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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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Should our future food be genetically engineered? Genetically modified crops can help cut carbon emissions, research shows — but they still face major hurdles. (wapo.st)
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[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 5 points 6 months ago

Genetic mods dont worry me, we do that now.

IP laws stupidity means its a dangerous step.

[–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 3 points 6 months ago

They all already are from selective breeding, cloning, interbreeding, splicing, and more. "The same but with fewer off target effects and greater benefits" doesn't have the same ring to it though.