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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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Trump’s 100 Days of Upending Climate Policy | In just a few months, President Trump’s moves have exceeded the worst fears of climate activists. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can't stand how easy the Republicans job is... We spend years and years and years and years of fighting to get policy on climate action.

They take days to erase it all.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Destruction is always fast and easy. Creating takes real effort

[–] Xenny@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I think we may need to get rid of the obstructions. Getting real sick and tired waiting for "incremental change" when I've watched the goddamn dial move backwards my entire lifetime.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

It's not so much "obstructions" as that it requires both earned expertise and hard work to create stuff.