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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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Climate Change ‘Burnout’ Is Taking Its Toll (insideclimatenews.org)
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[–] disguy_ovahea 20 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

It’s like punishment for caring. Ignorance is bliss. Well, until we all starve, drown, or freeze.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

Not to be too bleak, but of course you're being punished for caring. The status quo is owned by people who have huge profits in looking away from the environmental damage that is happening, by caring about nature, you're going against the happy path that's been laid out for you.