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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Observed and simulated full-depth ocean heat content changes for 1970–2005 Ocean Science Discussions Cheng, Lijing, Trenberth, Kevin E., Palmer, Matthew D., Zhu, Jiang, Abraham, John P.
Death toll exceeded 70,000 in Europe during the summer of 2003 Comptes Rendus Biologies / EU Community Action Programme for Public Health JM Robine, SL Cheung, S Le Roy, H Van Oyen et F R Herrmann
Signals of anthropogenic influence on European warming as seen in the trend patterns of daily temperature variance International Journal of Climatology Klein Tank, A. M. G., Können, G. P., Selten, F. M.
The 2003 heat wave as an example of summers in a greenhouse climate? Observations and climate model simulations for Basel, Switzerland Global and Planetary Change Martin Benistona and Henry F. Diaz
Summer heat waves over western Europe 1880- 2003, their change and relationship to large scale forcings Climate Dynamics P.M. Della-Marta, J. Luterbacher, H. von Weissenfluh, E. Xoplaki, M. Brunet, H. Wanner
The role of increasing temperature variability in European summer heatwaves Nature Christoph Schär, Pier Luigi Vidale, Daniel Lüthi, Christoph Frei, Christian Häberli, Mark A. Liniger, Christof Appenzeller
Influence of sea surface temperature on the European heat wave of 2003 summer. Part II: a modeling study Climate Dynamics Laura Feudale, Jagadish Shukla
Factors contributing to the summer 2003 European heatwave Weather Black, Emily, Blackburn, Mike, Harrison, Giles, Hoskins, Brian, Methven, John
Attributing human mortality during extreme heat waves to anthropogenic climate change Environmental Research Letters Daniel Mitchell, Clare Heaviside, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Chris Huntingford, Giacomo Masato, Benoit P Guillod, Peter Frumhoff, Andy Bowery, David Wallom, Myles Allen
Rapid intensification and the bimodal distribution of tropical cyclone intensity Nature Communications Chia-Ying Lee, Michael K. Tippett, Adam H. Sobel and Suzana J. Camargo
Downscaling CMIP5 climate models shows increased tropical cyclone activity over the 21st century Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Kerry A. Emanuel
Recent intense hurricane response to global climate change Climate Dynamics Greg Holland, Cindy L. Bruyère
Consensus on Climate Trends in Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclones American Meteorological Society Nam-Young Kang and James B. Elsner
Dynamically Derived Tropical Cyclone Intensity Changes over the Western North Pacific American Meteorological Society Liguang Wu and Haikun Zhao
Tropical cyclones and climate change Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change Walsh, Kevin J.E., McBride, John L., Klotzbach, Philip J., Balachandran, Sethurathinam, Camargo, Suzana J., Holland, Greg, Knutson, Thomas R., Kossin, James P., Lee, Tsz‐cheung, Sobel, Adam, Sugi, Masato
The effect of translation speed upon the intensity of tropical cyclones over the tropical ocean Geophysical Research Letters Mei, Wei, Pasquero, Claudia, Primeau, François
Peak precipitation intensity in relation to atmospheric conditions and large-scale forcing at midlatitudes Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Loriaux, Jessica M., Lenderink, Geert, Siebesma, A. Pier
Climate Mechanism for Stronger Typhoons in a Warmer World American Meteorological Society Nam-Young Kang and James B. Elsner
Wildfires Dynamics in Siberian Larch Forests Forests Evgenii I. Ponomarev, Viacheslav I. Kharuk, and Kenneth J. Ranson
Role of ocean evaporation in California droughts and floods Geophysical Research Letters Wei, Jiangfeng, Jin, Qinjian, Yang, Zong‐Liang, Dirmeyer, Paul A.