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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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Last month marked the world’s hottest July on record, US scientists say | This year could beat 2023 for the hottest year on record as 15-month heat streak extends, according to NOAA (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hottest July so far.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Coldest July of the rest of your life...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Given the la nina cycle hasn't started yet, the next couple of years expected to be cooler? But one of those could be the coolest July for a very long time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

a very long time

Could mean decades .... or millenia

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah. Wouldn't be confident to say within our lifetime given things like Yellowstone eruption or nuclear winter could change that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Maybe we won't be hitting our climate goals in 2050, after all. /s