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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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Planet-warming pollution is growing at the fastest rate in history, scientists say | Most of the growth comes from people burning coal, oil and gas, the report said. (wapo.st)
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There are a bunch of reasons to think that the rate of emissions is going to start falling at some point during 2024; the US and EU are already seeing falling emissions & China's seem to be on the cusp of doing the same.

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[–] silence7 2 points 3 weeks ago

The individual reporters aren't disreputable at this point; it's the owner and his interference that's a problem.

I'll note that I've provided a link to an archived copy above.