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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 | 1 comments | 17 Nov 24 18:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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brap ◴[17 Nov 24 19:12 UTC] No.42166243[source]▶
That seems… very low?
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1. vincnetas ◴[17 Nov 24 19:21 UTC] No.42166330[source]▶
Depends on context. for example 1C for all water on earth is still on 1C+ but one would need a lot of energy for that.

from open ai: The power required to raise the temperature of all the Earth's water by 1°C in one second would be 5.57 × 10¹⁸ megawatts.