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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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US Weather Agency Experts Seek Jobs Abroad After Trump Cuts | Hedge funds are paying top dollar for weather and climate experts, while China aims to attract foreign talent (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Hedge funds are paying top dollar

This seems to be the bigger red flag to me.

My girl friend works for FEMA and has been telling me that the private sector, i.e. hedge funds and government contractors are suddenly trying to hire people like her and offering 30% more than she makes now.

I bring this up because the oligarch plan now seems to be to drive out the people in government and replace them with private contractors and corporations. So basically we will be paying more for shittier service.

I know it’s the buzz word right now but it’s enshitification of the government. Drive all the competent people out, claim that government does work, replace the competent people with people who work for your buddy’s business and then your buddy gets richer while providing shittier service.

[–] courageousstep@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

Also, being paid by a private company can pressure even the most moral of people into obeying orders to lie or release fudged information. Scientists hired by oil companies in the fifties to study the impacts of fossil fuels didn’t say anything publicly when told not to by their bosses. This is dangerous for everyone.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

The piece mealing of our government is featured in project 2025. All accord8ng to plan.