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temperature timeline
(imgs.xkcd.com)
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
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:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
But it's 'doomsday bullshit' because checks notes some ice in Antarctica got thicker. Got it.
I don't even see how it's doomsday stuff, we just gotta live better. Lower meat consumption, more renewable energy, less car-focused living, more sustainable construction and consumption. It's entirely within our ability to prevent the worst case outcomes. It's only giving up and pretending we have no power that would make it a 'doomsday' scenario.