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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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The brutal heat in Mexico is causing howler monkeys to drop dead from trees (wapo.st)
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Over the past year, an ongoing and severe drought has parched most of Mexico, draining reservoirs and leaving parts of the country grappling with an acute water crisis. Since mid-March, scorching temperatures have led to at least 26 heat-related deaths, according to the nation’s health ministry. The double-whammy of weather phenomena, scientists have warned, is aggravated by climate change — which alters usual weather patterns and results in longer and hotter periods with less rain.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is only a taste of what it means to "own the libs" - the rich get richer while the rest... simply die.

A very heart-warming article though, thanks for sharing!:-)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

libs are part of the problem, I would say theh sabotage the fight against global warming even more than any conservative ever could...

Why?

They create the illusion of acting against it and react to a few symptoms at best. Their main purpose is to approriate progreasive tendencies/movements/ideas and dull them down rill they have absolutely no teeth left.

Everything to protect capitalism, the dictatorship of a few rich bastards, their lackeys ("professional" politicians of all stripes) and collaborators (libs at large) holding the whole planet hostage just for the ~~economy's~~ rich people's yatch money's sake

tl;dr: we can live under socialism or we can live under water

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

By that logic, are conservatives the best possible support for the planet? By killing off humanity, we might give it its best fighting shot at longevity for future lifeforms!:-D

And no, I don't think socialism is the answer. We'll kill ourselves before we ever consider sharing the tiniest bit. :-( To clarify, that is not a "I want to" statement, that is a depressed "Sadly, this is what will happen" one...:-( Maybe. Probably. Hopefully not, but likely. We'll see.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I want off this ride.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

This is Mr Bones Wild Ride. No-one can leave.

[–] Crackhappy 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I absolutely hate monkeys, they're little shits. But this is awful and I hope a solution is found.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

We already know what the solution is:

  • Stop burning fossil fuels
  • End deforestation
  • Stop using a few refrigerants and industrial gases which are greenhouse gases

The IPCC has the details on what we'd need to do over the next few years to get started