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21.19°c New record for global sea temperature
(lemmy.world)
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
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:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
Having such large gaps on a linear graph is actually fucking scary. It looks like things are accelerating fast now, which make me think it might already be a runaway effect.
Have you or your community stopped emitting combustion exhaust from gas and petrol?
No, because I never had a car in the first place.