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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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The U.S. Election Is a Choice Between Climate Action and Retreat (www.worldpoliticsreview.com)
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[–] xionzui 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a clearer choice between good and evil in real life. Crazy that it’s such a difficult one for this country…

[–] [email protected] -5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Do you genuinely see Harris as good?

[–] hakase 5 points 8 months ago

between climate inaction and retreat

FTFY. One is still better than the other, but let's not kid ourselves here.