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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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[–] TriPolarBearz@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In that case, sunlight and wind (along with other sources of renewable energy), are also gifts of God.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The Sun God provides for us then and now without judgement or asking of prayer. And it's real.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 10 points 3 days ago

He won't have to live with God's gifts much longer, so of course he doesn't care.

[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Didn't read the article... which god are we talking about? I'm OK with the gifts from the sun god.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They're more of the Blood for the Blood God sort of folks.

[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ah, so a religion of peace.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

Nah, they're more of the money lenders in the temples sort of people.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 5 points 3 days ago

a gift, or a test?