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)
Widespread Biological Response to Rapid Warming on the Antarctic Peninsula Current Biology Matthew J. Amesbury, Thomas P. Roland, Jessica Royles, Dominic A. Hodgson, Peter Convey, Howard Griffiths, Dan J. Charman
The polar amplification asymmetry: role of Antarctic surface height Earth System Dynamics Salzmann, Marc
Detection of changes in temperature extremes during the second half of the 20th century Geophysical Research Letters Christidis, Nikolaos, Stott, Peter A., Brown, Simon, Hegerl, Gabriele C., Caesar, John
The Role of Human Activity in the Recent Warming of Extremely Warm Daytime Temperatures AMS Journal of Climate Nikolaos Christidis, Peter A. Stott, and Simon J. Brown
Multimodel Detection and Attribution of Extreme Temperature Changes AMS Journal of Climate Seung-Ki Min, Xuebin Zhang, Francis Zwiers, Hideo Shiogama, Yu-Shiang Tung, and Michael Wehner
Anthropogenic Influence on Long Return Period Daily Temperature Extremes at Regional Scales American Meteorological Society Francis W. Zwiers, Xuebin Zhang and Yang Feng
Emergence of heat extremes attributable to anthropogenic influences Geophysical Research Letters King, Andrew D., Black, Mitchell T., Min, Seung‐Ki, Fischer, Erich M., Mitchell, Daniel M., Harrington, Luke J., Perkins‐Kirkpatrick, Sarah E.
IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation Cambridge University Press Field, C.B., V. Barros, T.F. Stocker, D. Qin, D.J. Dokken, K.L. Ebi, M.D. Mastrandrea, K.J. Mach, G.-K. Plattner, S.K. Allen, M. Tignor, and P.M. Midgley
Assessing recent declines in Upper Rio Grande runoff efficiency from a paleoclimate perspective Geophysical Research Letters Lehner, Flavio, Wahl, Eugene R., Wood, Andrew W., Blatchford, Douglas B., Llewellyn, Dagmar
High Streamflow is Increasing, Raising Flood Risks Climate Central
Impacts of oak pollen on allergic asthma in the United States and potential influence of future climate change GeoHealth Anenberg, Susan C., Weinberger, Kate R., Roman, Henry, Neumann, James E., Crimmins, Allison, Fann, Neal, Martinich, Jeremy, Kinney, Patrick L.
Constraining the mass balance of East Antarctica Geophysical Research Letters Martin‐Español, Alba, Bamber, Jonathan L., Zammit‐Mangion, Andrew
Behavioural, ecological and evolutionary responses to extreme climatic events: challenges and directions Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Martijn van de Pol, Stéphanie Jenouvrier, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Marcel E. Visser
Increasing phenological asynchrony between spring green-up and arrival of migratory birds Scientific Reports Stephen J. Mayor, Robert P. Guralnick, Morgan W. Tingley, Javier Otegui, John C. Withey, Sarah C. Elmendorf, Margaret E. Andrew, Stefan Leyk, Ian S. Pearse, David C. Schneider
The Record-Breaking Hot Summer in 2015 over Hawaii and Its Physical Causes Journal of Climate Zhiwei Zhu and Tim Li
Defining a new normal for extremes in a warming world Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Sophie C. Lewis, Andrew D. King, and Sarah E. Perkins-Kirkpatrick
Substantial increase in concurrent droughts and heatwaves in the United States Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Omid Mazdiyasni, Amir AghaKouchak
Recent warming trend in the coastal region of Qatar Theoretical and Applied Climatology Way Lee Cheng, Ayman Saleem, Reza Sadr
Exceptionally Hot and Cold Summers in Europe (1951-2010) Acta Geophysica Robert Twardosz, Urszula Kossowska-Cezak
Revisiting summertime hot extremes in China during 1961-2015: overlooked compound extremes and significant changes Geophysical Research Letters Chen, Yang, Zhai, Panmao