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by adrian_b 17 days ago
While I do not know directly about what happens in distant places on Earth, where I live in Europe there are about 15 years since the last time when I used my winter clothes and my winter boots.

When I was young, where I live there was permanent snow cover from early December until late March.

All the historical sources from hundreds of years ago mention similarly heavy winters.

Now there is more than a decade since there was any snow that lasted more than a day before melting.

So I find it strange when there are people who are still skeptical about the reality of climate warming.

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+1.4 °C on average is pretty serious warming, I don't know how you got the impression I was "skeptical about the reality of climate warming". I'm even willing to believe that AR6 WGI is more conservative than it should be on GMST and underestimating current levels, seeing as they have previously underestimated things like sea level rise, but I don't think I am out of line for actually asking to see those alternate estimates which put us potentially above +2 °C from the preindustrial reference before accepting such a conclusion.