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.
Title | Source | Date | Author(s) |
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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 |