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As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world. About 1C of total warming. Second chart: about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability. Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases. About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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Oil companies are laughing while the world burns (heated.world)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm laughing too or else I'd have to cry.

Maybe it will be harder to ignore (as a society, I mean. Obviously the Oil Fucks are fully aware of everything) when every community is enduring a different "once-in-a-millenia" weather event every other week. Honestly though, there is so much to say on the matter right now that it's too overwhelming. All I can say is, the wake-up call is obviously coming faster than even the best experts predicted and we are so incredibly unprepared even psychologically for the unprecedented climate catastrophe that is starting to really unfold. Every time we analyze the situation it is alarmingly clear that the situation isn't just "worse than we thought", it's also becoming increasingly unpredictable.

That being said, I refuse to be doomer about it! I don't have the luxury anyway.