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Humans have caused 1.5 °C of long-term global warming according to new estimates

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399 points gmays | 4 comments | 17 Nov 24 18:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.874s | source
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givan[dead post] ◴[17 Nov 24 19:05 UTC] No.42166173[source]▶
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pavlov ◴[17 Nov 24 19:08 UTC] No.42166196[source]▶
Shoot, the thousands of scientists who have researched climate change since the 1970s must have never taken the very first class in statistics. They must be embarrassed now that you told them about this.
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1. JumpCrisscross ◴[17 Nov 24 19:12 UTC] No.42166238[source]▶
No. The greenhouse effect can be demonstrated in a lab. It requires complications to create mechanisms that deny the world outside the lab the evidence found within it.

We have no idea how to quantify the short-term effects. But increase the CO2 concentration in an insolated gas and its temperature will go up.

2. mind-blight ◴[17 Nov 24 19:17 UTC] No.42166292[source]▶
That doesn't seem like it applies here. The argument is that "expert consensus has consistently said a thing", which is a very reasonable stance to take.

The default would be to assume the scientific consensus is correct, then being evidence/reasons to show when it's not.

3. givan ◴[17 Nov 24 19:19 UTC] No.42166313[source]▶
Ad hominem
4. diego_moita ◴[17 Nov 24 19:21 UTC] No.42166325[source]▶
If you were really interested in answers you could look at the experiments of John Tyndall in 1859 that demonstrated what gases most absorb and retain radiant energy. He identified CO2 as one of the most important ones.