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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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Chicago teachers want climate solutions in next contract | "That contract means nothing if our Earth is on fire." (grist.org)
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[โ€“] Ephera@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Man, can you imagine standing in front of a class, telling them they need to learn XYZ for their future, while that future is being destroyed.

Obviously, not teaching them is no solution either. But it's gonna be hard to motivate those kids, once they catch on to how fucked they are.

[โ€“] Thopas@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

My experience as a Jr High teacher is that the kids are already there. There is a growing sense of existential dread every year in my groups. I was surprised (and proud of my kids) when some of them started requesting more curriculum on climate change. I incorporate lessons on the topic wherever possible.

What's striking is how sad/depressed a lot of these kids are. More and more of them are showing signs of checking out, and I don't blame them. It's heartbreaking.