this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2024

432 points (98.2% liked)

Climate

climate@slrpnk.net

9,065 readers

2,470 active

212 users here now

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: 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:

Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:

Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.

founded 3 years ago

moderators

silence7@slrpnk.net

We Just Lived Through Two of the Hottest Days Ever. Does Anyone Care? (www.rollingstone.com)

submitted 2 years ago by silence7@slrpnk.net [M] to c/climate@slrpnk.net

66 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'll note that moving into the boreal forest is also a high-risk decision; those are all burning, burning more intensely, and burning more often.

parent

hideshow 3 child comments

[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't think mature California coastal redwoods are boreal.

parent

hideshow 2 child comments

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Don't you need a permit to cut a single one down? Having property where those grow always seemed like a nightmare.

parent

hideshow 1 child comment

[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 8 points 2 years ago

Why would I cut them down? I bought the property because of them. 200 ft tall trees, some in rings around the mother stump. It's beautiful and fun.

parent