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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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On Indonesia’s Seram Island, a massive oil find lies beneath sacred land (news.mongabay.com)
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[–] Gbagginsthe3rd@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago

No more oil extraction projects. Are we fucking insane!?

The insatiable greed for buying and selling fossil fuels is already destabilising our life support systems.

Yes you cant just stop oil… I’ve always hated people who say that just as much as the self righteous anti protesters who smugly pronounce that well to protest against oil you must never had or continue to use any service or product relating to fossil fuels. The ignorance from both extreme views helps no one..

Sorry, end rant. Reading too many dire reports and scared climate scientist views