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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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The Heat Wave Scenario That Keeps Climate Scientists Up at Night (www.nytimes.com)
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[โ€“] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My guy, 13,000 people dying in a single acute event localized to one city that can be mitigated with some careful foresighted thinking is not what keeps climate scientists up at night.

[โ€“] Dogyote 3 points 5 months ago

If anything, such an event would create more demand for government actions that mitigate climate change.