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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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One After Another, Russia Blocks Candidates to Host Next Climate Summit (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I hope Cthulhu rises from the Siberian permafrost and lays waste to their land

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'd rather they had good government instead of Putin.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Well, one could argue every nation gets the government they deserve, but nobody deserves that. The russians horribly failed defending their democracy. It happens from time to time in some or another country and fixing it usually requires a violent rebellion or outsiders beating them in a war.