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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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Where Harris’s Potential Running Mates Stand on Climate: Possible contenders to join the Harris ticket include three governors who welcome clean energy and a senator concerned by extreme heat (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Who the fuck is not concerned about extreme heat at this point who is ANYWHERE near decision making

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

people paid to dismiss it.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"Bro... even if you're getting paid, you surely understand on SOME level at this point that what you're selling off is your grandchildren's future."

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 months ago

They understand it. They don't give a shit. They won't be around for it