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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 we name heatwaves as we do other extreme weather events? (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes. Name them after the corporations and politicians most responsible for global heating!

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And their CEOs too

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That would probably be a better option, it would make it possible to sneak a couple names in before anyone notices.