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‘When you plant something, it dies’: Brazil’s first arid zone is a stark warning for the whole country | The Caatinga in the north-east has been transformed by the heating climate in just a generation (www.theguardian.com)
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[-] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

Oh did burning the Amazon not turn out so great?

[-] veganpizza69@lemmy.vg 3 points 1 month ago

Herders creating deserts: a tale as old as the Holocene.

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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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