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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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NASA issues warning after sudden change in the ocean surprises scientists: 'Getting faster and faster' (www.thecooldown.com)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's the rise, but imagine the increased rate of erosion. It will get above the rocks and start carving away at beaches and lakefront properties. Rich people's real estate investments are about to be devalued.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Rich people's real estate investments are about to be devalued.

Good. We can finally eat them then.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Personally I’d rather feed them to our cats…I’m veggie and they probably don’t taste nice.