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2. 2024 first year to pass 1.5C global warming limit - AOL

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   Global average temperatures for 2024 were around 1.6C above those of the pre-industrial period - the time before humans started burning large amounts of fossil fuels - according to Copernicus data.

3. Planet-warming gas levels rose more than ever in 2024 - AOL

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   The record rise is incompatible with keeping global warming to 1.5C according to the Met Office. ... are now more than 50% higher than before humans started burning large amounts of fossil fuels.

4. What is climate change? A really simple guide - AOL

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   This has been caused by human activities, in particular the widespread use of fossil fuels - coal, oil and gas ... To help keep global warming to the 1.5C limit agreed in Paris in 2015, ...

5. Scientific consensus on climate change - Wikipedia

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   On a scale of 1 out of 7, where higher numbers indicated greater disagreement, "global warming is already underway" had a mean rating of 3.4, and "global warming will occur in the future" had an even greater agreement of 2.6 Surveyed scientists had less confidence in the accuracy of contemporary climate models, rating their ability to make ...

6. Fossil fuel - Wikipedia

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   Although methane leaks are significant, [8]: 52 the burning of fossil fuels is the main source of greenhouse gas emissions causing global warming and ocean acidification. Additionally, most air pollution deaths are due to fossil fuel particulates and noxious gases, and it is estimated that this costs over 3% of the global gross domestic product ...

7. Climate change - Wikipedia

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   In the 1980s, the terms global warming and climate change became more common, often being used interchangeably. [29] [30] [31] Scientifically, global warming refers only to increased surface warming, while climate change describes both global warming and its effects on Earth's climate system, such as precipitation changes. [28]

8. Fossil fuels are wrecking our health and warming the planet ...

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   Of all the changes the world is making to slow further warming, electric vehicle sales are the only category on track to meet climate goals. ... on fossil fuels. The United Kingdom is the global ...

9. Causes of climate change - Wikipedia

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   This phenomenon is popularly known as global dimming, [48] and is primarily attributed to sulfate aerosols produced by the combustion of fossil fuels with heavy sulfur concentrations like coal and bunker fuel. [9] Smaller contributions come from black carbon, organic carbon from combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels, and from anthropogenic dust.