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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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Fires Have Burned 4.5 Million Acres This Year, Blanketing Much of North America in Smoke (www.nytimes.com)
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A fire cycle that goes from years of high fire activity to lower activity isn’t entirely unusual, Dr. Swain said. But what is notable, he added, is that a warming climate makes the high-activity years more intense.

After a few mild years, “some natural upward kick” would be expected, he said. But, he added, “the climate change piece of this makes this a much bigger kick.”

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[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Wow, someone mentioned climate change in an article about wildfires! Wonders will never cease!