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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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Recent US Supreme Court decisions are already slowing climate progress | Supreme Court rulings limiting federal authority have upended the legal landscape — and could discourage bold climate policies. (grist.org)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Duh. Every living thing dies. If you mean "due to climate change and political hackery," may I remind anyone who is legally able to vote in the US that there's an election coming in November, and there's a lot of downballot races that matter with regard to ensuring Conservatives lose their various majorities (or are otherwise reigned in).

We aren't yet doomed, and if you genuinely think we are, you might want to consider taking a break from social media and the news cycle for a bit.