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)
Locusts and Grasshoppers: Behavior, Ecology, and Biogeography Psyche: A Journal of Entomology Alexandre Latchininsky, Gregory Sword, Michael Sergeev, Maria Marta Cigliano, and Michel Lecoq
Radiative forcing & internal climate variability relative contribution to late 20th Century winter Mediterranean region drying Climate Dynamics Colin Kelley, Mingfang Ting, Richard Seager, Yochanan Kushnir
Spatiotemporal drought variability in the Mediterranean over the last 900 years Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Cook, Benjamin I., Anchukaitis, Kevin J., Touchan, Ramzi, Meko, David M., Cook, Edward R.
Global warming and changes in drought Nature Climate Change Kevin E. Trenberth, Aiguo Dai, Gerard van der Schrier, Philip D. Jones, Jonathan Barichivich, Keith R. Briffa & Justin Sheffield
Significant anthropogenic-induced changes of climate classes since 1950 Nature Duo Chan, Qigang Wu
Climate Change in Australia - Technical Report CSIRO and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology Penny Whetton, Marie Ekström, Chris Gerbing, Michael Grose, Jonas Bhend, Leanne Webb and James Risbey
Decrease in southeastern Australian water availability linked to ongoing Hadley cell expansion Earth's Future AGU Publication Post, David A., Timbal, Bertrand, Chiew, Francis H. S., Hendon, Harry H., Nguyen, Hahn, Moran, Rae
An atmospheric mechanism for ENSO amplitude changes under an abrupt quadrupling of CO2 concentration in CMIP5 models Geophysical Research Letters Rashid, Harun A., Hirst, Anthony C., Marsland, Simon J.
Sea Level Rise and Nuisance Flood Frequency Changes around the United States NOAA Technical Report William Sweet, Joseph Park, John Marra, Chris Zervas, and Stephen Gill
More extreme precipitation in the world’s dry and wet regions Nature Climate Change Markus G. Donat, Andrew L. Lowry, Lisa V. Alexander, Paul A. O’Gorman, & Nicola Maher
North Atlantic Storm-Track Sensitivity to Warming Increases with Model Resolution American Meteorological Society Jeff Willison, Walter A. Robinson, and Gary M. Lackmann
Tropical cyclone intensification trends during satellite era (1986–2010) Geophysical Research Letters C. M. Kishtawal, Neeru Jaiswal, Randhir Singh, D. Niyogi
Influence of atmospheric and sea surface temperature on the size of hurricane Catarina Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society Raluca Radu, Ralf Toumi andJared Phau
Environmental Factors Affecting Tropical Cyclone Power Dissipation American Meteorological Society Kerry Emanuel
A geological perspective on sea-level rise and its impacts along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast Earth's Future AGU Publication Kenneth G. Miller, Robert E. Kopp, Benjamin P. Horton, James V. Browning, Andrew C. Kemp
Accelerated flooding along the U.S. East Coast Earth's Future AGU Publication Tal Ezer and Larry P. Atkinson
Recent increases in U.S. heavy precipitation associated with tropical cyclones Geophysical Research Letters Kenneth E. Kunkel, David R. Easterling, David A.R. Kristovich, Byron Gleason, Leslie Stoecker, Rebecca Smith
Tropical cyclone losses in the USA and the impact of climate change Environmental Impact Assessment Review Silvio Schmidta, Claudia Kemfertb, Peter Höppe
Increasing frequency, intensity and duration of observed global heatwaves and warm spells Geophysical Research Letters Perkins, S. E., Alexander, L. V., Nairn, J. R.
On the Measurement of Heat Waves American Meteorological Society S. E. Perkins and L. V. Alexander