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)
Initialized decadal prediction for transition to positive phase of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation Nature Communications Gerald A. Meehl, Aixue Hu, Haiyan Teng
Anthropogenic warming impacts on California snowpack during drought Geophysical Research Letters Berg, Neil and Hall, Alex
Tropical dead zones and mass mortalities on coral reefs Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Andrew H. Altieri, Seamus B. Harrison, Janina Seemann, Rachel Collin, Robert J. Diaz, Nancy Knowlton
Super El Niños in response to global warming in a climate model Climatic Change Mojib Latif, Vladimir A. Semenov, Wonsun Park
Spatial analysis and temporal trends of daily precipitation concentration in the Mantaro River basin: central Andes of Peru Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment Ricardo Zubieta, Miguel Saavedra, Yamina Silva, Lucy Giráldez
Dry and wet rainy seasons in the Mantaro river basin (Central Peruvian Andes) Advances in Geosciences Y. Silva, K. Takahashi, and R. Chavez
Variability and climate change in the Mantaro River Basin, Central Peruvian Andes Proceedings of 8 ICSHMO Yamina Silva, Ken Takahashi, Nicolas Cruz, Grace Trasmonte, Kobi Mosquera, Elsa Nickl, Raul Chavez, Berlin Segura and Pablo Lagos
Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Mountain Hydrology : Development of a Methodology through a Case Study in the Andes of Peru World Bank Studies Vergara, Walter, Deeb, Alejandro, Leino, Irene, Kitoh, Akio, Escobar, Marisa
Contrasting regional discharge evolutions in the Amazon basin (1974–2004) Journal of Hydrology Jhan Carlo Espinoza Villara, Jean Loup Guyotb, Josyane Ronchailc, Gérard Cochonneaub, Naziano Filizolad, Pascal Fraizye, David Labatf, Eurides de Oliveirag, Juan Julio Ordoñezh, Philippe Vauchele
From drought to flooding: understanding the abrupt 2010–11 hydrological annual cycle in the Amazonas River and tributaries Environmental Research Letters Jhan Carlo Espinoza, Josyane Ronchail, Jean Loup Guyot, Clementine Junquas, Guillaume Drapeau, Jean Michel Martinez, William Santini, Philippe Vauchel, Waldo Lavado, Julio Ordoñez, Raúl Espinoza
WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2016 World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Arctic sea ice, Eurasia snow, and extreme winter haze in China Science Advances Yufei Zou, Yuhang Wang, Yuzhong Zhang, Ja-Ho Koo
An Updated Blizzard Climatology of the Contiguous United States (1959–2014): An Examination of Spatiotemporal Trends Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Jill S. M. Coleman and Robert M. Schwartz
Pollinators in Peril: A systematic status review of North American and Hawaiian native bees Center for Biological Diversity Kelsey Kopec, Center for Biological Diversity
Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals Nature Terry P. Hughes, James T. Kerry, Mariana Álvarez-Noriega, Jorge G. Álvarez-Romero, Kristen D. Anderson, Andrew H. Baird, Russell C. Babcock, Maria Beger, David R. Bellwood, Ray Berkelmans, Tom C. Bridge, Ian R. Butler, Maria Byrne, Neal E. Cantin, et al
MEDICAL ALERT! Climate Change Is Harming Our Health The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
Vulnerability of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands to present-day rates of relative sea-level rise Nature Communications Krista L. Jankowski, Torbjörn E Törnqvist, Anjali M Fernandes
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Global Drought Geophysical Research Letters Julio E. Herrera-Estrada, Yusuke Satoh and Justin Sheffield
Co-occurrence of extremes in surface ozone, particulate matter, and temperature over eastern North America Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Jordan L. Schnell, Michael J. Prather
US surface ozone trends and extremes from 1980 to 2014: quantifying the roles of rising Asian emissions, domestic controls, wildfires, and climate Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Lin, Meiyun, Horowitz, Larry W., Payton, Richard, Fiore, Arlene M., Tonnesen, Gail