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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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How Extreme Heat Affects Workers and the Economy (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] Aussiemandeus 2 points 2 years ago

As someone who has worked in places of extreme heat, the only way to move forward is to put people who have worked in the said heat in the same job in charge.

No amount of theoretical training can explain to someone who's never done it what it's like to work in 45+ degree heat. Especially as a mechanic working on hot machinery where you have to rotate out with someone every 5 minutes.

This news of taking drink breaks away in America etc will kill people.

Every day people in the Pilba, (north Western Australia) go down due to heat related illnesses because the people on charge demanding production live in an A/c house, drive to work in their a/c car then work in an a/c office and have the audacity to say its not that bad.