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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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Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’ (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's a bit misleading. The GAT is something like a 20 year average. 1.5°C is here in 2024. Only the averaging from 2004 to 2024 keeps it lower.

Dem tipping points being tipped already. Couching it in the language of scientific caution is a mugs game. Shit's fucked 'yo. You're fucked. Already fucked. The biosphere doesn't want you anymore. Enjoy the ride to oblivion.