this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2026

211 points (98.6% liked)

Climate

climate@slrpnk.net

9,076 readers

1,882 active

0 users here now

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: 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:

Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:

Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.

founded 3 years ago

moderators

silence7@slrpnk.net

A hotter planet is pushing older adults beyond the human body’s limits | As the planet warms and the population ages, millions of older adults could face heat their bodies can no longer tolerate. (www.mercurynews.com)

submitted 2 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/climate@slrpnk.net

45 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The paper is here

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] motruck@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 months ago

You and I are gonna live foreverrrr

parent