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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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Bali rice experiment cuts greenhouse gas emissions and increases yields (news.mongabay.com)
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[–] mrbonejangles@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

$33 to buy a weeding machine…

Increase your yield by 20% significant methane reduction, less runoff of chemicals and fertilisers to reefs.

Seems like a great way for people flying to Bali to offset their carbon footprint getting there.

[–] BonfireOvDreams@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

If all that methane reduction costs no more than a cheap ass weeding machine this is a huge win.