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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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At this point, it's fairly common for significant rainfall events to have attribution studies showing that they're a result of the higher temperatures that fossil fuel burning has given us. Whether or not we end up with one for this particular event, it's something that we know will be more common if we keep on extracting and burning.

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Whatever it is, the state of Florida is insuring more and more of Florida's residential real estate. I'm waiting for the state government to have a really bad year, to the point they go bankrupt.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago

Step teasing me with possible good news!

[–] 242@lemmy.cafe 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Of course he's going to say that. If he admitted climate change was wrecking his state then he would be forced to take action. It's much easier to stick his fingers in his ears and continue letting oil companies do whatever they want. What does he care? He only has a couple more years in office anyways. He'll be gone by the time the shit really hits the fan. This rainfall is just a sample of what's to come.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago

Shits already hitting the fan world wide. People are losing houses. Insurance is becoming unaffordable. People are dying.

It'll just affect more people.

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 months ago

"Climate change isn't re-blub blub blub!" >:(

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Oh, here we are again in the hands out, crying for help and funds portion of the "no guv'ment!!!" and "we're gonna sucede!!!!" crowd.

Is your raised truck not high enough for you to take shelter from the floods in? Can't you hang your wet clothes to dry from the "rolling coal" pipe you have? Can you use those 27 trump flags made of asbestos as a blanket to warm you?

Maybe as you're waiting for the "guv'ment" to come rescue you like a frightened fairytale princess, feed you with taxpayer dollars and repair your uninsurable without "guv'ment" help homes.... Maybe you could just float on your back in the water while you wait and think about your stance on climate change?

And remember, as your elderly neighbor's dead body floats by next to you, you can always use all your left over "Joe Brandon, I DID THAT!!!" gas pump stickers to put over their eyes and mouth to keep them closed.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Ok then bye

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"Weatherz are woke libz!!! Rain is a Chinese Jewish CRT and if you ingest the water, Hunter Biden did the chemicals in it so you're a trans! If trump could diarrhea in this water, even up high from his gold helicopter, floods would all melt and turn into enough nachos for everyone and beer and we'd have a second super bowl, but instead DEMZ locked him in prison for being Jesus and making a most BEAUTIFUL phone call!!!" My penis don't work guud and it's frustrationing cuz I want to use it for gay and not tell anyone else at church!!!!"