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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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What this means in practice is that we enter a minefield where we start to lose major ecosystems as temperatures continue to rise.

This makes it incredibly important to do everything we can to limit the amount of additional warming we see; each 1/10 of a degree adds to the risk.

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[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I'm really dreading this next summer here in Canada. Last year the forest fires were brutal (picture having no AC, poisonous smoke and 30C (86F for the Americans) outdoors and about 35C (95F) inside) and we had hardly any snow so far this winter, so next year the entire fucking place is probably going to be on fire all summer long.

Also we're definitely getting an AC before then lol.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 9 points 10 months ago

If you haven't already, consider a heat pump instead. It can do cooling and heating, generally more efficiently (in terms of energy, maybe not money depending on local gas prices) than alternatives. It's basically the same device as an air conditioner, except it can be reversed so it can heat too.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

One of the most shocking things about this climate change so far is that the summer is no longer a season to look forward to. For the last two years the skies have been white, orange or brown and the air has smelled of smoke for large stretches of the summer and on into the fall. Evidently the powers that be will do nothing unless they are made uncomfortable, and making them uncomfortable means more than polite protesting.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

Good news (if you can even call it that) is that depending on how widespread the fires were you might have an easier time with wildfires this coming year

I highly recommend a few good air purifiers though, it's been a godsend since I picked one up a few years ago

[–] BurningRiver@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

We felt it here in the states, too. We (where I live, not far from Canada) were dealing with the smoke down here most of the summer, praying for rain up there to put the fires out. We ended up spending most days looking at the air quality reports and watching which way the wind was blowing to see if we had to stay inside or not.

It fucking sucks.