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)
Sea level and global ice volumes from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Kurt Lambeck, Hélène Rouby, Anthony Purcell, Yiying Sun, Malcolm Sambridge
Shoreline Changes on an Urban Atoll in the Central Pacific Ocean: Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands Journal of Coastal Research Murray Ford
Destruction or persistence of coral atoll islands in the face of 20th and 21st century sea‐level rise? WIREs Climate Change Roger McLean and Paul Kench
Reclamation: Managing Water in the West: Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers Basin Study USBR U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health The National Academies Press Institute of Medicine
A Review of the Impact of Climate Variability and Change on Aeroallergens and Their Associated Effects U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Possible role of climate changes in variations in pollen seasons and allergic sensitizations during 27 years Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Ariano R, Canonica GW, Passalacqua G.
Global climate change and children's health: threats and strategies for prevention Environmental Health Perspectives Sheffield PE and Landrigan PJ
The impact of climate change and aeroallergens on children's health Allergy and Asthma Proceedings Schmier JK and Ebi KL
Climate change and allergic disease US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Shea KM, Truckner RT, Weber RW, Peden DB
Permafrost thaw and soil moisture driving CO2 and CH4 release from upland tundra Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences Natali, Susan M., Schuur, Edward A. G., Mauritz, Marguerite, Schade, John D., Celis, Gerardo, Crummer, Kathryn G., Johnston, Catherine, Krapek, John, Pegoraro, Elaine, Salmon, Verity G., Webb, Elizabeth E.
Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers, New Zealand: Historic length records Global and Planetary Change Heather Purdie, Brian Anderson, Trevor Chinn, Ian Owens, Andrew Mackintosh, Wendy Lawson
The Arab Spring and Climate Change Center for American Progress Caitlin E. Werrell, Francesco Femia, Anne-Marie Slaughter
On the Increased Frequency of Mediterranean Drought American Meteorological Society Martin Hoerling, Jon Eischeid, Judith Perlwitz, Xiaowei Quan, Tao Zhang, and Philip Pegion
Inventory of Shared Water Resources in Western Asia UN-ESCWA United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Did We See It Coming?: State Fragility, Climate Vulnerability, and the Uprisings in Syria and Egypt SAIS Review of International Affairs Caitlin E. Werrell, Francesco Femia, Troy Sternberg
Water, drought, climate change, and conflict in Syria American Meteorological Society Peter H. Gleick
Climate change in the Fertile Crescent and implications of the recent Syrian drought Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Colin P. Kelley, Shahrzad Mohtadi, Mark A. Cane, Richard Seager, Yochanan Kushnir
Heat stress increases long-term human migration in rural Pakistan Nature Climate Change V. Mueller, C. Gray, K. Kosec
Attribution of Extreme Weather Events in the Context of Climate Change The National Academies Press Committee on Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change Attribution