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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Global risk model for vector-borne transmission of Zika virus reveals the role of El Niño 2015 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Cyril Caminade, Joanne Turner, Soeren Metelmann, Jenny C. Hesson, Marcus S. C. Blagrove, Tom Solomon, Andrew P. Morse, Matthew Baylis
Greater role for Atlantic inflows on sea-ice loss in the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean Science Igor V. Polyakov, Andrey V. Pnyushkov, Matthew B. Alkire, Igor M. Ashik, Till M. Baumann, Eddy C. Carmack, Ilona Goszczko, John Guthrie, Vladimir V. Ivanov, Torsten Kanzow, Richard Krishfield, Ronald Kwok et al
California-Nevada Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar - March 27 | U.S Drought Portal CALIFORNIA-NEVADA DROUGHT OUTLOOK Daniel McEvoy, WRCC/DRI Julie Kalansky, CNAP/CW3E/SIO/ UCSD Justin Huntington, WRCC/DRI Amanda Sheffield, CNAP/SIO/ UCSD
Perspectives on the causes of exceptionally low 2015 snowpack in the western United States Geophysical Research Letters Mote, Philip W., Rupp, David E., Li, Sihan, Sharp, Darrin J., Otto, Friederike, Uhe, Peter F., Xiao, Mu, Lettenmaier, Dennis P., Cullen, Heidi, Allen, Myles R.
Vital Signs: Update on Zika Virus–Associated Birth Defects and Evaluation of All U.S. Infants with Congenital Zika Virus Exposure — U.S. Zika Pregnancy Registry, 2016 MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Megan R. Reynolds, MPH; Abbey M. Jones, MPH; Emily E. Petersen, MD; Ellen H. Lee, MD; Marion E. Rice, MPH; Andrea Bingham, PhD; Sascha R. Ellington, MSPH; Nicole Evert, MS; Sarah Reagan-Steiner, MD et al
Bleaching drives collapse in reef carbonate budgets and reef growth potential on southern Maldives reefs Scientific Reports C. T. Perry and K. M. Morgan
Mass coral mortality under local amplification of 2 °C ocean warming Scientific Reports Thomas M. DeCarlo, Anne L. Cohen, George T. F. Wong, Kristen A. Davis, Pat Lohmann, Keryea Soong
Kenya Drought, 2016 World Weather Attribution Peter Uhe, Sjoukje Philip, Sarah Kew, Kasturi Shah, Joyce Kimutai, Friederike Otto, Geert Jan Van Oldenborgh, Roop Singh, Julie Arrighi, Heidi Cullen
Somalia Drought, 2016 – 2017 World Weather Attribution Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Karin van der Wiel, Sjoukje Philip, Sarah Kew, Heidi Cullen, Kasturi Shah, Roop Singh, Maarten van Aalst, Friederike Otto, Sarah O’Keefe, and Joyce Kimutai
Detection and Attribution of Streamflow Timing Changes to Climate Change in the Western United States AMS Journal of Climate H. G. Hidalgo, T. Das, M. D. Dettinger, D. R. Cayan, D. W. Pierce, T. P. Barnett, G. Bala, A. Mirin, A. W. Wood, C. Bonfils, B. D. Santer, and T. Nozawa
Attribution of Declining Western U.S. Snowpack to Human Effects AMS Journal of Climate David W. Pierce, Tim P. Barnett, Hugo G. Hidalgo, Tapash Das, Céline Bonfils, Benjamin D. Santer, Govindasamy Bala, Michael D. Dettinger, Daniel R. Cayan, Art Mirin, Andrew W. Wood, and Toru Nozawa
Human-Induced Changes in the Hydrology of the Western United States Science Tim P. Barnett, David W. Pierce, Hugo G. Hidalgo, Celine Bonfils, Benjamin D. Santer, Tapash Das, Govindasamy Bala, Andrew W. Wood, Toru Nozawa, Arthur A. Mirin, Daniel R. Cayan, Michael D. Dettinger
Testing the recent snow drought as an analog for climate warming sensitivity of Cascades snowpacks Environmental Research Letters Matthew G Cooper, Anne W Nolin, Mohammad Safeeq
Near‐term acceleration of hydroclimatic change in the western U.S. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Ashfaq, Moetasim, Ghosh, Subimal, Kao, Shih‐Chieh, Bowling, Laura C., Mote, Philip, Touma, Danielle, Rauscher, Sara A., Diffenbaugh, Noah S.
Snowmelt timing alters shallow but not deep soil moisture in the Sierra Nevada Water Resources Research Joseph C. Blankinship, Matthew W. Meadows, Ryan G. Lucas, and Stephen C. Hart
Managed retreat as a response to natural hazard risk Nature Climate Change Miyuki Hino, Christopher B. Field, Katharine J. Mach
Global Glacier Change Bulletin (2012 - 2013) World Glacier Monitoring Service Michael Zemp, Isabelle Gärtner-Roer, Samuel U. Nussbaumer, Fabia Hüsler, Horst Machguth, Nico Mölg, Frank Paul, Martin Hoelzle
Historically unprecedented global glacier decline in the early 21 Journal of Glaciology Zemp, Michael; Frey, Holger; Gärtner-Roer, Isabelle; Nussbaumer, Samuel U.; Hoelzle, Martin; Paul, Frank; Haeberli, Wilfried; Denzinger, Florian; Ahlstrøm, Andreas P.; Anderson, Brian; Bajracharya, Samjwal; Baroni, Carlo et al
A longer vernal window: the role of winter coldness and snowpack in driving spring transitions and lags Global Change Biology Contosta, Alexandra R., Adolph, Alden, Burchsted, Denise, Burakowski, Elizabeth, Green, Mark, Guerra, David, Albert, Mary, Dibb, Jack, Martin, Mary, McDowell, William H., Routhier, Michael, Wake, Cameron, Whitaker, Rachel, Wollheim, Wilfred
Influence of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Planetary Wave Resonance and Extreme Weather Events Scientific Reports Michael E. Mann, Stefan Rahmstorf, Kai Kornhuber, Byron A. Steinman, Sonya K. Miller, Dim Coumou