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
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Rapid global ocean-atmosphere response to Southern Ocean freshening during the last glacial Nature Communications Chris S. M. Turney, Richard T. Jones, Steven J. Phipps, Zoë Thomas, Alan Hogg, A. Peter Kershaw, Christopher J. Fogwill, Jonathan Palmer, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Florian Adolphi, Raimund Muscheler, Konrad A. Hughen et al
Influence of Tropical Tropopause Layer Cooling on Atlantic Hurricane Activity Kerry Emanuel, Susan Solomon, Doris Folini, Sean Davis, and Chiara Cagnazzo
Implications of recent sea level rise science for low-elevation areas in coastal cities of the conterminous U.S.A. Climatic Change Jeremy L. Weiss, Jonathan T. Overpeck, Ben Strauss
How will precipitation change in extratropical cyclones as the planet warms? Insights from a large initial condition climate model ensemble Climate Dynamics Vineel Yettella, Jennifer E. Kay
Rapid changes in the seasonal sea level cycle along the US Gulf coast from the late 20th century Geophysical Research Letters Wahl, Thomas, Calafat, Francisco M., Luther, Mark E.
WMO expert team statement on Hurricane Harvey World Meteorological Organization News Knutson et al.
The impact of climate change on global tropical cyclone damage Nature Climate Change Robert Mendelsohn, Kerry Emanuel, Shun Chonabayashi, Laura Bakkensen
Hurricane Harvey – Extraordinary Flooding for Houston and Surrounding Areas MetStat Extreme Precipitation Blog Parzybok, Caldwell, Brock, and Crow
Economic losses from US hurricanes consistent with an influence from climate change Nature Geoscience Francisco Estrada, W. J. Wouter Botzen, Richard S. J. Tol
The Relationship between Sea Surface Temperature and Maximum Intensification Rate of Tropical Cyclones in the North Atlantic AMS Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences Jing Xu, Yuqing Wang, and Zhe-Min Tan
Dengue burden in India: recent trends and importance of climatic parameters Emerging Microbes & Infections Srinivasa Rao Mutheneni, Andrew P Morse, Cyril Caminade, Suryanaryana Murty Upadhyayula
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Children After Hurricane Katrina: Predicting the Need for Mental Health Services American Journal of Orthopsychiatry Howard J. Osofsky, Joy D. Osofsky, Mindy Kronenberg, Adrianne Brennan, Tonya Cross Hansel
Reactive aggression and posttraumatic stress in adolescents affected by Hurricane Katrina Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Marsee, M.A.
Apparent climate-mediated loss and fragmentation of core habitat of the American pika in the Northern Sierra Nevada, California, USA PLOS ONE Joseph A. E. Stewart, David H. Wright, Katherine A. Heckman
Fungal-derived semiochemical 1-octen-3-ol disrupts dopamine packaging and causes neurodegeneration Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Arati A. Inamdar, Muhammad M. Hossain, Alison I. Bernstein, Gary W. Miller, Jason R. Richardson and Joan Wennstrom Bennett
Climate variability and extremes, interacting with nitrogen storage, amplify eutrophication risk Geophysical Research Letters Lee, Minjin, Shevliakova, Elena, Malyshev, Sergey, Milly, P. C. D., Jaffé, Peter R.
Coupled biogeochemical cycles: eutrophication and hypoxia in temperate estuaries and coastal marine ecosystems Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Howarth, Robert, Chan, Francis, Conley, Daniel J, Garnier, Josette, Doney, Scott C, Marino, Roxanne, Billen, Gilles
Modeling the Population Effects of Hypoxia on Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico: Part 2—Realistic Hypoxia and Eutrophication Estuaries and Coasts Kenneth A. Rose, Sean Creekmore, Dubravko Justić, Peter Thomas, J. Kevin Craig, Rachael Miller Neilan, Lixia Wang, Md Saydur Rahman, David Kidwell
Phenological synchronization disrupts trophic interactions between Kodiak brown bears and salmon Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences William W. Deacy, Jonathan B. Armstrong, William B. Leacock, Charles T. Robbins, David D. Gustine, Eric J. Ward, Joy A. Erlenbach, Jack A. Stanford
Climate change and dead zones Global Change Biology Altieri, Andrew H., Gedan, Keryn B.