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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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Climate change is making home insurance costs more expensive. These maps show prices and weather risks in your state. (www.cbsnews.com)
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[–] pezhore@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What the hell is up with Nebraska?

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

The local NPR station has an answer:

‘Unbelievable’ insurance increases are walloping Nebraska homeowners. Climate change is a big reason why.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Insurance costs and status quo bias push up insurance costs too. Shop around when renewal is coming up, I'm going to save $2000+ for home and auto insurance from what my last carrier was going to charge even when confronted with the price tag for similar coverages. They didn't even try to price match or beat. Same with the electric company. Be a better informed consumer. That's a couple paychecks back in my pocket.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

There are a lot of places in the western US where there aren't any insurers writing new policies anymore.