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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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‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on record (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Mysteriarch@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think The Guardian has committed a few years ago to call it the 'climate crisis' (they also have a dedicated category page with the title). But yeah, language matters. I tend to use climate catastrophe.

[–] TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like the name climate crisis. It's formal sounding but conveys the direness of the situation much better than climate change.

[–] Ni@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I'm with you, I've started referring to it with this name. It's apt, we're in a current crisis not a situation that we will only see effects from generations from now. I talk to a lot of people who seem to think this is a next generation problem, even the current young generation.