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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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Dramatic climate action needed to curtail ‘crazy’ extreme weather (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

I had a discussion with a friend who is a self described centrist, and his opinion is that we have to take steps that are compromises or middle of the road in order to get anything done. His argument is that it's the only way we will get anything done.

Completely side steps the fact that the real extreme is ignoring the climate crisis and not taking drastic action.

I used to be afraid for my future child and grand children's futures. Now I'm afraid for my own future.