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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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'Mission 2025' vs. 'Project 2025' Offers the Tough Choice Between a Livable Climate or Hell (www.splinter.com)
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[–] TacticsConsort@yiffit.net 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Please tell me we didn't just name a really important major project something directly adjacent to a very famous Super Rightwing Fascism plan...

[–] dvoraqs@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I hope the right wing fascists didn't also steal all of the references to the year 2025

[–] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 5 points 3 months ago

Repeat after me: conservatives are an existential threat

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Conservatives have chosen Hell. Final answer.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I expect hell. One of the reasons I didn't want kids; forcing anyone to live without the ability to ask permission first is bad enough in a good world, but we live in a shitty one that's rolling down hill so fast that it'll explode when it finally bottoms out. Humanity had a good run, but we've brought this on ourselves.