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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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In Deep Red Utah, Climate Concerns Are Now Motivating Candidates | Would-be voters in this coal and oil state signal they’re increasingly alarmed by climate change. (insideclimatenews.org)
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[–] Dramaking37 6 points 10 months ago

I guess when your lake disappears and you realize it was full of toxic runoff that now is blowing into your main population areas in the form of dust.... You might suspect something is up

[–] jumjummy 4 points 10 months ago

Ah the age old Republican mantra of “now that’s it’s affecting me, I care”

[–] nevemsenki 2 points 10 months ago

Something something about barn doors when the horses had already left.