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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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The People Fleeing Climate Disasters Are Going to Transform the American South (www.nytimes.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If property values in high-risk areas start declining I wonder if there would ever be class action suits against the government or specific bad actors.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Against the government is a pretty tough lift in terms of how US law works. Against specific bad actors, there are a lot of lawsuits already.