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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

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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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My mega neighbor was complaining about the strange weather and how it is affecting his garden. I wanted to explain climate change to him, but like I said he a Trump supporter so he won't listen.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

"You see here, when you take the black rock thats burried deep underground for hundred of million years and burn it. The ghosts of dinosuars will collectively piss on your garden."

[–] PentastarM@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

"You see here, when you take the black rock thats burried deep underground for ~~hundred of million years~~ 6000 years and burn it. The ghosts of dinosuars will collectively piss on your garden."

Fix it for you

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

A rare exception to Betteridge's law,

In this case, the answer is a resounding "yes"

But extremes in both directions of the mercury will become more common, as winds change too

Basically, we're fucked. It's also too late unfortunately

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

US found a solution - just don't measure it or talk about it. There - problem solved.

[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, the Trump covid method.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

I agree

Now try to convince the people in the West with their lifestyle to sacrifice even the tiniest thing

Then try to convince everyone in the world who aspires to that lifestyle that they shouldn't have it, because the people who got there first fucked things for them

Good luck with that

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

BBC, are you utterly incompetent? Do you understand absolutely nothing? What is your point in phrasing it this way? I choose to be generous and assume it's a very poor attempt at clickbait.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 10 points 3 weeks ago

That headline feels a decade to late.

[–] Coolkat@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Like all other times such news articles were published with a surprised tone : Yes. Of course, yes. How could it possibly not become normal in the following years ?