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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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Scientists find that major Earth systems are on the verge of total collapse. (www.earth.com)
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Won't be long now.

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[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think you overestimate where we are in this schedule. We aren't at societal collapse. We aren't even at minor unrest. The TV shows are still being pumped out. Kids are still going in to school. You aren't being food rationed. There aren't rolling blackouts. The government is currently VERY transparent.

We arent ready to change yet. But we will. We always do.

[–] Aksamit@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Depends where in the world you live, for example South Africa has been having rolling blackouts for a while now and Mexico is in severe drought. Plenty of other places are affected too, this is just an example off the top of my head.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

You're right I was using my North American lense when I wrote that comment.