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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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Miami Is Entering a State of Unreality | No amount of adaptation to climate change can fix Miami’s water problems. (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] Lon3star 39 points 6 months ago (3 children)

If only they had some type of warning

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Well jeez, this information has only been known for over 100 years. What did you expect them to do?!

Or, more accurately, what did you expect the capitalists to do? Make less money for a time while they figured out different means of generating electricity? But think of the coal barons and the oil barons and the natural gas barons and the transportation barons!

THINK OF THE BARONS!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Is insurance companies bailing on your state, a type of warning?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

And if only they actually did something about it when they received the warnings.