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		<title>Eco-Roundup &#124; 08.31.10</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/08/31/eco-roundup-08-31-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative & Renewable Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creating an Oceanscape
A new, multinational initiative aims to protect 38.5 million sq. km. of Pacific ocean &#8212; larger than the areas of United States, Canada and Mexico combined. From Conservation International:
Across the globe, the world&#8217;s ocean is in crisis, threatened by massive overfishing, climate change and a myriad of other forces. Although the Pacific Islands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>El Niños are Growing Stronger</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/08/30/el-ninos-are-growing-stronger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Deviations from normal sea surface temperatures (left) and sea surface heights (right) at the peak of the 2009-2010 central Pacific El Niño, as measured by NOAA polar orbiting satellites and NASA&#8217;s Jason-1 spacecraft, respectively. The warmest temperatures and highest sea levels were located in the central equatorial Pacific. Image: NASA/JPL-NOAA
A relatively new type of El [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fantastic Images from Indonesia’s Deep Sea and the Explorer-Okeanos</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/08/29/fantastic-images-from-indonesia%e2%80%99s-deep-sea-and-explorer-okeanos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oceans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As creatures of the land, it&#8217;s easy to forget that most of the living space on Earth resides in the oceans. Not only do oceans cover 70 percent of the planet&#8217;s surface, but the fact that they&#8217;re three-dimensional provides an incredibly wide range of habitats throughout the water column, with uniquely specialized ecosystems reaching from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Forward &#124; Friday is &#8220;Power IT Down&#8221; Day</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/08/26/step-forward-tomorrow-is-power-it-down-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volunteerism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to saving energy, this has got to be one of the easiest, no-brainers out there. There’s nothing to buy, no contractor to hire, no climbing up on the roof or crawling around in the attic. You don’t have to take shorter showers or change your diet – heck, you don’t even have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whirling Column of Fire in Brazil Caught on Video</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/08/26/whirling-column-of-fire-in-brazil-caught-on-video/</link>
		<comments>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/08/26/whirling-column-of-fire-in-brazil-caught-on-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>

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Brush fires, fueled by severe drought and spun by strong winds produced what&#8217;s being called a &#8220;fire tornado&#8221; &#8212; and some dramatic video &#8212; near Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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		<title>Eco-Roundup &#124; 08.22.10</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/08/22/eco-roundup-08-22-10/</link>
		<comments>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/08/22/eco-roundup-08-22-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fins Across Florida: Public Art in Service of Environmental Awareness
Organizers aim to display approximately fifty 6-feet fiberglass Tarpon, uniquely decorated by local artists and sponsored by local businesses and individuals, throughout the Tampa Bay Area. The Tampa Bay effort is the first of a planned series of projects across Florida featuring 16 different fish found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Forward &#124; A Life of Service to Nature Honored</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/08/20/step-forward-a-life-of-service-to-nature-honored/</link>
		<comments>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/08/20/step-forward-a-life-of-service-to-nature-honored/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 02:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volunteerism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This month, Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam became the first conservationist to receive the Presidential Citizens Medal, the United States’ second-highest civilian award, given to those “performing exemplary deeds of service for her country and fellow citizens.”
Putnam is broadly credited with launching the American conservation service movement more than 50 years ago with the founding of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Satellite Images of Pakistan Floods</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/08/19/satellite-images-of-pakistan-floods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The image above, acquired by the Landsat 5 satellite on August 12, 2010, shows flooding near Kashmor, Pakistan, just before the second wave of the flood hit. The image below shows the region as it appeared last year on August 9.
Even before the second wave reached this section of the Indus River, floods covered much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Devastation Rises with Floodwaters in Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/08/16/devastation-rises-with-floodwaters-in-pakistan/</link>
		<comments>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/08/16/devastation-rises-with-floodwaters-in-pakistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Pakistani government now estimates that 20 million people have been displaced by floods that have left at least 1,600 dead and one-fifth of the country underwater. So great is the devastation and suffering that the situation threatens the nation’s food supply, its economy, and potentially, its political stability.
The Indus River, previously reported to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco-Roundup &#124; 08.15.10</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/08/15/eco-roundup-08-15-10/</link>
		<comments>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/08/15/eco-roundup-08-15-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecosystems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ice Caps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oceans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pollution]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surreal Glories of a Salt Flat
Lake Eyre basin, Australia. Source: NASA Earth Observatory.
At the NY Times Green blog, John Collins Rudolf calls attention to a PBS special scheduled to debut August 17:
The Lake Eyre basin stretches across 750,000 square miles of inland Australia, draining nearly a quarter of the continent’s land mass&#8230; For the past [...]]]></description>
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