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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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[โ€“] CeffTheCeph@kbin.earth 1 points 1 hour ago

Most certainly recognize the Alumacraft canoe, but is that an original Don Meany XY paddle?

[โ€“] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 hours ago

It's super tasty too. Here in Ontario there is an indigenous business that sells to grocery stores so anyone can buy it, though you have to look hard for it on shelves. We call it Canadian Lake Rice. It has a great texture and a lovely nutty taste, but rather different than traditiinal long grain or basmatti. Much longer, larger and more firm texture.