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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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If you want Americans to pay attention to climate change, just call it climate change (theconversation.com)
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[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Anecdotally, I get very little pushback using it in casual conversation, even from climate skeptics:

Them: “It used to snow all the time when I was a kid, but now it barely snows.” “What’s with all the crazy storms lately?” “It used to be hot in the summer and cold in the winter, but now it’ll be warm in February and cold in June.” Etc.

Me: “Yeah, it seems like the climate around here has really been changing lately.”

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Those aren't the hardcore climate skeptics. The real crazies have gaslighted themselves into believing the current climate conditions are how things have always been.

I once had a relative refuse to believe there was blizzard during a family reunion in October only a decade or so ago. They were AT said family reunion.