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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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[–] grff@lemmy.world 71 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Holy shit this dude needs to get out of that water

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 10 points 5 hours ago

"It's just dirt!"

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 57 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Microbiology is optional at North Carolina State University.

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 128 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Jesus, that’s the basest of bacterial soups he’s basting in. That’s sewage and corpse water.

Necrotizing fasciitis isn’t a single bacteria. It’s a bacteria gone wild such that the tissue dies under the stress of it. This guy’s feet and junk are in that mess.

Horrifying outcomes may happen.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 24 points 17 hours ago

It's ok. He has his beer.

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 24 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Psh, you wouldn't be saying that if you saw the 2-day-old, cold, left out pizza he ate just before the pic was taken!

[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 26 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

And it was only slight wet, nothing a few paper towel couldnt dry up.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 14 points 18 hours ago

The box was floating still and keeping it on top of the water so it’s totally fine

[–] Fullyloadedsnowflake@lazysoci.al 5 points 17 hours ago

What is he watching

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 151 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Well, that's a great way to get a really bad infection.

Flood waters contain everything from sewage to dead animals to parasites.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

At first I read that as dead animals and peasants.

[–] tektite@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 hours ago

Bring out your dead!

[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 79 points 22 hours ago

Man, he’s a college student, he probably eats worse.

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 29 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Rafts of fire ants are also a sure way to liven things up

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 25 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Fire ants rafting is a sure sign there is no god. At least not a benevolent, personal one.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 11 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Edit: The downvotes are making me wonder how many people didn't get past the first sentence before skipping the rest.

God is God to all living things, fire ants included. And did He not say, 'Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.' (Genesis 9:3). And lo, the fire ants rejoiced, and partook of his great bounty (college students sitting in flood waters), and were fruitful.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder what the fire ant commandments are, and how many burning bushes were involved

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Kill, consume, multiply, conquer. As they follow the goddess of cancer.