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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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[–] Audacious@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

TIL, didn't know how important it is.

[–] capital@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If Trump wins I’m afraid more people will be saying this more often about more services.

[–] greybeard@lemmy.one 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Its a classic republican tactic to claim the government is useless and needs to be replaced, then cut funding so the government can't do its job, then use that as proof that they were right to cut funding.

[–] capital@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

See how useless this program I made useless is???

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Finally get rid of that pesky post office ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Shades of "Who would have thought healthcare was so complicated?" No offense. There are so many basic services people just don't think about.

[–] Audacious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Wished american services and government functions are course(s) taught in middle and high school. It's a huge shame that almost no knows how the government works in detail, including me, as I have to learn as I go.