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)
Observed fingerprint of a weakening Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation Nature L. Caesar, S. Rahmstorf, A. Robinson, G. Feulner & V. Saba
Current Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakest in last millennium Nature Geoscience L. Caesar, G. D. McCarthy, D. J. R. Thornalley, N. Cahill & S. Rahmstorf
Atmospheric winter response to Arctic sea ice changes in reanalysis data and model simulations Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Ralf Jaiser, Tetsu Nakamura, Dörthe Handorf, Klaus Dethloff, Jinro Ukita, and Koji Yamazaki
Weakening of the stratospheric polar vortex by Arctic sea-ice loss Nature Communications Baek-Min Kim, Seok-Woo Son, Seung-Ki Min, Jee-Hoon Jeong, Seong-Joong Kim, Xiangdong Zhang, Taehyoun Shim, Jin-Ho Yoon 
Persistent shift of the Arctic polar vortex towards the Eurasian continent in recent decades Nature Climate Change Jiankai Zhang, Wenshou Tian, Martyn P. Chipperfield, Fei Xie, and Jinlong Huang.
Warm Arctic, Cold Continents: A Common Pattern Related to Arctic Sea Ice Melt, Snow Advance, and Extreme Winter Weather Judah Cohen, Justin E. Jones, Jason C. Furtado, Eli Tziperman
Changing state of Arctic sea ice across all seasons Environmental Research Letters Stroeve and Notz
Review article: Earth's ice imbalance The Cryosphere Thomas Slater, Isobel R. Lawrence, Inès N. Otosaka, Andrew Shepherd, Noel Gourmelen, Livia Jakob, Paul Tepes, Lin Gilbert, and Peter Nienow
Future changes in Northern Hemisphere summer weather persistence linked to projected Arctic warming. Geophysical Research Letters Kai Kornhuber & Talia Tamarin‐Brodsky
Extremes become routine in an emerging new Arctic Nature Climate Change Laura Landrum & Marika M. Holland
Associations between alteration in plant phenology and hay fever prevalence among US adults: Implication for changing climate PLOS One Amir Sapkota, Raghu Murtugudde, Frank C. Curriero, Crystal R. Upperman, Lewis Ziska, Chengsheng Jiang
Temperature-related changes in airborne allergenic pollen abundance and seasonality across the northern hemisphere: a retrospective data analysis The Lancet - Planetary Health Lewis H Ziska, László Makra, Susan K Harry, Nicolas Bruffaerts, Marijke Hendrickx, Frances Coates, Annika Saarto, Michel Thibaudon, Gilles Oliver, Athanasios Damialis, Athanasios Charalampopoulos, Despoina Vokou, Starri Heiđmarsson, Ellý Guđjohnsen et al
Aircraft observations since the 1990s reveal increases of tropospheric ozone at multiple locations across the Northern Hemisphere Science Advances Audrey Gaudel, Owen R. Cooper, Kai-Lan Chang, Ilann Bourgeois, Jerry R. Ziemke, Sarah A. Strode, Luke D. Oman, Pasquale Sellitto, Philippe Nédélec, Romain Blot, Valérie Thouret, and Claire Granier
Meteorology and Climate Influences on Tropospheric Ozone: a Review of Natural Sources, Chemistry, and Transport Patterns Current Pollution Reports Xiao Lu, Lin Zhang & Lu Shen
Global Warming Will Aggravate Ozone Pollution in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Cristina L. Archer, Joseph F. Brodie, and Sara A. Rauscher
The Changing Risk and Burden of Wildfire in the US Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Marshall, Burke, Anne Driscoll, Jenny Xue, Sam Heft-Neal, Jennifer Burney, and Michael Wara
Anthropogenic climate change is worsening North American pollen seasons Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences William R. L. Anderegg, John T. Abatzoglou, Leander D. L. Anderegg, Leonard Bielory, Patrick L. Kinney, and Lewis Ziska
Extreme Runoff Generation From Atmospheric River Driven Snowmelt During the 2017 Oroville Dam Spillways Incident Geophysical Research Letters Brian Henn, Keith N. Musselman, Leanne Lestak, F. Martin Ralph, Noah P. Molotch
The Effects of Heat Exposure on Human Mortality Throughout the United States GeoHealth Drew Shindell. Yuqiang Zhang, Melissa Scott, Muye Ru, Krista Stark, and Kristie Ebi
Anthropogenic climate change and heat effects on health International Journal of Climatology Nikolaos Christidis, Dann Mitchell, Peter A. Stott