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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Increasing water cycle extremes in California and in relation to ENSO cycle under global warming Nature Communications Jin-Ho Yoon, S-Y Simon Wang, Robert R. Gillies, Ben Kravitz, Lawrence Hipps, Philip J. Rasch
Atmospheric rivers and the mass mortality of wild oysters: insight into an extreme future? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences Brian S. Cheng, Andrew L. Chang, Anna Deck, Matthew C. Ferner
Recent trends in U.S. flood risk Geophysical Research Letters Slater, Louise J., Villarini, Gabriele
Observed Trends in Canada’s Climate and Influence of Low-Frequency Variability Modes Journal of Climate L. A. Vincent, X. Zhang, Y. Feng, E. Mekis, E.J. Milewska, H. Wan, X.L. Wang
Drought Research in Canada: A Review Atmosphere-Ocean Elaine E. Wheaton, Aston C. Chipanshi, Charles Lin, David J. Sauchyn & Lei Wen
Explaining Extreme Events of 2015 from a Climate Perspective Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society American Meteorological Society
Meltwater produced by wind-albedo interaction stored in an East Antarctic ice shelf Nature Climate Change J. T. M. Lenaerts, S. Lhermitte, R. Drews, S. R. M. Ligtenberg, S. Berger, V. Helm, C. J. P. P. Smeets, M. R. van den Broeke, W. J. van de Berg, E. van Meijgaard, M. Eijkelboom, O. Eisen, F. Pattyn
Arctic Report Card 2016 NOAA J. Richter-Menge, J.E. Overland, and J.T. Mathis, eds.
The future intensification of hourly precipitation extremes Nature Climate Change Andreas F. Prein, Roy M. Rasmussen, Kyoko Ikeda, Changhai Liu, Martyn P. Clarkand Greg J. Holland
The future intensification of hourly precipitation extremes Nature Climate Change Andreas F. Prein, Roy M. Rasmussen, Kyoko Ikeda, Changhai Liu, Martyn P. Clark, and Greg J. Holland
The winter floods of 2015/2016 in the UK - a review Centre for Ecology and Hydrology | British Hydrological Society Terry Marsh, Celia Kirby, Katie Muchan, Lucy Barker, Ed Henderson & Jamie Hannaford
Arctic Resilience Report 2016 Arctic Council Marcus Carson, Garry Peterson, Claudia Strambo, Sarah Cornell, Miriam Huitric, Annika Nilsspm, Juan Carlos Rocha, Marion Davis, Tom Gill, Elaine Beebe, Tyler Kemp-Benedict, Richard Clay, Claudia Strambo, and Hugu Ahlenius
Spatial Redistribution of U.S. Tornado Activity between 1954 and 2013 American Meteorological Society Ernest Agee, Jennifer Larson, Samuel Childs, and Alexandra Marmo
Robust increases in severe thunderstorm environments in response to greenhouse forcing Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Noah S. Diffenbaugh, Martin Scherer, Robert J. Trapp
Transient response of severe thunderstorm forcing to elevated greenhouse gas concentrations Geophysical Research Letters Trapp, Robert J., Diffenbaugh, Noah S., Gluhovsky, Alexander
Changing volatility of U.S. annual tornado reports Geophysical Research Letters Tippett, Michael K.
More tornadoes in the most extreme U.S. tornado outbreaks Science Michael K. Tippett, Chiara Lepore, Joel E. Cohen
Changes in snowmelt runoff timing in Western North America under a 'business as usual' climate change scenario Climatic Change Iris Stewart, Daniel Cayan, and Michael Dettinger
Climate-Driven Variability and Trends in Mountain Snowpack in Western North America American Meteorological Society Philip Mote
Climate-induced glacier and snow loss imperils alpine stream insects Global Change Biology Giersch, J. Joseph, Hotaling, Scott, Kovach, Ryan P., Jones, Leslie A., Muhlfeld, Clint C.