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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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[–] Grogon@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

What a wonderful earth this is going to be in a few decades.

60% uninhabitable and the 40% remaining is only barely inhabitable with huge heat waves, floods, storms, every quarter of the year while out of the 40% remaining barely inhabitable will be nice to live for the top 5% of the wealthy people with A/C, housing that isn't touched by disasters.

Glad I am 32 years old. Well, I wish I was 42 years old so I wouldn't have to experience it in real life. But I am very grateful for not being born in the last 10 years. I look at people getting kids nowadays and wonder: "Why?" Either people are blind or just don't care.

Had this discussion with someone a year ago "Well they had kids in WW2 too." Yeah... but a war might end some day. Nature won't quit destroying anything that is in it's path. It might hit strong, the next time a bit weaker but a month later strike back huge. And it won't stop. Getting worse every year from now.

I mean just look at Argentinia now. Just googled Argentinia but the news is overwhelmed by the storm in Australia currently (Storm Alfred)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I7A5Emcxqc

Get use to these pictures. Better now than later, cause in ten years the pictures will be way worse.