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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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Scientists under arrest: the researchers taking action over climate change (www.nature.com)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (4 children)

It's like Don't Look Up but real life and happening a little more slowly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't the literal point of "don't look up" to be about how we're ignoring the super obvious threat of climate change?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah yeah it was, but we're at the point within that plot where the scientists get worked up about not being taken seriously.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

is that like Shark Pool

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

That looks hilarious. It's a bit like that, except here it's humans on earth.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Life do imitate art

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Only if you're privileged enough it happens slowly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

well it takes what a few weeks in the movie or something