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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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Brazil: Health warnings as country gripped by 'unbearable' heatwave (www.bbc.com)
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[–] casmael@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fucking hell 42.5 with a real feel of 58?! Was that a typo?!

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a pic my boss took Monday on lauch time on the financial district on São Paulo

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Jesus Christ that’s horrific

[–] perestroika@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

A heat wave of this severity is unfortunately always followed by a wave of avoidable deaths. :(