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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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[–] silence7 15 points 5 months ago
[–] Beetlejuice001@lemmy.wtf 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

No one who builds near the coast or flood plains should be insured

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5inPre_EqxA

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Yes BUT new construction is different from people just living there.

[–] Beetlejuice001@lemmy.wtf 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Eh that’s just screwing people over

[–] Beetlejuice001@lemmy.wtf 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Stop building where it’s known to flood. It’s a no brainer. Nobody getting screwed except the citizens insurance paying to fix flooded homes WHERE IT IS KNOWN TO FLOOD

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

THATS WHAT I JUST SAID WHY ARE YOU YELLING

[–] Beetlejuice001@lemmy.wtf 1 points 5 months ago

DID YOU FORGET THE S/ ??

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

These ones are the FEMA insurance. I don't want to subsidize wealthy shitheads rebuilding right next to water over and over. As long as rebuild counts as new construction this makes sense to me, help people move away.

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago
[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I actually stayed in the house you can see right behind the wreckage in the photo. At high tide the water even there completely surrounded the house even though it sets higher in the dunes. Rodanthe is a fantastic place but the days are numbered.

If anyone wants to visit before it's gone, Austin's seafood is right by this location on the other side of the road. It's fantastic. Even though they're frozen I highly recommend the gator sausages.