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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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Scientists issue dire warning after sudden shift on remote island raises alarm: 'Most years it doesn't come at all' (www.thecooldown.com)
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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We should have been working as hard on climate change as we did on covid.

I really hope we can still save most of it.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Didnt millions more people die than necessary in the US thanks to covid? Seems like were working equally as hard here

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I'm talking world wide.

In my country in Europe, roads were almost completely empty for example. A lot of unnecessary production lines were also halted.