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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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People all over trust climate researchers less than scientists in general | Large international study finds “trust gap” in 43 out of 68 countries (www.science.org)
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It's worth noting that scientists in general don't have a propaganda campaign aimed at undermining their credibility.

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[–] susankayequinn@wandering.shop 10 points 22 hours ago

@silence7 yeah the part about the orchestrated campaign against them is spot on

But also: it's a lot easier to "distrust" someone who is saying something you don't want to hear