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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Patterns of bleaching and mortality following widespread warming events in 2014 and 2015 at the Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve, Hawai‘i PeerJ Ku‘ulei S. Rodgers, Keisha D. Bahr, Paul L. Jokiel, Angela Richards Donà
Detectable Anthropogenic Shift toward Heavy Precipitation over Eastern China American Meteorological Society: Journal of Climate Shuangmei Ma, Tianjun Zhou, Dáithí A. Stone, Debbie Polson, Aiguo Dai, Peter A. Stott, Hans von Storch, Yun Qian, Claire Burke, Peili Wu, Liwei Zou, and Andrew Ciavarella
Characterizing Recent Trends in U.S. Heavy Precipitation American Meteorological Society: Journal of Climate Martin Hoerling, Jon Eischeid, Judith Perlwitz, Xiao-Wei Quan, Klaus Wolter, and Linyin Cheng
Increasing Daily Precipitation Intensity Associated with Warmer Air Temperatures over Northern Eurasia American Meteorological Society Hengchun Ye, Eric J. Fetzer, Ali Behrangi, Sun Wong, Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, Crysti Y. Wang, Judah Cohen, and Brandi L. Gamelin
Recent trends of mean and extreme precipitation in Korea International Journal of Climatology Jung, Il‐Won, Bae, Deg‐Hyo, Kim, Gwangseob
Changes in extreme temperature and precipitation in the Caribbean region, 1961–2010 International Journal of Climatology Stephenson, Tannecia S., Vincent, Lucie A., Allen, Theodore, Van Meerbeeck, Cedric J., McLean, Natalie, Peterson, Thomas C., Taylor, Michael A., Aaron‐Morrison, Arlene P., Auguste, Thomas, Bernard, Didier, Boekhoudt, Joffrey R. I., Blenman et al
Variability of extreme precipitation over Yunnan Province, China 1960–2012 International Journal of Climatology Li, Yun‐Gang, He, Daming, Hu, Jin‐Ming, Cao, Jie
Observed changes in precipitation on the wettest days of the year in China, 1960–2000 International Journal of Climatology Liu, Binhui, Henderson, Mark, Xu, Ming, Zhang, Yandong
Long‐term changes in total and extreme precipitation over China and the United States and their links to oceanic–atmospheric features International Journal of Climatology Wang, Fang, Yang, Song, Higgins, Wayne, Li, Qiaoping, Zuo, Zhiyan
Trends in extreme daily precipitation and temperature near Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia International Journal of Climatology Banzragch Nandintsetseg, J. Scott Greene and Clyde E. Goulden
Long-term changes and regional differences in temperature and precipitation in the metropolitan area of Hamburg International Journal of Climatology K. H. Schlunzen, P. Hoffmann, G. Rosenhagen and W. Riecke
Nighttime temperature and human sleep loss in a changing climate Science Advances Nick Obradovich, Robyn Migliorini, Sara C. Mednick, James H. Fowler
Record Balkan floods of 2014 linked to planetary wave resonance Science Advances Lisa Stadtherr, Dim Coumou, Vladimir Petoukhov, Stefan Petri, Stefan Rahmstorf
Rapid decadal convective precipitation increase over Eurasia during the last three decades of the 20th century Science Advances Hengchun Ye, Eric J. Fetzer, Sun Wong, Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen
Increasing risk of compound flooding from storm surge and rainfall for major US cities Nature Climate Change Thomas Wahl, Shaleen Jain, Jens Bender, Steven D. Meyers, Mark E. Luther
Observed changes in extreme wet and dry spells during the South Asian summer monsoon season Nature Climate Change Deepti Singh, Michael Tsiang, Bala Rajaratnam, Noah S. Diffenbaugh
Assessing the observed impact of anthropogenic climate change Nature Climate Change Gerrit Hansen, Dáithí Stone
Massive blow-out craters formed by hydrate-controlled methane expulsion from the Arctic seafloor Science K. Andreassen, A. Hubbard, M. Winsborrow, H. Patton, S. Vadakkepuliyambatta, A. Plaza-Faverola, E. Gudlaugsson, P. Serov, A. Deryabin, R. Mattingsdal, J. Mienert, S. Bünz
Large anomalies in lower stratospheric water vapour and ice during the 2015-2016 El Niño Nature Geoscience Melody A. Avery, Sean M. Davis, Karen H. Rosenlof, Hao Ye, Andrew E. Dessler
Increased nitrous oxide emissions from Arctic peatlands after permafrost thaw Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Carolina Voigt, Maija E. Marushchak, Richard E. Lamprecht, Marcin Jackowicz-Korczyński, Amelie Lindgren, Mikhail Mastepanov, Lars Granlund, Torben R. Christensen, Teemu Tahvanainen, Pertti J. Martikainen, Christina Biasi