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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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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago

There is a certain poetic justice in Saudi Arabia becoming uninhabitable as a direct result of all the dinosaur juice they dug out from under it.

Although as usual the people responsible will feel no effect as they sit in air conditioned palaces, grifting even more money to try and build a pointlessly long, tall and narrow city.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

OK, so hear me out. The Saudi king is the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. Since the Hajj is now becoming dangerous for the faithful because of climate change, that means that the Saudi king needs to act to protect the Hajj and the Two Holy Mosques. I.e., the Saudi king has a religious responsibility to act on climate change, by clamping down on CO2 emissions and curtailing hydrocarbons extraction. It's the will of Allah, man.

[–] Neon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Or he just installs water-fountains

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Dibs on holy jihad to end climate change

[–] LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

Taylor Swift private jet kamikaze

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago

keep in mind that the Hajj can be a pretty grueling rite even before adding in extreme heat

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

should switch to midnight services maybe

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's 125.24°F. The yeast in your bread is now dead, and your steak is rare.

[–] evidences@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

Seems like about 1,000 humans are rare too.

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If it’s for a religious event, is it not part of gods plan?

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de -1 points 3 months ago
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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago

Nobody wants to chill anymore