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      <title>Environmental Issues of Today by Michael DiFelice</title>
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      <pubDate>2018-06-04 11:42:36 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Methane In Oregon </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Scientists have discovered pockets of methane that are coming up from the sea floor. this can pose a problem to any state on the border of this. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-04 11:49:35 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Carbon Uptake </title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/michael_difelice1/w2kcogfjln8z/wish/265361302</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>there is an invisible barrier that reduces carbon uptake going into the atmosphere. this results in "slower removal of anthropogenic carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and thus has implications for predicting future global climate."</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-04 11:53:44 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Smoke In Indonesia </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Wildfires burned in Indonesia and travel to Thailand killing up to 100,000 people due to smoke inhalation and caused billions of dollars in damages. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-04 12:01:26 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Gas Wastewater </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>when oil is drilled it creates millions of gallons of wastewater which is used to treat roadways. the wastewater can leak its contaminants Earth.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-04 12:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Carbon Bubble </title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/michael_difelice1/w2kcogfjln8z/wish/265613969</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>suggests that the rise of fossil fuel industry will result in a dramatic decline in the economy and will also result in the slow down of the industry. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-05 12:01:12 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Estimating Lava </title>
         <author>michael_difelice1</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Researchers have found a new way to estimate lava underneath the ground. it allows them to see how fast magma is recharging beneath Yellowstone.  </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-06 11:42:01 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Sea Cucumbers </title>
         <author>michael_difelice1</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/michael_difelice1/w2kcogfjln8z/wish/265852989</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>study finds that sea cucumbers decompose dead organisms and recycle them into nutrients for the ecosystem and help keep them healthy and clean. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-06 11:49:13 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Accurate way to see climate change </title>
         <author>michael_difelice1</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>scientists have found that using a satellite to see the photosynthesis glow from the Earth can help "redraw" the carbon cycle.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-06 11:54:01 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Turbine Health Impacts </title>
         <author>michael_difelice1</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/michael_difelice1/w2kcogfjln8z/wish/265854099</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>People living near turbine have described their quality of life as "degrading." people say that there are audible and sub audible sounds that are "annoying to hear."</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-06 11:56:57 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Red spruce Recovery </title>
         <author>michael_difelice1</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/michael_difelice1/w2kcogfjln8z/wish/265854859</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>scientists have found that red spruce trees in northeastern woods, which were thought to be all but gone due to coal mining and acid rain, are beginning to repopulate the area.  </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-06 12:02:03 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Dissolved organic carbon </title>
         <author>michael_difelice1</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Scientists have gained images of dissolved organic carbon molecules from the ocean. this will allow them to see the Earth's changing climate through the ocean. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-07 11:47:18 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Eruptions </title>
         <author>michael_difelice1</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/michael_difelice1/w2kcogfjln8z/wish/266090625</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Scientists have found that modeling the location of igneous provinces since 400 million years ago will allow them to modulate climate changes. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-07 11:59:49 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Recycling plastic</title>
         <author>michael_difelice1</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/michael_difelice1/w2kcogfjln8z/wish/266291601</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>there is a new type of plastic that when exposed to certain chemicals, can break down into what it originally was before it was manufactured. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-08 11:35:38 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ocean is heating up</title>
         <author>michael_difelice1</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/michael_difelice1/w2kcogfjln8z/wish/266292257</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>scientists have found that the average time for a heat wave within the ocean has increased. these heat waves can be deadly to certain ocean organisms like coral. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-08 11:39:57 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Wyoming Drought </title>
         <author>michael_difelice1</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/michael_difelice1/w2kcogfjln8z/wish/266292808</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>there is currently a drought in Wyoming that creating trouble for farmers who are losing large amounts of their crops and money due to the drought. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-08 11:44:05 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Melting Glaciers </title>
         <author>michael_difelice1</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/michael_difelice1/w2kcogfjln8z/wish/266293539</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Scientists are starting to use the sounds that the glaciers make to determine how fast or slow they are melting. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-08 11:48:14 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Rice Nutrition </title>
         <author>michael_difelice1</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The growing size of greenhouse gases can affect the overall nutrition of rice. this will also affect poorer countries that use rice as their main food source.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-08 11:52:23 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Bigger Hurricanes </title>
         <author>michael_difelice1</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>After Hurricane Harvey scientists have discovered that hurricanes are likely to get bigger and stronger in the coming years. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-08 11:58:20 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Lava In Hawaii</title>
         <author>michael_difelice1</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>the lava has evaporated an entire lake in Hawaii. all aquatic life in the lake was killed and now there is only ash where the lake once was. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-08 12:07:45 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Iceberg Melting </title>
         <author>michael_difelice1</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>the worlds largest iceberg has been melting and is about to disappear near the equator due to the increase in carbon emissions. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-08 12:10:22 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>500 word essay</title>
         <author>michael_difelice1</author>
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         <pubDate>2018-06-08 15:23:33 UTC</pubDate>
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