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)
Increased Wildfire Risk Driven by Climate and Development Interactions in the Bolivian Chiquitania, Southern Amazonia PLoS One Devisscher T, Anderson LO, Aragão LE, Galván L, Malhi Y
Phenology shifts at start vs. end of growing season in temperate vegetation over the Northern Hemisphere for the period 1982–2008 Global Change Biology Su-Jong Jeong, Chang-Hoi Ho, Hyeon-Ju Gim, Molly E. Brown
Increasing flooding hazard in coastal communities due to rising sea level: Case study of Miami Beach, Florida Ocean & Coastal Management Shimon Wdowinski, Ronald Bray, Ben P. Kirtman, Zhaohua Wu
Causes of warm-edge range limits: systematic review, proximate factors and implications for climate change Journal of Biogeography Cahill, Abigail E., Aiello‐Lammens, Matthew E., Caitlin Fisher‐Reid, M., Hua, Xia, Karanewsky, Caitlin J., Ryu, Hae Yeong, Sbeglia, Gena C., Spagnolo, Fabrizio, Waldron, John B., Wiens, John J.
The more extreme nature of U.S. warm season climate in the recent observational record and two “well-performing” dynamically downscaled CMIP3 models Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Chang, Hsin‐I, Castro, Christopher L., Carrillo, Carlos M., Dominguez, Francina
Atmospheric rivers induced heavy precipitation and flooding in the western U.S. simulated by the WRF regional climate model Geophysical Research Letters Leung, L. Ruby, Qian, Yun
Characterization of extreme precipitation within atmospheric river events over California Advances in Statistical Climatology Meteorology and Oceanography Jeon, S.; Prabhat; Byna, S.; Gu, J.; Collins, W. D.; Wehner, M. F.
Atmospheric river landfall-latitude changes in future climate simulations Geophysical Research Letters Shields, Christine A., Kiehl, Jeffrey T.
Climate change, atmospheric rivers, and floods in California - a multimodel analysis of storm frequency and magnitude changes Journal of the American Water Resources Association M. Dettinger
Millions projected to be at risk from sea-level rise in the continental United States Nature Climate Change Mathew E. Hauer, Jason M. Evans, Deepak R. Mishra
Climate change is advancing spring onset across the U.S. national park system Ecosphere William B. Monahan, Alyssa Rosemartin, Katharine L. Gerst, Nicholas A. Fisichelli, Toby Ault, Mark D. Schwartz, John E. Gross, Jake F. Weltzin
Impact of anthropogenic climate change on wildfire across western US forests Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences John T. Abatzoglou and A. Park Williams
Hurricane Sandy’s flood frequency increasing from year 1800 to 2100 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Ning Lin, Robert E. Kopp, Benjamin P. Horton, Jeffrey P. Donnelly
Global Water Vapor Trend from 1988 to 2011 and Its Diurnal Asymmetry Based on GPS, Radiosonde, and Microwave Satellite Measurements Journal of Climate Wang, Dai, and Mears
Relative impacts of mitigation, temperature, and precipitation on 21st-century megadrought risk in the American Southwest Science Advances Toby R. Ault, Justin S. Mankin, Benjamin I. Cook, Jason E. Smerdon
Projected Atlantic hurricane surge threat from rising temperatures Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Aslak Grinsted, John C. Moore, Svetlana Jevrejeva
Effects of Rainfall on Vehicle Crashes in Six U.S. States American Meteorological Society Alan Black, Gabriele Villarini, and Thomas Mote
Hydroclimatology of the 2008 Midwest floods Water Resources Research D. Budikova, J. S. M. Coleman, S. A. Strope, and A. Austin
Direct and indirect effects of climate on agriculture: an application of a spatial panel data analysis to Tunisia Climatic Change Oussama Zouabi, Nicolas Peridy
Climate change and agricultural vulnerability: a case study of rain-fed wheat in Kairouan, Central Tunisia Regional Environmental Change Raoudha Mougou, Mohsen Mansour, Ana Iglesias, Rim Zitouna Chebbi, Antonella Battaglini