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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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I’m a Climate Scientist in Texas. Here’s What the Floods Tell Us (time.com)
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[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago

It is a signpost where America is in history. Here the timetable:

July 1969: Under President Nixon, the first humans, coming from the US, step on the moon's surface and plant an American flag before being brought back safely.

July 2025: Under President Trump, forces plant a flag in a river abruptly flooded due to climate change, after over 120 people have died and over 160 are still missing and most probably dead.