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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 window of opportunity to address our climate crisis is closing — and faster than ever (thehill.com)
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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Pretty sure we just nailed that window shut.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nailed it shut, boarded it up, barred it, bulldozed the building and put a highway where it once was.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Just one more lane...

[–] shartworx 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That window is effectively closed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

@shartworx @Midnight

It most certainly did today.

We're now in worst case scenarios.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago

Its done in America, now. We won't help with Trump at the lead, we'll just make it worse.

[–] unconsciousvoidling 23 points 2 weeks ago

get ready for mass extinction

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

That’s okay. We aren’t planning to address it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

And poured quickdry cement on it to make sure.

This is one genie that's never going back into the bottle again. May our descendants, provided any live, have mercy on our memory.

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld 1 points 2 weeks ago

Geoengineering on a large scale, here we come.