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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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Europe’s Great Rivers Are Dying. The Continent Is In for a Shock. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] Kind_to_Everyone@slrpnk.net 8 points 4 weeks ago

The planet is dying. The planet is experiencing collapse.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

Rivers can no longer be relied on to provide an inexpensive, reliable, relatively low-carbon alternative to road and air freight.

Fuck NYT for failing to mention rail.