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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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Denial is over. Climate change is happening. But why do we still act like it's not? (theconversation.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Still waiting for the moment the world wakes up like the dustbowl in the 30s or the pollution in the 70s. We're past the point where it can be denied, aren't we? I want everyone to come together and fix it. We've done it before.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

mass death from heat events are going to be the wakeup call most of the public will perceive. Perhaps this summer.

Last week, Rio hit 137f w/ the heat index (humidity + temp).

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/11/17/2206375/-Heat-Index-in-Rio-de-Janeiro-hits-137-3-degrees-Fahrenheit?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

Today it's 107f (temp not heat index) in Mozambique. And it's still 'spring' in the southern hemisphere; summer is going to be unsafe.