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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 | 3 comments | 17 Nov 24 18:49 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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gcheong ◴[17 Nov 24 19:58 UTC] No.42166638[source]▶
Our response to a global pandemic was a disaster other than getting the vaccines made. The most recent large scale collective effort to defeat an existential threat prior to that was probably WWII. We’ve gotten pretty good at waging war but I fear that’s probably where our evolution in the matter of dealing with existential threats will probably remain.
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1. zahlman ◴[17 Nov 24 21:57 UTC] No.42167675[source]▶
Remember "acid rain"? Remember "the ozone hole"? We have solved, or greatly mitigated, environmental problems before.
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2. teamonkey ◴[18 Nov 24 00:02 UTC] No.42168463[source]▶
Acid rain is still on the table
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3. zahlman ◴[18 Nov 24 00:32 UTC] No.42168626[source]▶
SO2 emissions are still strongly trending downward globally (e.g. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/so-emissions-by-world-reg... ). The change is especially dramatic in the US, per EPA reports. Conifers in my neighbourhood look remarkably healthier than what I recall from my childhood as a result.