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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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A Wild Plan to Avert Catastrophic Sea-Level Rise | The collapse of Antarctica’s ice sheets would be disastrous. A group of scientists has an idea to save them. (www.theatlantic.com)
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I'll note that this falls into the realm of highly-uncertain efforts with a significant chance of failure. It shouldn't be considered as an alternative to ending fossil fuel use, but at most, something to reduce the harm we've already caused.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

the Atlantic tends to have good writing. It's important to avoid confusing "good writing" with "full solution" — the two are not in the slightest the same thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I'm not sure what you mean. This is in depth, quality journalism on a niche topic within the sphere of climate change. I can't imagine anyone is trying to parse out a "full solution" from this, and the article touches on the evolving thinking in the community about how this type of work could be perceived as a distraction. The scale of the potential operation is fascinating.

Thanks for posting the article and your work on this community, I often find interesting pieces here I wouldn't otherwise come across!