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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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When are we going to have the courage to stop the climate crisis? (www.irishtimes.com)
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"If our overheating planet is a result of human greed, then it must be a special kind of greed, a kind that emerged puzzlingly late in the long history of our species and then with a sudden vengeance."

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

Simply put ..... we won't .... because the Climate Crisis will stop us.

We don't do anything until we get to the point where we will be forced to act because our collective survival will be directly and immediately threatened.

[–] mojofrododojo 10 points 2 weeks ago

courage to stop the climate crisis? we can't even convince people to curb their exhaust output, and allow idiots to drive around alone in giant jacked up trucks because they're compensating for

[–] motor_spirit 5 points 2 weeks ago

Great read, thank you

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Whenever were asked at a voting booth to select a move towards doing something, we chose the opposite.

Surely it's clear by now we give no fucks beyond a modicum of pearl clutching ? We're still flying and driving cars, catching cruise ships, pleasure water craft, private jets blah blah blah

Four panel cartoon showing a male climate scientist talking to a woman who implores him to give her hope, he explains emissions need to be cut drastically and tells her she can help by riding a bicycle, she responds by saying she'd rather die.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

We're too late. Best to prepare for things to come.