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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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‘I’m a prisoner in my own home,’ asthma sufferer, 15, tells landmark US climate trial | Montana teen Mica is one of 16 plaintiffs in historic trial, alleging state has violated residents’ rights (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] KeraKali 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't understand how a climatologist with a PhD could deny climate change and support oil companies as her clients. Wtf?

[–] silence7 1 points 1 year ago

The oil companies have been paying her since at least 2007. It's not a new thing, and developing a stable of paid experts was a key step the fossil fuels industry took when they decided to adopt the personnel and tactics of the tobacco-cancer denial machine some decades back.