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Scientists reaffirm ‘incontrovertible’ evidence of human influence on climate (news.agu.org)

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A new review shows that more than three decades of climate “fingerprint” research has provided overwhelming evidence that greenhouse gas emissions are driving changes throughout Earth’s climate system.

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[–] ATPA9@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Scientists point at the ExxonMobil branded child killing machine.

"NUH UH" says ExxonMobil.

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[+] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca -12 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Fossil fuels are what allowed the booming of human population to 8 billion people. Even 4 was already only possible with a planet-wide fossil fuel bonanza.

So it's odd that you think that 8 billion people is the result of a child-killing machine.

Because it's having kids that will destroy us eventually.

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[–] NonconfrontationaI@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

What is the point of this comment.

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