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    <pubDate> Wed, 16 May 2012 22:57:29 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Madagascar's RR: Plants Rescue]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Madagascar scientists found plants that were a great low-cost solution for stabilizing hillsides.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Science Diary: Bat Diversity - Trapping]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Science Diarist Tigga Kingston starts her work-night as she heads out into the rain forest to check bat traps. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Science Diary: Bat Diversity - Decline]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Science Diarist Tigga Kingston heads to the rainforests of Malaysia to learn more about bats threatened by forest loss. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Science Diary: Climate Change - Running]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In the highlands of Australia, animals trying to escape rising temperatures may soon have no place to go.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tracker - Neverending Question]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A good tracker never stops asking questions about their surroundings. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tracker - Subtleties of Tracking]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In nature, even the slightest sound can tell a tracker many things. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tracker - Pressure Releases]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Every footprint contains an intricate map of the creature who made it.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tracker - Intro ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Tom Brown Jr., a master tracker, has dedicated his life to sharing an Apache legacy.   ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Science Diary: Climate Change - Extinction]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Small changes in climate can have a large impact on the creatures living in Australia's Carbine Tableland. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Science Diary: Climate Change - Complexity]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Unraveling an ecosystem to discover the effects of climate change is challenging work for Science Diarist Steve Williams. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Science Diary: Climate Change - Cloud]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Could climate change dry out a rain forest?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Earth's Magnetic Field:  Reversal]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Did you know that the current "North Pole" is really a south pole?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Soil Litter - Temperate Zones]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Climatic variances and geological history determine the biological make-up of soil.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Science Diary: Climate Change - Bird]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ In a cloudforest in northeastern Australia,  chirping birds may provide clues about the effects of global warming. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Science Diary: Acoustical Ecology - Biodiversity]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Want to measure biodiversity? No fancy instruments needed. Just use your ears!]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ventana: We're Still Here]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Ohaloni Rumsin people proudly practice traditions of generations past.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Greater Sandhill Cranes: Courtship]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cranes mate for life and are models of responsibility, discipline, and vigilance.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Greater Sandhill Cranes: Crops]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado's Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge has helped keep migrating cranes away from the fields of local farmers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Greater Sandhill Cranes:  Fattening Up]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Greater Sandhill Cranes come to Colorado's San Luis Valley to get in shape for their summer breeding grounds.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Bayaka: Glowing Spirits ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Glowing spirits visit the Bayaka's nighttime ceremonies.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Bayaka: Boyobi]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Before embarking on a hunt, the Bayaka must first convene with the spirits of the forest.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Bayaka: Net Hunt]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Bayaka, hunter-gatherers living in the rainforest of Central Africa, prepare for a community hunt.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ward, wheres the beaver?  This week, chances are hes out working on his dam.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Easter - Mt. Athos]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mt. Athos, in Greece, has been home to Greek Orthodox monks for thousands of years. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[In Myanmar, the country formerly known as Burma, the New Year brings a temporary reprieve from social taboos, and a lot of water.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Stop off in New Jersey this week, and you might see a hawk migrating north.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[How did Moby Dick make babies?  Check out the Indian Ocean this week to find out.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Just outside Syracuse, NY is a small patch of wooded wetlands which serves as a tiny refuge for a tiny bat.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[There's a dense population under our feet that sustains  life for us above the ground.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Soil is bio-dynamic: it has the capacity to filter pollutants and transform elements into organic matter.]]></description>
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