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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Persistent spatial structuring of coastal ocean acidification in the California Current System Scientific Reports F. Chan, J. A. Barth, C. A. Blanchette, R. H. Byrne, F. Chavez, O. Cheriton, R. A. Feely, G. Friederich, B. Gaylord, T. Gouhier, S. Hacker, T. Hill, G. Hofmann, M. A. McManus, B. A. Menge, K. J. Nielsen, A. Russell, E. Sanford, J. Sevadjian, L. Washburn
Human-induced changes in the distribution of rainfall Science Advances Aaron E. Putnam, Wallace S. Broecker
Ocean currents modify the coupling between climate change and biogeographical shifts Scientific Reports J. García Molinos, M. T. Burrows, E. S. Poloczanska
Mass transport waves amplified by intense Greenland melt and detected in solid Earth deformation Geophysical Research Letters Adhikari, S., Ivins, E. R., Larour, E.
Persistent northward North Atlantic tropical cyclone track migration over the past five centuries Scientific Reports Lisa M. Baldini, James U. L. Baldini, Jim N. McElwaine, Amy Benoit Frappier, Yemane Asmerom, Kam-biu Liu, Keith M. Prufer, Harriet E. Ridley, Victor Polyak, Douglas J. Kennett, Colin G. Macpherson, Valorie V. Aquino, Jaime Awe, Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach
The poleward migration of the location of tropical cyclone maximum intensity Nature James P. Kossin, Kerry A. Emanuel, Gabriel A. Vecchi
Historical Atlantic Hurricane and Tropical Storm Records Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory/NOAA Gabriel A. Vecchi and Thomas R. Knutson
Changes in Tropical Cyclone Number, Duration, and Intensity in a Warming Environment Science P. J. Webster, G. J. Holland, J. A. Curry, H.-R. Chang
Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over the past 30 years Nature Kerry Emanuel
Water and energy budgets of hurricanes: Case studies of Ivan and Katrina Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Trenberth, Kevin E., Davis, Christopher A., Fasullo, John
The Arbitrary Definition of the Current Atlantic Major Hurricane Landfall Drought Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) Robert E. Hart, Daniel R. Chavas, and Mark P. Guishard
Causes of accelerating sea level on the East Coast of North America Geophysical Research Letters Davis, James L., Vinogradova, Nadya T.
Observed variations in U.S. frost timing linked to atmospheric circulation patterns Nature Communications Courtenay Strong, Gregory J. McCabe
Past and future rainfall in the Horn of Africa Science Advances Jessica E. Tierney, Caroline C. Ummenhofer, Peter B. deMenocal
Relative contribution of monsoon precipitation and pumping to changes in groundwater storage in India Nature Geoscience Akarsh Asoka, Tom Gleeson, Yoshihide Wada, Vimal Mishra
Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being Science Gretta T. Pecl, Miguel B. Araújo, Johann D. Bell et al
Massive subsurface ice formed by refreezing of ice-shelf melt ponds Nature Communications Bryn Hubbard, Adrian Luckman, David W. Ashmore, Suzanne Bevan, Bernd Kulessa, Peter Kuipers Munneke, Morgane Philippe, Daniela Jansen, Adam Booth, Heidi Sevestre, Jean-Louis Tison, Martin O’Leary, Ian Rutt
Breakup of the Larsen B Ice Shelf triggered by chain reaction drainage of supraglacial lakes Geophysical Research Letters Banwell, Alison F., MacAyeal, Douglas R., Sergienko, Olga V.
Potential Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat driven by hydrofracturing and ice cliff failure Earth and Planetary Science Letters David Pollard, Robert M. DeConto, Richard B. Alley
Divergence of species responses to climate change Science Advances Songlin Fei, Johanna M. Desprez, Kevin M. Potter, Insu Jo, Jonathan A. Knott, Christopher M. Oswalt