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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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What job could I get? (lemm.ee)
submitted 11 months ago by JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee to c/climate@slrpnk.net
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I'm an adult considering a change of career. I have no relevant education or experience. I'm at least an hour away from anywhere that could be considered a major city and would not like to move. My only requirements are that I am actively helping our ecosystem thrive and I'm not dirt poor. What's a position I could reasonably obtain?

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[โ€“] assplode@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Are you interested in fixing things? Do you have any aptitude for it?

Repairing and maintaining machinery can pay well and be very rewarding.

Depending on the sector you work in, you can also be helping the ecosystem.

[โ€“] JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Another comment (that got deleted) mentioned wind turbine tech and I found one nearby that didn't have any specific requirements and applied. To answer your question, yes I've been able to fix mechanisms and electronics with a good rate of success. I'd be open to other suggestions in that realm.