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)
Recent enhanced high-summer North Atlantic Jet variability emerges from three-century context Nature Communications V. Trouet, F. Babst & M. Meko
Rising pCO2 in Freshwater Ecosystems Has the Potential to Negatively Affect Predator-Induced Defenses in Daphnia Current Biology Linda C. Weiss, Leonie Pötter, Annika Steiger, Sebastian Kruppert, Uwe Frost, Ralph Tollrian
Adaptation required to preserve future high-end river flood risk at present levels Science Advances Sven N. Willner, Anders Levermann, Fang Zhao and Katja Frieler
Winter in North America Is Cold — Dec. 2017-Jan. 2018 World Weather Attribution Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Hylke de Vries (KNMI), Gabriel Vecchi (Princeton University), Friederike Otto (University of Oxford), Claudia Tebaldi (Climate Central and NCAR)
Environmental Warming and Feminization of One of the Largest Sea Turtle Populations in the World Current Biology Michael P. Jensen, Camryn D. Allen, Tomoharu Eguchi, Ian P. Bell, Erin L. LaCasella, William A. Hilton, Christine A.M. Hof, Peter H. Dutton
Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene Science Terry P. Hughes, Kristen D. Anderson, Sean R. Connolly et al
Global warming leads to more uniform spring phenology across elevations Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Yann Vitasse, Constant Signarbieux, Yongshuo H. Fu
Changes in U.S. East Coast Cyclone Dynamics with Climate Change American Meteorological Society Christopher G. Marciano, Gary M. Lackmann, and Walter A. Robinson
Changes in U.S. East Coast Cyclone Dynamics with Climate Change American Meteorological Society Christopher G. Marciano, Gary M. Lackmann, and Walter A. Robinson
Industrial-age doubling of snow accumulation in the Alaska Range linked to tropical ocean warming Scientific Reports Dominic Winski, Erich Osterberg, David Ferris, Karl Kreutz, Cameron Wake, Seth Campbell, Robert Hawley, Samuel Roy, Sean Birkel, Douglas Introne, Michael Handley
Abrupt shift in the observed runoff from the southwestern Greenland ice sheet Science Advances Andreas P. Ahlstrøm, Dorthe Petersen, Peter L. Langen, Michele Citterio, Jason E. Box
Attribution of extreme rainfall from Hurricane Harvey, August 2017 World Weather Attribution, Environmental Research Letters Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Karin van der Wiel, Antonia Sebastian, Roop Singh, Julie Arrighi, Friederike Otto, Karsten Haustein, Sihan Li, Gabriel Vecchi and Heidi Cullen
2017 Arctic Report Card Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) of the Arctic Council J. Richter-Menge, J.e. Overland, J.T. Mathis, and E. Osborne
Future respiratory hospital admissions from wildfire smoke under climate change in the Western US Environmental Research Letters Jia Coco Liu, Loretta J. Mickley, Melissa P. Sulprizio, Xu Yue, Roger D. Peng, Francesca Dominici and Michelle L. Bell
Identification of two distinct fire regimes in Southern California: implications for economic impact and future change Environmental Research Letters Yufang Jin, Michael L Goulden, Nicolas Faivre, Sander Veraverbeke, Fengpeng Sun, Alex Hall, Michael S Hand, Simon Hook and James T Randerson
Trends and drivers of fire activity vary across California aridland ecosystems Journal of Arid Environments Alexandra D.Syphard, Jon E.Keeley, John T.Abatzoglou
Future loss of Arctic sea-ice cover could drive a substantial decrease in California’s rainfall Nature Communications Ivana Cvijanovic, Benjamin D. Santer, Céline Bonfils, Donald D. Lucas, John C. H. Chiang, Susan Zimmerman
Causes of the 2011–14 California Drought AMS Journal of Climate Richard Seager, Martin Hoerling, Siegfried Schubert, Hailan Wang, Bradfield Lyon, Arun Kumar, Jennifer Nakamura, and Naomi Henderson
Precipitation Deficit Flash Droughts over the United States American Meteorological Society Kingtse C. Mo and Dennis P. Lettenmaier
Amplified Arctic warming and mid‐latitude weather: new perspectives on emerging connections Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change Francis, Jennifer A., Vavrus, Stephen J., Cohen, Judah