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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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Climate Activists Spray-Paint Darwin’s Grave in London to Draw Attention to Climate Disaster (www.democracynow.org)
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[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Glad for these guys. Their protests are the only ones that consistently get headlines and they make a point that nothing they do is permanent or a public danger.

I used to be more concerned about “le optics” of this but have come to the conclusion I was just being reactionary where I didn’t have to be.

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[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Not graffiti on smooth stonework! Winston, fetch my clutching pearls!

[–] Covenant@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 days ago (5 children)

And again they are getting attention.

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.vg 12 points 1 day ago

It's amazing and terrible that so few people are getting how this works.

The climate going to shit should be the #1 news story on TV and the internet everywhere. Yes, it's more important than money.

If everyone's just OKAY with living for the short-term regardless of the risk of edging closer to extinction, then we need to all be upfront and make that a petition, a referendum, a signed suicide letter.

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[–] kapulsa@feddit.org 7 points 2 days ago

This was very brave. I applaud these activists. We should all do the same until politics listen and act accordingly.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

The short-term survival and domination of the shittiest species ... the sequel he never published.

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