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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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We Study Climate Change. We Can’t Explain What We’re Seeing. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] grue 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We think that a goal of analyzing data in under six months is achievable if the data-gathering and climate-modeling labs prioritize it. This entails a small shift by the U.S. agencies, such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and the Department of Energy, and international agencies such as Copernicus, the European climate service provider, toward sustained funding instead of one-off research grants.

Right as the MAGAs are about to abolish the NOAA. Perfect timing, no notes. 👩‍🍳😘🤌

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They aren't going to abolish NOAA. Just...cut out stuff that goes against what they want to hear. I guess it's the same thing in the end.

[–] disguy_ovahea 8 points 2 weeks ago

They won’t need to abolish it. They plan to replace the 11,000 hired contractors with loyalists, just like every other agency.