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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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[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I fear for the future

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

For the future of humanity? Yeah.

For the future of the planet? Time and nature heals everything.

[–] wordcraeft@slrpnk.net 26 points 2 days ago

On a cosmic scale, the survival even of this entire star system doesn't matter in the slightest.

But to me, personally, I am rather unnerved by current events.

Context is everything. We do not experience life as the cosmos, we experience it as individuals.

[–] rivan@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

Learning that Life survived Snowball Earth gave me a huge sense of comfort.