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			<title>Russia Finds &#039;New Bacteria&#039; in Antarctic Lake</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Russian scientists believe they have found a wholly new type of bacteria in the subglacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Russia Finds &#039;New Bacteria&#039; in Antarctic Lake</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Russian scientists believe they have found a wholly new type of bacteria in the subglacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica.]]></media:description>
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			<title>Evidence Oceans Flowed on &#039;Snowball Earth&#039;</title>
			<description><![CDATA[When ice possibly swathed the entire world, the oceans underneath may have nevertheless surprisingly churned.]]></description>
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			<author>Charles Q. Choi, OurAmazingPlanet</author>			
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Evidence Oceans Flowed on &#039;Snowball Earth&#039;</media:title>
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			<title>School Gardens Plant Seeds of Healthy Eating</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Children show an increased willingness to try new foods after they had grown and cooked them in a school-based kitchen and gardening program.]]></description>
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			<author>MyHealthNewsDaily</author>			
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Why Sinkholes Are Eating Florida</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Sinkholes are an increasingly deadly risk in Florida, due primarily to the region&#039;s geology.]]></description>
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			<author>Marc Lallanilla, Life&#039;s Little Mysteries Staff Writer</author>			
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Why Sinkholes Are Eating Florida</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Sinkholes are an increasingly deadly risk in Florida, due primarily to the region&#039;s geology.]]></media:description>
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			<title>More Americans &#039;Alarmed&#039; about Global Warming</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The percentage of Americans who dismiss the reality of climate change has dropped in half from 2010 to 2012, while those who are &quot;alarmed&quot; have risen by 60 percent.   -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Larry O&#039;Hanlon</author>						<category>Earth</category>
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:51:11 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">More Americans &#039;Alarmed&#039; about Global Warming</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The percentage of Americans who dismiss the reality of climate change has dropped in half from 2010 to 2012, while those who are &quot;alarmed&quot; have risen by 60 percent.   -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Snowquester Storm: Photos</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The latest winter storm dubbed snowquester by The Washington Post&#039;s Capital Weather Gang blog brought a mix of rain and snow to the nation&#039;s capital on March 6, 2013.]]></description>
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			<author>Christina Reed</author>			
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The latest winter storm dubbed snowquester by The Washington Post&#039;s Capital Weather Gang blog brought a mix of rain and snow to the nation&#039;s capital on March 6, 2013.]]></media:description>
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			<title>&#039;Yeti&#039; Robot Finds Cracks in Antarctic Ice</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Meet Yeti, a faithful rover of the robotic kind that sniffs out dangerous crevasses for convoys crossing the glaciers of Antarctica and Greenland.]]></description>
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			<author>Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet Contributor</author>			
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">&#039;Yeti&#039; Robot Finds Cracks in Antarctic Ice</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Meet Yeti, a faithful rover of the robotic kind that sniffs out dangerous crevasses for convoys crossing the glaciers of Antarctica and Greenland.]]></media:description>
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			<title>Meteor Mashed Ancient Iowa</title>
			<description><![CDATA[An ancient meteor gouged a 5.5 kilometer (3.4 mile) crater into was it now northeast Iowa.   -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Tim Wall</author>						<category>Earth</category>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:49:33 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Mysterious Beasts Discovered Near Loch Ness</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A creature with a long, snake-like body, many legs and a voracious appetite was recently discovered near Loch Ness in northern Scotland.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Tim Wall</author>						<category>Earth</category>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:27:21 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>&#039;Snowquester&#039; Storm Seen from Space</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The latest in a series of late-season snowstorms is barreling toward the East Coast, dumping nearly a foot of snow on some locales as it passes.]]></description>
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			<author>Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet Contributor</author>			
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">&#039;Snowquester&#039; Storm Seen from Space</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The latest in a series of late-season snowstorms is barreling toward the East Coast, dumping nearly a foot of snow on some locales as it passes.]]></media:description>
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			<title>North Pole a Major Shipping Lane by 2040</title>
			<description><![CDATA[By mid-century, ships could be plowing across the North Pole during the summer, according to models of Arctic sea ice losses .  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Larry O&#039;Hanlon</author>						<category>Earth</category>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:26:27 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Bugs Beat Bees for Sexing Up Plants</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A worldwide study of wild pollinators role in agriculture found that a diverse community of wild insects correlated to improved crop productivity.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Tim Wall</author>						<category>Earth</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:27:08 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Bugs Beat Bees for Sexing Up Plants</media:title>
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			<title>Australia&#039;s Summer Is Hottest on Record</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Australia&#039;s summer of 2013 is the hottest on record so far.]]></description>
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			<author>Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience</author>			
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Australia&#039;s Summer Is Hottest on Record</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Australia&#039;s summer of 2013 is the hottest on record so far.]]></media:description>
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			<title>100 Million Sharks Killed Each Year</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Aggressive overfishing threatens to push some shark species to extinction, and a new study puts annual shark deaths at 100 million.]]></description>
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			<author>Megan Gannon, Live Science</author>			
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Aggressive overfishing threatens to push some shark species to extinction, and a new study puts annual shark deaths at 100 million.]]></media:description>
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			<title>Nature&#039;s Blockbuster Identity Thieves</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Faking out predators and prey by mimicking another specie has been a plot line in nature for millions of years. ]]></description>
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			<author>Tim Wall</author>			
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Faking out predators and prey by mimicking another specie has been a plot line in nature for millions of years. ]]></media:description>
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			<title>Shark Trade Talks Propose Saving Grace</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Countries meeting in Bangkok this week have a chance to save the ocean’s top predator.]]></description>
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			<author>Debbie Salamone, Pew Environment Group</author>			
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Countries meeting in Bangkok this week have a chance to save the ocean’s top predator.]]></media:description>
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			<title>Ultimate Petition: One Billion for Climate Action</title>
			<description><![CDATA[An American climate scientist has started a petition -- he hopes that by Earth Day, 2014, a billion humans will have signed on to act against climate change.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Larry O&#039;Hanlon</author>						<category>Earth</category>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:25:13 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Top 10 Sinkhole Facts That Can Save Your Life</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Sinkholes are common features in Florida, but rarely do they kill, as is feared the case for one that swallowed a man in Tampa yesterday.]]></description>
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			<author>Christina Reed</author>			
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Top 10 Sinkhole Facts That Can Save Your Life</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Sinkholes are common features in Florida, but rarely do they kill, as is feared the case for one that swallowed a man in Tampa yesterday.]]></media:description>
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			<title>Past Antarctic Warming Linked to Greenhouse Gas</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Rising carbon dioxide levels may have caused Antarctic warming in the past.]]></description>
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			<author>Tia Ghose, LiveScience</author>			
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Past Antarctic Warming Linked to Greenhouse Gas</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Rising carbon dioxide levels may have caused Antarctic warming in the past.]]></media:description>
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			<title>Astronaut Snaps Photo of Mount Etna Erupting</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Astronaut Chris Hadfield snapped a spectacular photo of Italy&#039;s Mount Etna volcano streaming ash toward the sea early Thursday morning.]]></description>
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			<author>Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet Contributor</author>			
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Astronaut Chris Hadfield snapped a spectacular photo of Italy&#039;s Mount Etna volcano streaming ash toward the sea early Thursday morning.]]></media:description>
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