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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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Canadian Wildfires and U.S. Air Quality: Climate research suggests that heat and drought associated with global warming are major reasons behind the number of fires and their intensity. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] skyhy 2 points 2 years ago

I live in BC and wildfires are a part of life out here. That said, they’ve been getting larger and more frequent, especially over the last couple years. Now we have El Niño on the way too, I can only imagine how bad it will be next year.

It’s wild to me that people still refuse to make the connection between climate change and these events.