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)
Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) 2017 The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)
Increased rainfall volume from future convective storms in the US Nature Climate Change Andreas F. Prein, Changhai Liu, Greg J. Holland, Kyoko Ikeda, Martyn P. Clark, Roy M. Rasmussen, Stanley B. Trier
Significant contribution to climate warming from the permafrost carbon feedback Nature Andrew H. MacDougall, Christopher A. Avis & Andrew J. Weaver
Emerging stress and relative resiliency of Giant Sequoia groves experiencing multi-year dry periods in a warming climate UC Merced Su, Y; Bales, RC; Ma, Q; Nydick, K; Ray, R; Li, W; Guo, Q
A real-time Global Warming Index Nature K. Haustein, M. R. Allen, P. M. Forster, F. E. L. Otto, D. M. Mitchell, H. D. Matthews & D. J. Frame
How well must climate models agree with observations? Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A Dirk Notz
New observations of Arctic sea ice from satellite radar altimetry University College London Tilling, RL
Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback Nature E. A. G. Schuur, A. D. McGuire, C. Schädel, G. Grosse, J. W. Harden, D. J. Hayes, G. Hugelius, C. D. Koven, P. Kuhry, D. M. Lawrence
Trajectory of the Arctic as an integrated system Ecological Applications Hinzman, Larry D., Deal, Clara J., McGuire, A. David, Mernild, Sebastian H., Polyakov, Igor V., Walsh, John E.
The impact of Arctic warming on the midlatitude jet‐stream: Can it? Has it? Will it? Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change Barnes, Elizabeth A, Screen, James A
Should coastal planners have concern over where land ice is melting? Science Advances Eric Larour, Erik R. Ivins, Surendra Adhikari
Enhanced poleward propagation of storms under climate change Nature Geoscience Talia Tamarin-Brodsky, Yohai Kaspi
Surveillance for Lyme Disease — United States, 2008–2015 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Assessing the present and future probability of Hurricane Harvey’s rainfall Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Kerry Emanuel
Algae drive enhanced darkening of bare ice on the Greenland ice sheet Geophysical Research Letters Stibal, Marek, Box, Jason E., Cameron, Karen A., Langen, Peter L., Yallop, Marian L., Mottram, Ruth H., Khan, Alia L., Molotch, Noah P., Chrismas, Nathan A. M., Quaglia, Filippo Calì, Remias et al
Emerging stress and relative resiliency of Giant Sequoia groves experiencing multi-year dry periods in a warming climate Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences Su, YBales, RCMa, QNydick, KRay, RLi, WGuo, Q
Twenty-Seven Ways a Heat Wave Can Kill You: Deadly Heat in the Era of Climate Change Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes Camilo Mora, Chelsie W.W. Counsell, Coral R. Bielecki, Leo V Louis
Marine heatwave causes unprecedented regional mass bleaching of thermally resistant corals in northwestern Australia Scientific Reports Morane Le Nohaïc, Claire L. Ross, Christopher E. Cornwall, Steeve Comeau, Ryan Lowe, Malcolm T. McCulloch, Verena Schoepf
Uncertain recovery of the North Atlantic right whale in a changing ocean Global Change Biology Meyer‐Gutbrod, Erin L., Greene, Charles H.
Attributing changing rates of temperature record‐breaking to anthropogenic influences Earth's Future King, Andrew D.