[GWSG] Plankton down; flood prediction; insurers alarmed; coal-free week in UK; permafrost thaw increasing; GND support poll; new urgency

[Tilley, Al]

1. Phytoplankton production in the North Atlantic has dropped 10% in the industrial era. Phytoplankton are the base of the oceanic food chain and produce over half of the world’s oxygen. Their decline tracks with rising global temperatures.  https://phys.org/news/2019-05-phytoplankton-decline-coincides-temperatures-years.html
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Phytoplankton decline coincides with warming temperatures over the last 150 years - phys.org<https://phys.org/news/2019-05-phytoplankton-decline-coincides-temperatures-years.html>
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Matt Osman, a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, overlooking a frozen Baffin Bay to the west, Nuussuaq Peninsula Ice Cap, west Greenland.



2. A new way of predicting flooding in estuarine coastal areas should assist emergency management. https://phys.org/news/2019-05-coastal.html
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Researchers develop better way to determine coastal flooding risk - phys.org<https://phys.org/news/2019-05-coastal.html>
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Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new methodology for building computer models that paves the way to better understanding the flood risks faced by coastal communities. That's ...



3. Climate change is now the number one concern for US insurers. https://climatecrocks.com/2019/05/08/insurers-see-jump-in-climate-risks/
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Insurers See Jump in Climate Risks | Climate Denial Crock of the Week<https://climatecrocks.com/2019/05/08/insurers-see-jump-in-climate-risks/>
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Wyoming Public Media: According to a new report, climate change is now the number one concern for North American insurers.Max Rudolph, fellow of the Society of Actuaries and author of the report, said this is the 12th year the group published an analysis."Climate change took the biggest jump this year of I believe any risk that…



4. Britain has had its first coal-free week of power in about 140 years. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-coal-idUSKCN1SE160?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5cd2ecb9df4239000111e165&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
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Britain set for first coal-power free week in over a century<https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-coal-idUSKCN1SE160?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5cd2ecb9df4239000111e165&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter>
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Britain, the birth place of coal power, is set to go seven days without electricity from coal-fired stations for the first time since its 19th century industrial revolution, the National Grid ...



5. Arctic permafrost is thawing much faster than predicted, releasing methane and disrupting the landscape. https://mailchi.mp/climatenewsnetwork/arctic-soils-may-produce-huge-methane-leak?e=ea792e87f2

6. Since the Green New Deal was proposed in December 2018 support has remained almost unanimous among Democrats but has dropped among Republicans. The more Republicans say they have heard about the Green New Deal, the less they support it. Fox news has been influential among its fans.  https://mailchi.mp/yale/republican-support-for-the-green-new-deal-decreased-dramatically-in-4-months?e=4dee1d8b35

7. Kathleen Parker, a Republican columnist at the WA Post, was convinced by the UN report on biodiversity that we need immediate and decisive action. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-end-of-the-everything-may-be-what-weve-been-needing/2019/05/07/902027ac-7101-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html?fbclid=IwAR2KTDtZJwUuO9baBIixogKUDJ-Kj8ddGwZAa0-Xmg508ifJ0AVfOsigdik&utm_term=.74677f3443a1
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Opinion | Nothing in today’s headlines compares to the coming catastrophe<https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-end-of-the-everything-may-be-what-weve-been-needing/2019/05/07/902027ac-7101-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html?fbclid=IwAR2KTDtZJwUuO9baBIixogKUDJ-Kj8ddGwZAa0-Xmg508ifJ0AVfOsigdik&utm_term=.74677f3443a1>
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Recycling our plastic bottles and toting our own shopping bags won’t be enough.



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