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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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Houston area’s flood problems offer lessons for cities trying to adapt to a changing climate (theconversation.com)
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[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

There's a several acre paved lot near the Port of Houston that has been vacant for decades. The vegetation slowly takes it over and eventually covers the lot, only for the lot to change hands and the new owner tear out all the vegetation and lay down new pavement. Ive seen this happen 3 times over the years. Nothing ever gets done with the lot. It's not used for buildings, parking, events, nothing. Just a large patch of land that nature continuously tries to take back only to be cut down and replaced with concrete. Absolutely insane.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

It’s not used for buildings, parking, events, nothing. Just a large patch of land that nature continuously tries to take back only to be cut down and replaced with concrete.

Do you know of any local policies around development, land use, and taxes? Might be if the lot is 'developed' its taxed a different rate than other land. Keeping it paved might mean "developed enough" and the dude's just squatting the rights to the property till the value goes up enough.