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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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Delhi temperature hits 50.5C as India’s capital records hottest day | Authorities warn of water shortages as temperatures reach nine degrees higher than expected (www.theguardian.com)
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Years of scientific research have found the climate crisis is causing heatwaves to become longer, more frequent and more intense.

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[–] Gigan@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I saw one yesterday about a record heatwave in Pakistan. What causes such extreme heat in that region?

[–] kozy138@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

*Fossil fuel infrastructure goes vroom

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