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   		  <title>Beer bottles could help clean up lead pollution - Updated</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[The beer bottles we throw into our recycling bins could ultimately help clean up water polluted with lead, thanks to a new development by scientists at the University of Greenwich, London. Nichola Coleman, a materials chemist at Greenwich, has come up with a way of reusing cullet, fragments of glass jars and bottles, to create a naturally-found rock mineral called tobermorite.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[The beer bottles we throw into our recycling bins could ultimately help clean up water polluted with lead, thanks to a new development by scientists at the University of Greenwich, London. Nichola Coleman, a materials chemist at Greenwich, has come up with a way of reusing cullet, fragments of glass jars and bottles, to create a naturally-found rock mineral called tobermorite.                                                                                                                              <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Naked chicks are a puzzle for penguin scientists</title>
		 <description><![CDATA['Naked' chicks are suddenly appearing in penguin colonies in South Africa and Argentina, leaving scientists perplexed. The bald penguin chicks have a condition called feather-loss disorder. Although all penguins are born with downy feathers, some chicks inexplicably 'moult' their down before their adult feathers arrive, leaving them temporarily bald.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA['Naked' chicks are suddenly appearing in penguin colonies in South Africa and Argentina, leaving scientists perplexed. The bald penguin chicks have a condition called feather-loss disorder. Although all penguins are born with downy feathers, some chicks inexplicably 'moult' their down before their adult feathers arrive, leaving them temporarily bald.<br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Bats show gender differences are important in conservation</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Conservationists may be taking a second look at how close to extinction some animals are, thanks to scientists who have spotted important differences between how male and female bats feed. They found that female bats feed in completely different areas to males. The females prefer to hunt specifically in aquatic habitats, such as lakes and marshes, but males hunt in a broad range of areas, including rivers, cities and farmland.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Conservationists may be taking a second look at how close to extinction some animals are, thanks to scientists who have spotted important differences between how male and female bats feed. They found that female bats feed in completely different areas to males. The females prefer to hunt specifically in aquatic habitats, such as lakes and marshes, but males hunt in a broad range of areas, including rivers, cities and farmland.                                                      <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/bats-gender-differences-important-conservation/604/</link>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:38:01 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Extreme weather motivates greener behaviour</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[People who live through extreme weather catastrophes are more concerned about climate change and are more willing to adopt greener habits to help tackle it, say environmental behaviour scientists. Researchers at the Universities of Cardiff and Nottingham suggest that when individuals have experienced extreme weather events in their local area, such as flooding, they are more prepared to reduce how much energy they use in an effort to minimise climate change.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[People who live through extreme weather catastrophes are more concerned about climate change and are more willing to adopt greener habits to help tackle it, say environmental behaviour scientists. Researchers at the Universities of Cardiff and Nottingham suggest that when individuals have experienced extreme weather events in their local area, such as flooding, they are more prepared to reduce how much energy they use in an effort to minimise climate change.                                                                                                                                                <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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		 <category>climate</category>
         <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Biggest carbon footprint for Brazilian beef</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Beef from the Brazilian Amazon could carry the highest carbon footprint of any beef in the world, suggest findings from a new study by Swedish scientists. Researchers from SIK (the Swedish Institute of Food and Biotechnology) and Chalmers University of Technology have revealed that Brazilian beef production emits more greenhouse gases than previously thought, because earlier studies did not account for land changes like deforestation.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Beef from the Brazilian Amazon could carry the highest carbon footprint of any beef in the world, suggest findings from a new study by Swedish scientists. Researchers from SIK (the Swedish Institute of Food and Biotechnology) and Chalmers University of Technology have revealed that Brazilian beef production emits more greenhouse gases than previously thought, because earlier studies did not account for land changes like deforestation.                                                      <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Warming world could send plants downhill, not up</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[A hotter climate could make some plants move downhill to seek water, suggests new research that challenges the assumption that plants would move uphill to reach cooler elevations. Scientists at the University of Montana, the University of California, Davis, and the University of Idaho are the first to find a widespread downward shift in Californian mountain plants.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[A hotter climate could make some plants move downhill to seek water, suggests new research that challenges the assumption that plants would move uphill to reach cooler elevations. Scientists at the University of Montana, the University of California, Davis, and the University of Idaho are the first to find a widespread downward shift in Californian mountain plants.<br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/scitech/warming-world-send-plants-downhill/318/</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:21:01 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Electric technology zaps away water pollution</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Zapping microbes with electricity could replace tonnes of chemicals used in cleaning up mining wastewater, thanks to scientists who have developed a new water treatment system. Microbes are already used in conventional wastewater treatments to mop up contaminants by adding or removing electrons. But to work effectively, they need to be 'fed' using vast amounts of nutrients and chemicals.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Zapping microbes with electricity could replace tonnes of chemicals used in cleaning up mining wastewater, thanks to scientists who have developed a new water treatment system. Microbes are already used in conventional wastewater treatments to mop up contaminants by adding or removing electrons. But to work effectively, they need to be 'fed' using vast amounts of nutrients and chemicals.                                    <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/pollution/electric-technology-zaps-water-pollution/256/</link>
		 <category>pollution</category>
         <pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:48:01 GMT</pubDate>
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