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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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Climate and Conservation Ballot Measures Approved Even in Places Trump Won (www.scientificamerican.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

More proof that the election was decided by the economy, not climate or abortion. Which means the opposition has a lot of leverage here to stand up to Trump's fossil fuel policies and abortion bans.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

I've said it elsewhere, but people are scared, and they want change. They'll take it however they can get it, even if it means making the tactical error of voting for someone who will almost certainly make things worse.