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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How spatially coherent and statistically robust are temporal changes in extreme precipitation in the contiguous USA? International Journal of Climate S. C. Pryor, J. A. Howe, and K. E. Kunkel
Human contribution to more-intense precipitation extremes Nature Seung-Ki Min, Xuebin Zhang, Francis W. Zwiers, Gabriele C. Hegerl
East Antarctic ice sheet stability recorded in a high-elevation ice-cored moraine Nicole A. Bader, Kathy J. Lichta, Michael R. Kaplan, Christine Kassab, Gisela Winckler
Eutrophication will increase during the 21st century as a result of precipitation changes Science E. Sinha, A. M. Michalak, V. Balaji
Seafood prices reveal impacts of a major ecological disturbance Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Martin D. Smith, Atle Oglend, A. Justin Kirkpatrick, Frank Asche, Lori S. Bennear, J. Kevin Craig, James M. Nance
Interactions between sea-level rise and wave exposure on reef island dynamics in the Solomon Islands Environmental Research Letters Simon Albert, Javier X Leon, Alistair R Grinham, John A Church, Badin R Gibbes and Colin D Woodroffe
Predicting climate change effects on surface soil organic carbon of Louisiana, USA Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Biao Zhong, Yi Jun Xu
Crop-damaging temperatures increase suicide rates in India Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Tamma A. Carleton
Record Temperature Streak Bears Anthropogenic Fingerprint Geophysical Research Letters Mann, Michael E., Miller, Sonya K., Rahmstorf, Stefan, Steinman, Byron A., Tingley, Martin
BAMS State of the Climate 2016 National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) formerly known as National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) Blunden, J. and D. S. Arndt, Eds
Global and regional climate in 2016 Weather Kennedy, John, Dunn, Robert, McCarthy, Mark, Titchner, Holly, Morice, Colin
Spatial and temporal variability of sea‐level rise hotspots over the eastern United States Geophysical Research Letters Valle‐Levinson, Arnoldo, Dutton, Andrea, Martin, Jonathan B.
Global patterns of drought recovery Nature Christopher R. Schwalm, William R. L. Anderegg, Anna M. Michalak, Joshua B. Fisher, Franco Biondi, George Koch, Marcy Litvak, Kiona Ogle, John D. Shaw, Adam Wolf, Deborah N. Huntzinger, Kevin Schaefer, Robert Cook, et al
Heat Exposure and Maternal Health in the Face of Climate Change International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Leeann Kuehn and Sabrina McCormick
How much, how fast?: A science review and outlook for research on the instability of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier in the 21st century Global and Planetary Change T.A. Scambos, R.E. Bell, R.B. Alley, S. Anandakrishnan, D.H. Bromwich, K. Brunt, K. Christianson, T. Creyts, S.B. Das, R. DeConto, P. Dutrieux, H.A. Fricker, D. Holland, J. MacGregor, B. Medley, J.P. Nicolas, D. Pollard, M.R. Siegfried et al
Decadal ecosystem response to an anomalous melt season in a polar desert in Antarctica Nature Ecology & Evolution Michael N. Gooseff, John E. Barrett, Byron J. Adams, Peter T. Doran, Andrew G. Fountain, W. Berry Lyons, Diane M. McKnight, John C. Priscu, Eric R. Sokol, Cristina Takacs-Vesbach, Martijn L. Vandegehuchte, Ross A. Virginia, Diana H. Wall
Frequency of Heavy Rainfall Events in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1900 to 1991 Southeastern Geographer Barry D. Keim, Robert A. Muller
Winter storms drive rapid phenotypic, regulatory, and genomic shifts in the green anole lizard Science Shane C. Campbell-Staton, Zachary A. Cheviron, Nicholas Rochette, Julian Catchen, Jonathan B. Losos, Scott V. Edwards
Systematic Assessment of the Climate Sensitivity of Important Human and Domestic Animals Pathogens in Europe Scientific Reports K. Marie McIntyre, Christian Setzkorn, Philip J. Hepworth, Serge Morand, Andrew P. Morse, Matthew Baylis
Impacts of the Larsen-C Ice Shelf calving event Nature Climate Change Anna E. Hogg, G. Hilmar Gudmundsson