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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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‘We’re in a New Era’: How Climate Change Is Supercharging Disasters | Extreme weather events — deadly heat waves, floods, fires & hurricanes — are the consequences of a warming planet, scientists say (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] 474D@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I can't help but think of South Park when Al Gore is speaking on climate change

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

“What we said would be the consequences of climate are the exact consequences of climate change that we are experiencing. Weird, right? Yeah, we didn’t think they would be the consequences of climate change either (no, we did. We’ve been saying it for a really long time). Anyway, let’s keep making money for shareholders before this boat sinks! (You better hurry.)”