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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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[โ€“] SterlingVapor 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I made a dating profile for the first time in a long while, and I lost interest after a couple days. I hate the normal "let's go out for a meal" first dates, and bars are definitely not my thing.

I used to like hiking or walks on the beach. It's a nice shared activity in a place that naturally makes me feel at peace

But these days all I can see is how much less life there is than there was not too long ago. Especially at the beach - something about the smell isn't right. It just feels sad and wrong

[โ€“] silence7 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, there are some examples of pollution combining with warmer water to produce some nasty odors. If you're experiencing a changed odor, it might be something that's actually addressable, and doing this on a shared basis with somebody might be something that brings pleasure back.