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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

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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[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 7 hours ago

Yeah let me just take a break from being in a dying hellscape. I'll just step away from being unemployed too while I'm at it.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 12 points 6 hours ago

It’s like punishment for caring. Ignorance is bliss. Well, until we all starve, drown, or freeze.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 12 points 7 hours ago

Based on her years of experience, trauma therapist Rebecca Mangasarian knows taking time to rest and regroup is not just good advice, but absolutely necessary.

This is why militaries will rotate troops and send some home to recuperate.