National Phenology Network
Northern Hemisphere Modes of Variability and the Timing of Spring in Western North America American Meteorological Society Toby R. Ault, Alison K. Macalady, Gregory T. Pederson, Julio L. Betancourt, Mark D. Schwartz
Large-scale variations in the vegetation growing season and annual cycle of atmospheric CO2 at high northern latitudes from 1950 to 2011 Global Change Biology Barichivich J, Briffa KR, Myneni RB, Osborn TJ, Melvin TM, Ciais P, Piao S, Tucker C
Climate-induced variations in global wildfire danger from 1979 to 2013 Nature Communications W. Matt Jolly, Mark A. Cochrane, Patrick H. Freeborn, Zachary A. Holden, Timothy J. Brown, Grant J. Williamson, David M. J. S. Bowman
Climate change and growth scenarios for California wildfire Climatic Change A. L. Westerling & B. P. Bryant & H. K. Preisler & T. P. Holmes & H. G. Hidalgo & T. Das & S. R. Shrestha
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