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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 Case for Kamala Harris in a Burning World | The race between Harris and Trump is not about saving the planet. It’s about saving ourselves (www.rollingstone.com)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

That's the saving grace for the planet .... it's been through far worse than anything we could ever possibly do to it.

We however can't possibly expect to survive a fraction of what the planet has already gone through.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 hours ago

"We" unfortunately meaning not only humans but a large part of the still existing species that didn't ask for this journey.