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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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The pot is warmer (fed.dyne.org)
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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Fun fact. A frog will jump out before it gets too hot.

Kind of an indictment against us hairless apes.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A frog will try to jump out. Lobsters also try to get out. The kicker is that the pot is the planet, and we can't jump out.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Billionaires sure seem to be trying. 🙃

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 5 points 2 weeks ago

Let them go. Maybe they'll get something analogous to the ending of "Don't Look Up". Or worse, Martian dust...nasty stuff.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

We're also gonna jump out, Elon promised.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

This is incredible. I spit some food. 🤣