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jesusactuallyhateshorses@sh.itjust.works to Climate@slrpnk.net · 10 days ago

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jesusactuallyhateshorses@sh.itjust.works to Climate@slrpnk.net · 10 days ago
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    What is this measuring?

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      Smoke from the wildfires.

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        Are the numbers the amount of fires? And the little orange dots are the fires?

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          I believe they’re air quality stations, based on the PM2.5 scale in the lower left

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            No, that’s the scale for the colour gradients on the map.

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          Yes, the dots at this scale are mostly major groups of fires. When you zoom in the dots fan out to give more localized info.

          I’ve zoomed in on Florida in the image attached to this reply so you can see better. You can see the individual fires have the flames icon.

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            That is an insane amount of fires

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      PM2.5 is Particulate Matter that can penetrate into your lungs. It is mostly emitted by combustion engines, but in this case it’s from wildfires.

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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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