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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

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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submitted 2 months ago by Letsdothis to c/[email protected]
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Take a look at these quotes from articles from the past 120 years. What can we make from them? Is climate change actually a big of a deal as it's claimed? The fact that "climate change" is such political issue gives me doubt. Any political talking point should always be scrutinized and criticized. Politicians have an agenda and will use anything they can to push that agenda.

I'm not here to argue about climate change being real or not. Rather, I would like opinions about the website I shared

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[–] Letsdothis -5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Ok. Let me try again. In practice, as a data analyst would know, interpreting data is a messy, subjective business. If you asked two data scientists to look into the same question, you’re liable to get two completely different answers, even if they’re both working with the same dataset. That's to say, one dataset can produce multiple "facts." Both conclusions can be "facts," but it is subjective.

Things aren't as black and white as you imagine. So many things involving sciences were facts, until they werent. Consider the big role biases play when coming to different conclusions. Consider that MANY conclusions are based on a limited data set.

[–] T00l_shed 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes, and when all the data sets point towards human made climate change, then you have a fact. When it's peer reviewed and studied, and when, it's challenged, and the data all still points to the same story, there is your fact. If two analysts come up with different data, then they cannot by definition be a "fact". Having one or two people go against the consensus, is fine, however when they make a challenge and their findings are proven incorrect, and they are still incapable of proving otherwise, then they need to review their biases. If they don't, well then, they aren't looking at things scientifically.