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)
Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate The U.S. Climate Change Science Program Preface Thomas R. Karl, Gerald A. Meehl, Christopher D. Miller, Susan J. Hassol, Anne M. Waple, and William L. Murray
Transient changes in flood frequency and timing in Britain under potential projections of climate change International Journal of Climatology Kay, A. L., Jones, D. A.
Uncertainty in the relationship between climate forcing and hydrological response in UK catchments Hydrology and Earth System Sciences N. W. Arnell
Climate-driven changes in UK river flows Progress in Physical Geography Jamie Hannaford
Climate Change and Maize Yield in Iowa PLOS ONE Hong Xu, Tracy E. Twine, Evan Girvetz
Lancet 2015 Climate Health Commission The Lancet Nick Watts,W Neil Adge, Paolo Agnolucci, Jason Blackstock et al
Effects of a Warming Climate on Daily Snowfall Events in the Northern Hemisphere American Meteorological Society James F. Danco, Anthony M. DeAngelis, Bryan K. Raney, and Anthony J. Broccoli
Assessing the Importance of Prominent Warm SST Anomalies over the Midlatitude North Pacific in Forcing Large-Scale Atmospheric Anomalies during 2011 Summer and Autumn American Meteorological Society Satoru Okajima, Hisashi Nakamura, Kazuaki Nishii, Takafumi Miyasaka, Akira Kuwano-Yoshida
California Heat Waves – A New Type of Heat Wave California-Nevada Climate Applications Program – A NOAA Risa Alexander Gershunov and Kristen Guirguis
Detection of anthropogenic influence on a summertime heat stress index Climatic Change Thomas R. Knutson, Jeffrey J. Ploshay
Changes in observed climate extremes in global urban areas Environmental Research Letters Vimal Mishra, Auroop R Ganguly, Bart Nijssen, Dennis P Lettenmaier
Future risk of record-breaking summer temperatures and its mitigation Climatic Change Flavio Lehner, Clara Deser, Benjamin M. Sanderson
Uncertainties in the attribution of greenhouse gas warming and implications for climate prediction Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Jones, Gareth S., Stott, Peter A., Mitchell, John F. B.
Impact of climate change on extreme rainfall events and flood risk in India Journal of Earth System Science P. Guhathakurta, O.P. Sreejith, P.A. Menon
Has Arctic Sea Ice Loss Contributed to Increased Surface Melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet? American Meteorological Society Jiping Liu, Zhiqiang Chen, Jennifer Francis, Mirong Song, Thomas Mote, and Yongyun Hu
Historic drought puts the brakes on earthflows in Northern California Geophysical Research Letters Bennett, G. L., Roering, J. J., Mackey, B. H., Handwerger, A. L., Schmidt, D. A., Guillod, B. P.
Robust spring drying in the southwestern U.S. and seasonal migration of wet/dry patterns in a warmer climate Geophysical Research Letters Gao, Yang, Leung, L. Ruby, Lu, Jian, Liu, Ying, Huang, Maoyi, Qian, Yun
2015 State of U.S. “Nuisance” Tidal Flooding NOAA and NCEI William V. Sweet, John J. Marra
The Casual Effect Of Environmental Catastrophe On Long-run economic Growth National Bureau of Economic Research Solomon M. Hsiang, Amir S. Jina
Coastal flooding by tropical cyclones and sea-level rise Nature Jonathan D. Woodruff, Jennifer L. Irish, Suzana J. Camargo