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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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National Park Service database flags hundreds of items that might ‘disparage’ America [includes references to climate] (www.washingtonpost.com)
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An internal government database reviewed by The Washington Post demonstrates the vast scope of the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to revise or remove information on African American history, climate change and other topics at hundreds of national park sites.

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[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Curious. Why would there be hundreds of items disparaging America? Perhaps we should discuss this. Perhaps feature each item on TV.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 17 hours ago

Sorry, but both CBS and CNN are now Republican outlets. So not going to happen. Especially when there is "limited fire and minor material damage" to the US embassy in Saudi Arabia