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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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‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

“The people are right to not trust a science they can’t pronounce”

One of the basic arguments against "Ultraprocessed Fods" (UPF)... I shit you not.

Michael Pollan: If You Can't Say It, Don't Eat It : NPR

2.) If You Can't Say It, Don't Eat It

Don't buy products with more than five ingredients or any ingredients you can't easily pronounce.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

😭😭 Because scientists naming chemicals had nutrition in mind

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I wish food labels came with the full binomial nomenclature including the variety and subspecies.

Here's your sandwich:

  • Triticum aestivum L. ssp aestivum
  • Lactuca sativa L. var. crispa
  • Solanum lycopersicum L. var. esculentum
  • Glycine max (L.) Merr.
  • Piper nigrum L.