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		<title>Prescribed Burns Reduce Carbon Footprint Compared with Wildfires</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The use of prescribed burns to manage western forests may help the United States reduce its carbon footprint.
Results of a new study find that such burns, often used by forest managers to reduce underbrush and protect bigger trees, release substantially less carbon dioxide emissions than wildfires of the same size.
It appears that prescribed burns can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;State of the Birds&#8221; Report Concludes Climate Change Will Further Threaten Hundreds of Species</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a new report released on March 11 by US Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazaar, climate change threatens to further imperil hundreds of species of migratory birds, already under stress from habitat loss, invasive species and other environmental threats.
The State of the Birds: 2010 Report on Climate Change follows a comprehensive report released [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/03/15/state-of-the-birds-report-concludes-climate-change-will-further-threaten-hundreds-of-species/</link>
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		<title>Eco-Roundup &#124; 03.14.10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If It’s 3.14 it Must Be Pi Day
Here at Ecology Today, we’ve barely recovered from last year’s Square Root Day (3/3/09), but we won’t let that get in the way of extending an appropriately irrational &#8220;Happy Pi Day&#8221; to our dear, nerdy friends around the world. You know who you are.
(Those who aren&#8217;t pi lovers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/03/14/eco-roundup-03-14-10/</link>
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		<title>Australian Frog Species Thought to be Extinct Rediscovered in Small Colony</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Classifying species as extinct is an inherently inexact science, particularly in cases where they exist in small populations or extremely remote areas.
Consider the once ubiquitous, Australian yellow-spotted bell frog, one of seven frog species thought to have been wiped out in the 1970s by an African fungus.
By happenstance, a colony of 100 was found in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/03/13/australian-frog-species-thought-to-be-extinct-rediscovered-in-small-colony/</link>
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		<title>Friday Night at the Movies &#124; Robots that Imitate Nature</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A little more than a year ago, Friday Night at the Movies featured a fascinating presentation by Janine Benyus on the topic of biomimicry &#8212; the art and science of drawing upon nature as inspiration to solve to design problems in a sustainable way.
This week’s Movie features three short videos about robots that borrow from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/03/12/friday-night-at-the-movies-robots-that-imitate-nature/</link>
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		<title>Step Forward &#124; Earth Hour 2010</title>
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Saturday, March 27 will mark the fourth observation of Earth Hour, providing citizens, businesses and communities around the world an opportunity to show their support for action on climate change by turning off their lights for one hour at 8:30 p.m., local time. This year’s event, stretching from Mongolia to Argentina, from the Arctic to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/03/11/step-forward-earth-hour-2010/</link>
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		<title>Python Season Opens in South Florida to Slow Population Growth of Invasive Species</title>
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Yesterday marked the opening of python season in South Florida – an attempt to curb the exploding population of invasive snake species that are wreaking havoc on the delicate ecosytem that is the Everglades. Or what’s left of it.
According to Florida’s Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Committee (FWC), Florida’s hot, wet, subtropical climate makes a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/03/09/python-season-opens-in-south-florida-to-slow-population-growth-of-invasive-species/</link>
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		<title>Eco-Roundup &#124; 03.07.10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bringing Farming &#38; Fresh Foods to Urban Neighborhoods
A fantastic story about Will Allen, from YesMagazine:

He was a high school All-American in basketball, played for the University of Miami, and played pro ball with the American Basketball Association in Europe. At a towering 6 feet 7 inches, with Schwarzenegger-size biceps, and chiseled features, Allen looks ready [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/03/07/eco-roundup-03-07-10/</link>
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		<title>Friday Night at the Movies &#124; How Corals Lose Their Color</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chances are, you&#8217;ve heard of coral bleaching. You probably know that it&#8217;s a reaction to stress put upon coral by its environment, and that in severe cases, bleaching can be fatal. But do we know how bleaching occurs?
Actually, we do, and it&#8217;s a fascinating story of a symbiotic relationship between organisms. But before we get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/03/05/friday-night-at-the-movies-how-corals-lose-their-color/</link>
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		<title>Step Forward &#124; Let Kids Know Why It&#8217;s Called &#8220;The Great Outdoors&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Volunteer for National Wildlife Week: March 15-21
Sponsored by The National Wildlife Federation, National Wildlife Week encourages kids to unleash their wild child to learn, explore, discover and imagine, surrounded by a world of green.
The 2010 theme, Be Out There At Home, School and Play, will bring children and their families together in nature, get schools [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2010/03/04/step-forward-let-kids-know-why-its-called-the-great-outdoors/</link>
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