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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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Ski resorts battle for a future as snow declines in climate crisis | International Ski Federation urged to cut emissions, while activists warn of damage through heavy use of snowmaking (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] ratman150 41 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Won't somebody think of the resorts‽

[–] [email protected] 53 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You joke, but that might be the only global warming effect that the rich actually care about. Not to mention that it will probably decrease the value of their properties in the Alps

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They are just holding them till there tropical beach front properties.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Dystopia for us, utopian paradise for the rich. We would be completely flooded out while they whizz around in helicopters to and from the Alps