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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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‘Not Caused by an Act of God’: In a Rare Court Action, an Oregon County Seeks to Hold Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable for Extreme Temperatures (insideclimatenews.org)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The most conclusive statement made by scientists! I wonder how SCOTUS will spin this? 🤔

[–] pacmondo 9 points 4 months ago

"It doesn't specifically say they can't do this in the constitution so there's no problem here"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Probably by ~~inadvertently~~ declaring everything as an act of god so no insurance company ever has to pay out again

Edit: who am I kidding, there would be nothing inadvertent about it at all