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		<title>Fertilizing the ocean</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Earth warms, we may need huge geoengineering projects to fight climate change. Would adding iron to fertilize ocean plants withdraw enough carbon dioxide to slow warming? Could the plan backfire?]]></description>
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		<title>Ultimate Storm: What are hurricanes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do they form? How do we predict their paths? How can we improve predictions?]]></description>
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		<title>Winter&#8217;s Weird Weather: What&#8217;s the Cause?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some call it Fall. Some call it spring. But nobody in the Midwest, East Coast or Northern Europe is calling it "winter." What's up with our weather?]]></description>
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		<title>Volcanic Violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do we forecast or predict volcanoes? How do volcanoes change the landscape? How does life return after an eruption?]]></description>
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		<title>Tornadoes: Power &amp; Fury</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2003 16:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tornadoes kill 60 Americans each year. How do we predict tornadoes? How do we make houses safer? Where do tornadoes get their energy?]]></description>
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		<title>Global Warming and Carbon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2002 18:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon study changes picture of global carbon budget.]]></description>
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		<title>Shipwreck Mystery on Lake Superior</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2000 17:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Edmund Fitzgerald went down in 1975 with barely a trace, and no warning call whatsoever. New evidence pins the blame on terrible weather.]]></description>
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		<title>Polar Science</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 1998 15:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What's new in polar science? What do seals do under the ice? How did humans cross the Bering Strait to reach North America? What does ancient metal tell us about ancient people?]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 1997 14:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How climatologists know about past and present climates. What role do pollen, ice cores, computer models, archeology and tree rings play in the effort to explore ancient climates?]]></description>
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