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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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‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
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Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 days ago

While i understand that it is human nature to not want to listen to people who are talking down to you, or who say things that make you feel bad about yourself and your choices, i don't think "someone made me feel bad so I'm going to continue to destroy the planet" is a valid excuse to avoid reflecting on personal habits and their consequences.

But it's a good reminder in how to speak to people. If youre dealing with someone in the maga cult you could try to say 1 liners at them but you probably aren't going to get them to actually listen to you. Same applies to trying to talk to omnivores or vegetarians