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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Rainforest trees respond to drought by modifying their hydraulic architecture Ecology and Evolution David Y. P. Tng, Deborah M. G. Apgaua, Yoko F. Ishida, Maurizio Mencuccini, Jon Lloyd, William F. Laurance, Susan G. W. Laurance
The sensitivity of snow ephemerality to warming climate across an arid to montane vegetation gradient Ecohydrology Rose S. Petersky, Kevin T. Shoemaker, Peter J. Weisberg, Adrian A. Harpold
Anthropogenic influences on major tropical cyclone events Nature Christina M. Patricola, Michael F. Wehner
Projected changes in persistent extreme summer weather events: The role of quasi-resonant amplification Science Advances Michael E. Mann, Stefan Rahmstorf, Kai Kornhuber, Byron A. Steinman, Sonya K. Miller, Stefan Petri, Dim Coumou
Quantification of ocean heat uptake from changes in atmospheric O2 and CO2 composition Nature L. Resplandy, R. F. Keeling, Y. Eddebbar, M. K. Brooks, R. Wang, L. Bopp, M. C. Long, J. P. Dunne, W. Koeve, A. Oschlies
The unequal vulnerability of communities of color to wildfire PLOS ONE Ian P. Davies, Ryan D. Haugo, James C. Robertson, Phillip S. Levin
Climate change causes upslope shifts and mountaintop extirpations in a tropical bird community Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Benjamin G. Freeman, Micah N. Scholer, Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez, John W. Fitzpatrick
Whither the 100th Meridian? The Once and Future Physical and Human Geography of America’s Arid–Humid Divide. Part II: The Meridian Moves East Earth Interactions Richard Seager, Jamie Feldman, Nathan Lis, Mingfang Ting, Alton P. Williams, Jennifer Nakamura, Haibo Liu and Naomi Henderson
Spatial trends in United States tornado frequency npj Climate and Atmospheric Science Vittorio A. Gensini, Harold E. Brooks
The Ice‐Ocean governor: ice‐ocean stress feedback limits Beaufort Gyre spin up Geophysical Research Letters Gianluca Meneghello, John Marshall, Jean‐Michel Campin, Edward Doddridge, Mary‐Louise Timmermans
North American weather regimes are becoming more persistent: Is Arctic amplification a factor? Geophysical Research Letters Jennifer A. Francis, Natasa Skific, Stephen J. Vavrus
Recent Southern Ocean warming and freshening driven by greenhouse gas emissions and ozone depletion Nature Geoscience Neil C. Swart, Sarah T. Gille, John C. Fyfe, Nathan P. Gillett
Dominant effect of relative tropical Atlantic warming on major hurricane occurrence Science H. Murakami, E. Levin, T. L. Delworth, R. Gudgel, P.-C. Hsu
Temperature dependent transmission potential model for chikungunya in India Science of The Total Environment Satya Ganesh Kakarla, Rajasekhar Mopuri, Srinivasa Rao Mutheneni, Kantha Rao Bhimala, Sriram Kumaraswamy, madhusudhan Rao Kadiri, Krushna Chandra Gouda, Suryanaryana Murty Upadhyayula
Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome Nature Anne D. Bjorkman, Isla H. Myers-Smith, Sarah C. Elmendorf et al
Massive destabilization of an Arctic ice cap Earth and Planetary Science Letters Michael J. Willis, Whyjay Zheng, William J. Durkin IV, Matthew E. Pritchard, Joan M. Ramage, Julian A. Dowdeswell, Toby J. Benham, Robin P. Bassford, Leigh A. Stearns, Andrey F. Glazovsky, Yuri Y. Macheret, Claire C. Porter
Climate Change and the Impact on Respiratory and Allergic Disease: 2018 Current Allergy and Asthma Reports Jeffrey G. Demain
Disproportionate magnitude of climate change in United States national parks Environmental Research Letters Patrick Gonzalez, Fuyao Wang, Michael Notaro, Daniel J Vimont, John W Williams
Quantifying statistical uncertainty in the attribution of human influence on severe weather Weather and Climate Extremes Paciorek, Stone, and Wehner
Quantile-based bias correction and uncertainty quantification of extreme event attribution statements Weather and Climate Extremes Jeon, Paciorek, and Wehner