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by sleepysysadmin 2061 days ago
A very large portion, not all, not little.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cycle#/media/File:Sunspo...

Notice the Modern Maximum starting around ~1800 which is also when all the graphs of global warming show increases; whereas normally the industrial revolution is blamed.

Maunder minimum -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age

Medieval maximum -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Warm_Period though our data is far less clear about that period of time.

Fundamentally, you can look at this graph. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_temperature_record#/m...

The climate warms and cools quite regularly. The Earth warmed 6 celcius over the last 20,000 years without our help.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eemian about 115,000 years ago it was 1-2 celcius warmer. Which is roughly what is currently being predicted as part of climate change by 2100.