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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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Outrunning the Heat? This Climate Activist is Running Seven Marathons in Seven Days | Marathon runners are facing increasing threats as climate change accelerates. (insideclimatenews.org)
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[–] JizzmasterD@lemmy.ca 19 points 5 months ago

I wanted to be make fun of a such a privileged perspective in the title, thankfully the article is more balanced:

“Moll recognizes that climate change poses an existential threat to his ability to run outside—and that this passion in and of itself is a “luxury.” 

“The environment and the health of our climate is so intertwined with the ability to run,” he told me, pointing out that many countries in the Global South are bearing the brunt of climate impacts. “Not everyone is afforded the material conditions to have a passion like ultra-endurance running.”