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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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2023 will officially be the hottest year on record, scientists report (www.cnn.com)
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[–] Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Hottest year so far.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hottest year so far...

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

It's neat how both of those will be accurate statements every year for as long as we live.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

Take a video of yourself enjoying the outdoors or going to a restaurant or cafe .... your descendants will wonder how rich, wealthy and privileged you were to be able to do such things.