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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Detection of anthropogenic influence on the intensity of extreme temperatures in China International Journal of Climatology Yin, Hong, Sun, Ying, Wan, Hui, Zhang, Xuebin, Lu, Chunhui
Comparison of methods: Attributing the 2014 record European temperatures to human influences Geophysical Research Letters Uhe, P., Otto, F. E. L., Haustein, K., Oldenborgh, G. J., King, A. D., Wallom, D. C. H., Allen, M. R., Cullen, H.
Human activity and anomalously warm seasons in Europe International Journal of Climatology Nikolaos Christidis, Peter A. Stott, Gareth S. Jones, Hideo Shiogama, Toru Nozawaband Jurg Luterbacher
Understanding the rapid summer warming and changes in temperature extremes since the mid-1990s over Western Europe Climate Dynamics Buwen Dong, Rowan T. Sutton, Len Shaffrey
Attributing the increase in Northern Hemisphere hot summers since the late 20th  century Geophysical Research Letters Kamae, Youichi, Shiogama, Hideo, Watanabe, Masahiro, Kimoto, Masahide
Carbon dioxide sources from Alaska driven by increasing early winter respiration from Arctic tundra Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences R. Commane, J. Lindaas, J. Benmergui, K.A. Luus, R. Y.-W. Chang, B.C. Daube, E.S. Euskirchen, J.M. Henderson, A. Karion, J.B. Miller, S.M. Miller, N.C. Parazoo, J.T. Randerson, C. Sweeney, P. Tans, K. Thoning, S. Veraverbeke, C.E. Miller, and S.C. Wofsy
Heat-related morbidity and mortality in New England: Evidence for local policy Environmental Research Gregory A. Wellenius, Melissa N. Eliot, Kathleen F. Bush, Dennis Holt, Rebecca A. Lincoln, Andrew E. Smith, Julia Gold
Intensified dust storm activity and Valley fever infection in the southwestern United States Geophysical Research Letters Daniel Q. Tong, Julian X. L. Wang, Thomas E. Gill, Hang Lei, and Binyu Wang
Growing threat of intense tropical cyclones to East Asia over the period 1977–2010 Environmental Research Letters Doo-Sun R Park, Chang-Hoi Ho, Joo-Hong Kim
Changes in precipitation frequency and intensity in the vicinity of Taiwan: typhoon versus non-typhoon events Environmental Research Letters Jien-Yi Tu, Chia Chou
Upper Ocean O2 trends: 1958‐2015 Geophysical Research Letters Ito, Takamitsu, Minobe, Shoshiro, Long, Matthew C., Deutsch, Curtis
Event Attribution of the August 2010 Russian Heat Wave Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere Masahiro Watanabe, Hideo Shiogama, Yukiko Imada, Masato Mori, Masayoshi Ishii, and Masahide Kimoto
Prolonged drought results in starvation of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) Biological Conservation Yussuf A. Wato, Ignas M.A. Heitkönig, Sipke E. van Wieren, Geoffrey Wahungu, Herbert H.T. Prins, Frank van Langevelde
Medieval warming initiated exceptionally large wildfire outbreaks in the Rocky Mountains Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences W. John Calder, Dusty Parker, Cody J. Stopka, Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno, Bryan N. Shuman
The extreme El Niño of 2015–2016 and the end of global warming hiatus Geophysical Research Letters Hu, Shineng, Fedorov, Alexey V.
Temperature Decouples Ammonium and Nitrite Oxidation in Coastal Waters Environmental Science & Technology Sylvia C. Schaefer and James T. Hollibaugh
Savor the Cryosphere GSA Today Patrick A. Burkhart, Richard B. Alley, Lonnie G. Thompson, James D. Balog, Paul E. Baldauf, Gregory S. Baker
Interactive effects of temperature, food and skeletal mineralogy mediate biological responses to ocean acidification in a widely distributed bryozoan Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences Daniel S. Swezey, Jessica R. Bean, Aaron T. Ninokawa, Tessa M. Hill, Brian Gaylord, Eric Sanford
Influence of high-latitude atmospheric circulation changes on summertime Arctic sea ice Nature Climate Change Qinghua Ding, Axel Schweiger, Michelle L’Heureux, David S. Battisti, Stephen Po-Chedley, Nathaniel C. Johnson, Eduardo Blanchard-Wrigglesworth, Kirstin Harnos, Qin Zhang, Ryan Eastman, Eric J. Steig
Impacts of California’s Five-Year (2012-2016) Drought on Hydroelectricity Generation Pacific Institute Peter Gleick