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)
Resolving Future Arctic/Midlatitude Weather Connections Earth's Future James E. Overland, Muyin Wang
Observed and Projected Changes in United States Tornado Exposure Weather, Climate, and Society Stephen M. Strader, Walker S. Ashley, Thomas J. Pingel, and Andrew J. Krmenec
Impacts of historical warming on marine fisheries production Science Christopher M. Free, James T. Thorson, Malin L. Pinsky, Kiva L. Oken, John Wiedenmann, Olaf P. Jensen
The central role of diminishing sea ice in recent Arctic temperature amplification Nature James A. Screen, Ian Simmonds
The emergence of surface-based Arctic amplification The Cryosphere Serreze, M. C., Barrett, A. P., Stroeve, J. C., Kindig, D. N., Holland, M. M.
Changes in North American Atmospheric Circulation and Extreme Weather: Influence of Arctic Amplification and Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Journal of Climate Stephen J. Vavrus and Fuyao Wang
Evidence linking rapid Arctic warming to mid-latitude weather patterns Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences Jennifer Francis and Natasa Skific
A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Burden of Heat-Related Illness and Death within the Florida Population International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Harduar Morano, Laurel, Watkins, Sharon, Kintziger, Kristina
Occupational heat‐related illness emergency department visits and inpatient hospitalizations in the southeast region, 2007–2011 American Journal of Industrial Medicine L. Harduar Morano, T.L. Bunn, M. Lackovic, A. Lavender, G.T.T. Dang, J.J. Chalmers, Y. Li, L. Zhang, D.D. Flammia
More frequent intense and long-lived storms dominate the springtime trend in central US rainfall Nature Communications Zhe Feng, L. Ruby Leung, Samson Hagos, Robert A. Houze, Casey D. Burleyson, Karthik Balaguru
Trends in U.S. Surface Humidity, 1930–2010 Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Paula Brown and Arthur DeGaetano
Positive but variable sensitivity of August surface ozone to large-scale warming in the southeast United States Nature Climate Change Tzung-May Fu, Yiqi Zheng, Fabien Paulot, Jingqiu Mao, Robert M. Yantosca
US surface ozone trends and extremes from 1980 to 2014: quantifying the roles of rising Asian emissions, domestic controls, wildfires, and climate Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Lin, Meiyun, Horowitz, Larry W., Payton, Richard, Fiore, Arlene M., Tonnesen, Gail
Ozone and Short-term Mortality in 95 US Urban Communities, 1987-2000 JAMA Michelle L. Bell, Aidan McDermott, Scott L. Zeger, Jonathan M. Samet, Francesca Dominici
NCA 4: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States (Volume II) U.S. Global Change Research Program Reidmiller, D.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, K.L.M. Lewis, T.K. Maycock, and B.C. Stewart (eds.)
Preconditioning of Arctic Stratospheric Polar Vortex Shift Events Journal of Climate Jinlong Huang and Wenshou Tian
Climate, conflict and forced migration Global Environmental Change Guy J. Abel, Michael Brottrager, Jesus Crespo Cuaresma, Raya Muttarak
Large influence of soil moisture on long-term terrestrial carbon uptake Nature Julia K. Green, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Alexis M. Berg, Kirsten L. Findell, Stefan Hagemann, David M. Lawrence, Pierre Gentine
Permafrost is warming at a global scale Boris K. Biskaborn, Sharon L. Smith, Jeannette Noetzli et al
How fast are the oceans warming? Science Lijing Cheng, John Abraham, Zeke Hausfather, Kevin E. Trenberth