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)
Toward climate change impact: vectors carrying viral infection: what we should know EU publications Joint Research Centre (European Commission)
Increased risk of a shutdown of ocean convection posed by warm North Atlantic summers Nature Climate Change Marilena Oltmanns, Johannes Karstensen, Jürgen Fischer
Changes in extreme high water levels based on a quasi‐global tide‐gauge data set Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans Menéndez, Melisa, Woodworth, Philip L.
Probabilistic estimates of recent changes in temperature: a multi-scale attribution analysis Climate Dynamics Nikolaos Christidis, Peter A. Stott, Francis W. Zwiers, Hideo Shiogama, Toru Nozawa
Attribution of climate variations and trends to human influences and natural variability Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change Trenberth, Kevin E.
Increase of extreme events in a warming world Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Stefan Rahmstorf and Dim Coumou
Detectable regional changes in the number of warm nights Geophysical Research Letters Morak, S., Hegerl, G. C., Kenyon, J.
Human-induced global ocean warming on multidecadal timescales Nature Climate Change P. J. Gleckler, B. D. Santer, C. M. Domingues, D. W. Pierce, T. P. Barnett, J. A. Church, K. E. Taylor, K. M. AchutaRao, T. P. Boyer, M. Ishii, P. M. Caldwell
Declining summer snowfall in the Arctic: causes, impacts and feedbacks Climate Dynamics James A. Screen, Ian Simmonds
Physically based assessment of hurricane surge threat under climate change Nature Climate Change Ning Lin, Kerry Emanuel, Michael Oppenheimer, Erik Vanmarcke
Interdecadal variability/long-term changes in global precipitation patterns during the past three decades: global warming and/or pacific decadal variability? Climate Dynamics Guojun Gu, Robert F. Adler
Influence of the intensification of the major oceanic moisture sources on continental precipitation Geophysical Research Letters Gimeno, Luis, Nieto, Raquel, Drumond, Anita, Castillo, Rodrigo, Trigo, Ricardo
Gulf Stream's induced sea level rise and variability along the U.S. mid‐Atlantic coast Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans Ezer, Tal, Atkinson, Larry P., Corlett, William B., Blanco, Jose L.
Warm Arctic episodes linked with increased frequency of extreme winter weather in the United States Nature Communications Judah Cohen, Karl Pfeiffer, Jennifer A. Francis
Dramatic declines in snowpack in the western US Climate and Atmospheric Science Philip W. Mote, Sihan Li, Dennis P. Lettenmaier, Mu Xiao, Ruth Engel
Acceleration of phenological advance and warming with latitude over the past century Scientific Reports Eric Post, Byron A. Steinman, Michael E. Mann
Spatio-Temporal Linkages between Declining Arctic Sea-Ice Extent and Increasing Wildfire Activity in the Western United States Forests Paul A. Knapp and Peter T. Soulé
Winter 2015/16: A Turning Point in ENSO-Based Seasonal Forecasts Oceanography Judah Cohen, Karl Pfeiffer , Jennifer Francis
Attributable Human‐Induced Changes in the Likelihood and Magnitude of the Observed Extreme Precipitation during Hurricane Harvey Geophysical Research Letters Risser, Mark D. and Wehner, Michael F.
Hurricane Sandy before 1900 and after 2100 Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Gary M. Lackmann