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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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Scientists May Have Identified a Culprit Behind Declining Amazon Rains | Deforestation is playing a greater role than researchers expected, according to a new study (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I would have assumed that was always the chief reason right?

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah well, science isn't good at proving stuff that isn't true... The real mystery is how we get the truth to be as persuasive as an oil lobbyist.

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago

A lot of those pathetic excuses for politicians sell humans out for as little as $500 so money is probably the only thing they hear