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   		  <title>New Monitoring System For Tasmania's Oceans</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[The rich waters of the oceans surrounding Tasmania are to be monitored by a new state-of-the-art system, including autonomous undersea robotic vehicles, as scientists work to gather more information about this remarkable aquatic region. The new system for monitoring and observing the waters around the island is coming from the new Australian Integrated Observing System.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[The rich waters of the oceans surrounding Tasmania are to be monitored by a new state-of-the-art system, including autonomous undersea robotic vehicles, as scientists work to gather more information about this remarkable aquatic region. The new system for monitoring and observing the waters around the island is coming from the new Australian Integrated Observing System.                                                                        <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
<br /><br />Published on <a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/climate/new-monitoring-system-tasmanias-oceans/135/">The Earth Times</a><br /><br /><br /><h3>Related Articles</h3><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/climate/temperature-oxygen-acidification-oceans/2288/" title="Temperature, Oxygen and Acidification in the Oceans">Temperature, Oxygen and Acidification in the Oceans</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/pollution/trash-islands/2253/" title="Trash Islands">Trash Islands</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/climate/carbon-emissions-soaked-carbon-sinks/2111/" title="Carbon emissions soaked up by carbon sinks">Carbon emissions soaked up by carbon sinks</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/going-green/green-riders-southeast-asia-reach-islands/2096/" title="Green Riders Southeast Asia Reach Islands">Green Riders Southeast Asia Reach Islands</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/role-eat-turtle-conservation/2090/" title="The role of what we eat on turtle conservation">The role of what we eat on turtle conservation</a><br /><br />]]></content:encoded>
         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/climate/new-monitoring-system-tasmanias-oceans/135/</link>
		 <category>climate</category>
         <pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:05:04 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Tourists Welcomed to Chernobyl</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[It will probably never match Bondi Beach or St Tropez as a holiday destination with popular appeal, but the Ukrainian government is hoping that it can lure adventurous travellers to Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone. They hope visitors will pay to take officially sanctioned tours of the area, the site of the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[It will probably never match Bondi Beach or St Tropez as a holiday destination with popular appeal, but the Ukrainian government is hoping that it can lure adventurous travellers to Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone. They hope visitors will pay to take officially sanctioned tours of the area, the site of the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986.                                                                                                                                                                  <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
<br /><br />Published on <a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/energy/tourists-welcomed-chernobyl/131/">The Earth Times</a><br /><br /><br /><h3>Related Articles</h3><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/energy/fukushima-months-scientists-asses-impacts/1387/" title="Fukushima six months on: scientists assess the impacts">Fukushima six months on: scientists assess the impacts</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/energy/ukraine-marks-25th-anniversary-chernobyl-disaster/768/" title="Ukraine marks 25th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster">Ukraine marks 25th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/health/greenpeace-warns-thousands-risk-contamination-chernobyl/664/" title="Greenpeace warns thousands still risk contamination from Chernobyl">Greenpeace warns thousands still risk contamination from Chernobyl</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/energy/nuclear-alert-level-raised-japanese-race-clock/526/" title="Nuclear alert level raised as Japanese 'race against the clock'">Nuclear alert level raised as Japanese 'race against the clock'</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/health/scientists-warn-japanese-nuclear-panic-us/517/" title="Scientists warn against Japanese nuclear panic in US">Scientists warn against Japanese nuclear panic in US</a><br /><br />]]></content:encoded>
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		 <category>energy</category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:28:01 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Britain's Mistletoe Under Threat</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Conservationists from England's National Trust are warning that future Christmases in Britain could have to go ahead without the traditional mistletoe kisses. The National Trust is urging consumers to buy their mistletoe from British orchards with a sustainable supply of mistletoe.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Conservationists from England's National Trust are warning that future Christmases in Britain could have to go ahead without the traditional mistletoe kisses. The National Trust is urging consumers to buy their mistletoe from British orchards with a sustainable supply of mistletoe.                                    <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
<br /><br />Published on <a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/britains-mistletoe-under-threat/112/">The Earth Times</a><br /><br /><br /><h3>Related Articles</h3><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/osprey-lady-loch-returns-scotland-rspb-big-garden-birdwatch/1906/" title="Famous Osprey 'The Lady of the Loch' returns to Scotland">Famous Osprey 'The Lady of the Loch' returns to Scotland</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/extant-extinct-butterflies/1690/" title="Extant or Extinct">Extant or Extinct</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/genetic-tool-fight-extinctions/1679/" title="A genetic tool in the fight against extinctions">A genetic tool in the fight against extinctions</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/endangered-spoon-billed-sandpipers-arrive-britain/1619/" title="Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers arrive in Britain">Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers arrive in Britain</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/wild-carpathia-filming-last-untouched-european-wilderness/1554/" title="Wild Carpathia - Filming the Last Untouched European Wilderness">Wild Carpathia - Filming the Last Untouched European Wilderness</a><br /><br />]]></content:encoded>
         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/britains-mistletoe-under-threat/112/</link>
		 <category>conservation</category>
         <pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Earth Times Meets Cryptozoologist Karl Shuker</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Cryptozoology is the study of 'hidden' animals. Those animals that have never previously been recognised by the scientific community and rediscovered animals that were thought to be extinct but show up again, often unexpectedly, in their original habitat.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Cryptozoology is the study of 'hidden' animals. Those animals that have never previously been recognised by the scientific community and rediscovered animals that were thought to be extinct but show up again, often unexpectedly, in their original habitat.                                    <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/scitech/earth-times-meets-cryptozoologist-karl-shuker/103/</link>
		 <category>scitech</category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:55:08 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Arsenic Contaminated Groundwater Toxic To Bangladesh Economy</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[The arsenic contamination of drinking water in Bangladesh in the 1970s was dubbed by the World Health Organisation as the largest mass poisoning of the population in history . The contamination, which led to large numbers of people suffering the effects of chronic arsenic poisoning, is not just responsible for disease and poor health in the region but has also had a  devastating effect on Bangladesh's economy.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[The arsenic contamination of drinking water in Bangladesh in the 1970s was dubbed by the World Health Organisation as the largest mass poisoning of the population in history . The contamination, which led to large numbers of people suffering the effects of chronic arsenic poisoning, is not just responsible for disease and poor health in the region but has also had a  devastating effect on Bangladesh's economy.                                                                                                            <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/health/arsenic-contaminated-groundwater-toxic-bangladeshs-economy/83/</link>
		 <category>health</category>
         <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:29:01 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Are we too clean?</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[A new study from the University of Michigan School of Public Health suggests our quest too be clean and infection free could be negatively affecting our health. The study seems to suggest that people exposed to high levels of two chemicals found in household products, triclosan and Bisphenol A (BPA), have a poorer level of immune health.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[A new study from the University of Michigan School of Public Health suggests our quest too be clean and infection free could be negatively affecting our health. The study seems to suggest that people exposed to high levels of two chemicals found in household products, triclosan and Bisphenol A (BPA), have a poorer level of immune health.                                                                                          <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/health/too-clean-infection-free-negatively-affecting-health/68/</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:08:07 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Tackling Global Wildlife Crime</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[At this week's International Tiger Forum in Saint Petersburg an important alliance was formed that will help not just tigers but a range of endangered species across the globe. A Letter of Understanding signed at the Forum brings into effect the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC).]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[At this week's International Tiger Forum in Saint Petersburg an important alliance was formed that will help not just tigers but a range of endangered species across the globe. A Letter of Understanding signed at the Forum brings into effect the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC).                  <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/tackling-global-wildlife-crime/57/</link>
		 <category>nature</category>
         <pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:05:01 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Quit smoking! Save the Planet?</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[In Punta del Este, Uruguay this month the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) gathered to discuss the world's tobacco industry. The Conference agreed on a number of strategies to reduce tobacco consumption.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[In Punta del Este, Uruguay this month the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) gathered to discuss the world's tobacco industry. The Conference agreed on a number of strategies to reduce tobacco consumption.                                                                                                                              <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/health/quit-smoking-save-planet/51/</link>
		 <category>health</category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Captive breeding project offers hope for survival of rare tree frogs</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[A critically endangered species, the La Loma tree frog, Hyloscirtus colymba, has been successfully bred for the first time as part of a project involving the Smithsonian Institute's National Zoo. The scheme, involving nine partners as part of the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project offers hope, not just for the survival of the La Loma tree frog but other endangered amphibians from the region.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[A critically endangered species, the La Loma tree frog, Hyloscirtus colymba, has been successfully bred for the first time as part of a project involving the Smithsonian Institute's National Zoo. The scheme, involving nine partners as part of the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project offers hope, not just for the survival of the La Loma tree frog but other endangered amphibians from the region.                                                      <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/captive-breeding-project-survival-rare-tree-frogs/33/</link>
		 <category>conservation</category>
         <pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Otters in England back from the brink of extinction</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[The european otter (Lutra lutra) is making a remarkable recovery from the brink of extinction in England's waters. The Environment Agency now believes that England's otter population will have made a full recovery within the next twenty years.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[The european otter (Lutra lutra) is making a remarkable recovery from the brink of extinction in England's waters. The Environment Agency now believes that England's otter population will have made a full recovery within the next twenty years.                                                                                                                                                                  <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/otters-england-back-from-brink-of-extinction/21/</link>
		 <category>nature</category>
         <pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:28:01 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Whales suffering sunburn in Gulf of California</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Scientists working in the Gulf of California have found whales exhibiting the type of sun damage typically associated with sunburn in humans. The study, published this week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B., also found that this sun damage is worsening over time.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Scientists working in the Gulf of California have found whales exhibiting the type of sun damage typically associated with sunburn in humans. The study, published this week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B., also found that this sun damage is worsening over time.                                                      <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/whales-sunburn-california/9/</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Arizona's cotton growers target invasive pest with new strategy</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[A joint initiative by cotton growers, the USDA and the University of Arizona's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has used a combination of genetically engineered crops and the deliberate release of sterile pink bollworm to almost completely eradicate this invasive pest from the state's cotton crop and allowed Arizona's cotton growers to reduce their use of pesticides.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[A joint initiative by cotton growers, the USDA and the University of Arizona's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has used a combination of genetically engineered crops and the deliberate release of sterile pink bollworm to almost completely eradicate this invasive pest from the state's cotton crop and allowed Arizona's cotton growers to reduce their use of pesticides.                                                                                                                                                                                                              <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:17:04 GMT</pubDate>
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