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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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When will climate change turn life in the U.S. upside down? Intensifying extreme weather events and an insurance crisis are likely to cause significant economic and political disruption in the U.S. (yaleclimateconnections.org)
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[–] madcat451@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Already has. Moved to Texas in 2017 for work, leaving at the end of this year for somewhere where the heatwaves are at least less intense relatively speaking, and where the power grid isn't run by greedy fucks causing it to fail all the time.

I know two that have already left because of it, and one other that's planning for it in the next year. The intensifying antagonism here is another factor. We're trying to convince as many as possible to get the fuck out, and abandon the south.

[–] Glifted@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Come to Michigan. We have all the water

[–] madcat451@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It was my original plan, I was going to move to the Ann Arbor area, but I'm heading to San Diego instead just because a friend of mine, who's like a brother to me, is temporarily moving back to San Diego and I decided to follow. Long term, Michigan is still on my radar as my #1 pick though.

[–] Glifted@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Ann Arbor is pretty nice. I'm about an hour away but I have a friend near there. If you like mountain biking there's also some very good trails nearby

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