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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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What Australia’s Vote Means for Climate in a Major Coal Economy | The leading candidates in Saturday’s national election have starkly different policies on energy and global warming. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

As an Australian, it's interesting to read a report about our election in a publication outside our borders .. that's not something that I encounter often.

It also has the added benefit of not using hyper partisan language, managing to discuss the situation in a more subdued tone.

I wish there was more of this in how we report on the world around us.

Thank you for sharing!

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 days ago

You're welcome. I try to provide global coverage, but both the search tools and my personal network tend to be a bit US-focused.