Climate

8,974 readers

3,064 active

207 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

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

founded 3 years ago

moderators

submitted 4 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net [M] to c/climate@slrpnk.net

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

[–] Ageroth@reddthat.com 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Affect is a verb: the rising grocery and gas prices are affecting my spending choices.

Effect is a noun: the effect of rising grocery and gas prices are changing my spending choices

In your example: any single economic decision has an effect on people, while the economy as a whole affects people.

parent

[–] sunnie@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 months ago*

Except when affect is a noun (disposition or emotion) and effect is a verb (to bring about or make happen).

Just to make things more difficult. :)

parent

lemmy:	0.19.20
mlmym (mschae):	26.3.4