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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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America Is Living in a Climate-Denial Fantasy | On climate, the U.S. and the rest of the planet are now in “completely separate worlds.” (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This study from last year estimates only about 15% of Americans deny climate change. To be sure, 15% is too high, but it's far from all Americans.

[–] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 20 points 2 months ago

The trump cartel dismantling science and environmental awareness is horrifying to at least half of Americans.

Too bad peaceful protests are not enough to stop the complete corruption of democracy.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sadly the 15% in denial are the ones holding all federal power

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Well, more importantly, the ones holding all federal power may or may not be in denial, but they certainly just don’t care about it, and are far more concerned about simply making money.