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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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Europe heats twice as fast as rest of world, elderly and housing face growing climate risks (www.youtube.com)
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[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

AMOC in decline = fucked up shit beyond recognition.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was gonna say, stop whining Europe. When the AMOC collapses you'll be bitching about freezing to death. Just can't make some people happy.

[–] BearGun@ttrpg.network 2 points 17 hours ago

It's almost as if we humans have a span of temperatures that is comfortable to live in, and if the temperature goes beyond that -- above or below -- people aren't happy.

The fact that things might get worse in the other direction later doesn't mean they aren't bad right now.