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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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Don’t Be Fooled, Snow Is Becoming a Thing of the Past | the long-term trend is warmer winters with less snowfall (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I have noticed the bay on the lake (a great lake) doesn't freeze as early or as much anymore, and may not even this year by the way things are going. I also think the models are really off because the weather is just so unpredictable even to a computer. And a small change in one place has a ripple effect, just like the extinction (or removal) of an animal can change a whole ecosystem [watch any of the documentaries on the wolves in Yellowstone as a perfect example].