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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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[โ€“] sxan@midwest.social 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This just in!

I'm a freak accident, a jet plane owned by De Beers Group crashed into the lab, killing all but one member of the team responsible for this discovery. In an unrelated event, the final member, who was not in the lab when the plane crashed, accidentally stumbled on front of an oncoming subway train.

In a press release, a De Beers representative is quoted as saying, "Oopsie!"

[โ€“] einlander@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

"I'm a freak accident" I had visions of the Allstate Mayhem commercials.