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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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Earth Was Due for Another Year of Record Warmth. But This Warm? Scientists are already busy trying to understand whether 2023’s off-the-charts heat is a sign that global warming is accelerating. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Okay, but what if I reeeeeaaaallllllly want it to be "no"?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You fund disinformation campaigns to obscure the facts publicly and lobby politicians to make sure no changes are made. Easy peasy!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

It's easier than that ..... just outright delusion and denial works just fine. The majority of the population and humanity in general can't understand long term danger, we only understand immediate and present danger. So if terrible things are going to happen years or decades from now ..... no one cares.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Pay the scientists a bunch of money to pretend the answer is "no".