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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The role of stratospheric ozone for Arctic-midlatitude linkages Scientific Reports Erik Romanowsky, Dörthe Handorf, Ralf Jaiser, Ingo Wohltmann, Wolfgang Dorn, Jinro Ukita, Judah Cohen, Klaus Dethloff, Markus Rex
The role of stratospheric ozone for Arctic-midlatitude linkages Scientific Reports Erik Romanowsky, Dörthe Handorf, Ralf Jaiser, Ingo Wohltmann, Wolfgang Dorn, Jinro Ukita, Judah Cohen, Klaus Dethloff, Markus Rex
Past and Future Hurricane Intensity Change along the U.S. East Coast Scientific Reports Mingfang Ting, James P. Kossin, Suzana J. Camargo, Cuihua Li
A 66‐year tropical cyclone record for south‐east Africa: temporal trends in a global context International Journal of Climatology Jennifer M. Fitchett, Stefan W. Grab
A review of tropical cyclone‐generated storm surges: Global data sources, observations, and impacts Reviews of Geophysics Hal F. Needham, Barry D. Keim, David Sathiaraj
Global Issue, Local Risk Colorado Health Institute CHI Staff
Extreme Rainfall Associated With Hurricane Maria Over Puerto Rico and Its Connections to Climate Variability and Change Geophysical Research Letters David Keellings, José J. Hernández Ayala
Recent global warming as confirmed by AIRS Environmental Research Letters J Susskind, G A Schmidt, J N Lee, L Iredell
The Influence of Climate Change on Global Crop Productivity Plant Physiology David B. Lobell and Sharon M. Gourdji
Climate Change Impacts on Maize-yield Potential in the Southwestern United States Procedia Environmental Sciences Seung Hee Kim, Jinwon Kim, Robert Walko, Boksoon Myoung, David Stack, Menas Kafatos
The Great 2006 Heat Wave over California and Nevada: Signal of an Increasing Trend Journal of Climate Alexander Gershunov
The Impact of Recent Heat Waves on Human Health in California Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Kristen Guirguis and Alexander Gershunov
The impact of excess heat events in Maricopa County, Arizona: 2000–2005 International Journal of Biometeorology Fuyuen Y. Yip, W. Dana Flanders, Amy Wolkin, David Engelthaler, William Humble, Antonio Neri, Lauren Lewis, Lorraine Backer, Carol Rubin
Mortality Displacement as a Function of Heat Event Strength in 7 US Cities American Journal of Epidemiology Saha, Michael V., Davis, Robert E., Hondula, David M.
The 2006 California Heat Wave: Impacts on Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Environmental Health Perspectives Kim Knowlton, Miriam Rotkin-Ellman, Galatea King, Helene G. Margolis, Daniel Smith, Gina Solomon, Roger Trent, and Paul English
A simple method for estimating excess mortality due to heat waves, as applied to the 2006 California heat wave International Journal of Public Health Sumi Hoshiko, Paul English, Daniel Smith, Roger Trent
A biometeorology study of climate and heat-related morbidity in Phoenix from 2001 to 2006 International Journal of Biometeorology Jay S. Golden, Donna Hartz, Anthony Brazel, George Luber, Patrick Phelan
Humidity determines snowpack ablation under a warming climate Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Adrian A. Harpold, Paul D. Brooks
Observed Changes in Climate and Streamflow in the Upper Rio Grande Basin Journal of the American Water Resources Association Shaleene B. Chavarria, David S. Gutzler
China Blue Book on Climate Change China's National Climate Center