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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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The lost history of what Americans knew about climate change in the 1960s (grist.org)
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It wasn't just scientists who were worried, but Congress, the White House, and even Sports Illustrated.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago

Not lost, suppressed because money

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

Bankers and oil men should all be in prison.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Hey, it's grist. Glad they're still around and kicking, for some reason they fell off my algorithmic radar for awhile. Very good publication.