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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Deforestation ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Your fear is well-founded': How human activities have raised the risk of tick-borne diseases like Lyme ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Changes to forests, and how close people and their livestock live to them, have changed tick habitats and the risks humans face of Lyme disease and other illnesses. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sean Lawrence ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xEHEePnnkqSQ65JQNt7eAX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The black-legged tick, or deer tick, &lt;em&gt;Ixodes scapularis&lt;/em&gt;, can transmit Lyme disease and other health hazards.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a close-up of a tick on a stick]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Amazon rainforest is approaching 'tipping points' that could transform it into a drier savanna ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers caution that the Amazon rainforest could disappear in the next hundred years, due to the combined effects of climate change and deforestation, and a new model predicts how that could transpire. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 15:43:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Aubrey Zerkle ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/orUiqi93r5P9AS57PtvyQn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new model pinpoints &quot;tipping points&quot; that the Amazon rainforest is approaching due to climate change and deforestation.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An aerial image showing the dense Amazon rainforest next to a deforested field]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It's like trying to grow a tree in an oven': Gold mining is sucking the Amazon rainforest dry  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:46:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Planet Earth]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ María de los Ángeles Orfila ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N2wcr7fgubvtWd2R3UyCdZ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ERNESTO BENAVIDES via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An aerial view of dredges from an illegal gold mining area in Peru.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an aerial view of a forest where large patches have turned to dry dirt]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth from space: Shapeshifting rusty river winds through Madagascar's 'red lands' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This 2018 astronaut photo shows the rust-colored waters of Madagascar's Betsiboka River winding through a complex series of mangrove islands. Both the river and islands have been altered in recent years by destructive human practices. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6ardkGJjkj4PDNLqYmpJEc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Madagascar&#039;s Betsiboka River is often stained a rusty orange by iron-rich soils. The discolored waterway gets split into complex branches by a series lemon-shaped mangrove islands.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A branched orange river winding through lemon-shaped mangrove islands]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Giant 1.5-foot-long rat that can crack open coconuts photographed for 1st time on remote island ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ After years of failed attempts, scientists have finally succeeded in snapping images of an extremely rare, enormous rat that is so big it can reportedly chew through coconuts on the Solomon Islands. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2023 15:30:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:23 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dy3PoiXHehgc99qswG7384-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Courtesy of Dr Tyrone Lavery]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[At the time of its discovery, the Vangunu giant rat (Uromys vika) was the first new species of rodent described from the Solomon Islands in over 80 years.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A camera trap picture of a Vangunu giant rat on the Solomon islands.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tropical rainforests could get too hot for photosynthesis and die if climate crisis continues, scientists warn ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Data collected by the International Space Station has revealed a small fraction of leaves in the world's tropical rainforests are already exceeding peak temperatures, and scientists warn that this could increase. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hzWjrC9ED6pY67onRH6UX7-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Steven Bloom Images via Alamy]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Mist hangs over the upper canopy of the dipterocarp rainforest in Borneo&#039;s Danum Valley.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mist hangs over the upper canopy of the dipterocarp rainforest in Borneo&#039;s Danum Valley.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ World's only known albino giant anteater appears to be thriving in the wild, photos show ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/worlds-only-known-albino-giant-anteater-appears-to-be-thriving-in-the-wild-photos-show</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The white anteater, known as Alvin, was first spotted late last year clinging to his mother's back. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2023 13:49:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5uQP5NQLbbPT5YbzBxDFZn-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Anteaters &amp; Highways project/ICAS]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An all white anteater walking through grass with a GPS vest n its back.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An all white anteater walking through grass with a GPS vest n its back.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Which animals are most likely to survive climate change? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/which-animals-will-survive-climate-change</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ What animal species will survive projected future droughts, rising temperatures and habitat loss? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 20:11:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:35:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emma Bryce ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jRKoJn879Zt2EFPbWmRw6J-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Paul Souders via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Climate change is imperiling large species high up on the food chain, including polar bears, seen here on melting ice in Svalbard, Norway.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A polar bear on melting ice in Svalbard, Norway.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Deforestation: Facts about the widespread destruction of Earth's forests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Deforestation can include clearing the land for farming or livestock, or using the timber for fuel, construction or manufacturing. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:48:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:58:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xNQEzQKvo4nBdAibmMRz2n-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Deforestation in Jamanxim National Forest, Para, Brazil, seen in this aerial image from 2020. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[deforestaion, with land cleared in the left of the image and forest in the right. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ World leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030 ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/cop26-pledge-to-end-deforestation-by-2030</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The enormous pledge encompasses over 85% of the world's forests and more than 100 nations. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:53:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:53:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tT9VphaN5rF6TgbiQPZaWC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Healthy vegetation sits next to a field cleared by a fire in the Amazon in Rondonia State, Brazil.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Healthy vegetation sits next to a field cleared by a fire in the Amazon in Rondonia State, Brazil]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The world has a serious deforestation problem: These 7 images prove it. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ From Borneo to Bolivia, here are just a handful of places around the world were deforestation has become a real problem ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2021 11:20:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 02 Dec 2021 22:58:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Scott Dutfield ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VP2AV9fUEHaZUe6gSLHMVQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Trials of deforestation on hillsides]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Trials of deforestation on hillsides]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rare Australian bee rediscovered after nearly a century ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/rare-australian-bee-rediscovered.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A rare Australian bee has been spotted for the first time since 1923. It was previously believed to be extinct. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3vwFCjUViY4zzD7FYeCyHE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The recently rediscovered Australian masked bee Pharohylaeus lactiferus.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The recently rediscovered species of Australian masked bee]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What is palm oil? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Palm oil is the most commonly produced oil in the world, and one of the most controversial. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 18:53:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:54:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Grace Browne ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mGdgtbdLgJSGEt9Lv9aZuJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Oil palm trees are grown in large plantations, primarily in Southeast Asia. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photo showing palm trees in a palm oil plantation.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Amazon Deforestation Shot Up by 278% Last Month, Satellite Data Show ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/66120-amazon-rainforest-deforestation-bolsonaro.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The world's largest carbon offset is losing ground — fast. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:42:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 16 May 2024 13:26:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qTBSNecxSPCZypfgvVznZT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Up to 1 Million Species Are at Risk of Extinction, and It's All Our Fault ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/65314-human-influence-species-extinction.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ More than 1 million species could go extinct, UN report finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2019 17:47:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:25:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ysaplakoglu@livescience.com (Yasemin Saplakoglu) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Nwok25cfB4iD6zJfdp9BnH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Deforestation, among other human activities, is threatening species&#039; habitats.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Deforestation, among other human activities, is threatening species&#039; habitats.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Watch Forests in Peru Disappear Over 5 Years, in Startling NASA Satellite Views ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Deforestation in Peru's Madre de Dios region is escalating at an alarming rate. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2019 17:25:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 16 May 2024 13:29:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oePP7hvr6qcyAN34p5G9KK-1280-80.gif">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Five years of observations from NASA satellites reveal the steady disappearance of Peruvian forests.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Five years of observations from NASA satellites reveal the steady disappearance of Peruvian forests.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Marijuana Farms Are Driving This Adorable Forest Creature to Extinction ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/62937-humboldt-marten-disappearing.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ California wants to protect the Humboldt marten, an adorable-but-ferocious cat-size carnivore and a member of the weasel family. The state's declaration would apply only within state lines and wouldn't offer federal protections. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2018 14:01:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:55:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kimberly Hickok ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BZQcAVyYz8KCcvNdfRmwYW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Humboldt marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis) is an elusive forest creature that may soon be classified as endangered]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Humboldt marten]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 3-Legged Jaguar Gives Birth to Cubs in Argentina Park ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A first-time mother, a three-legged jaguar named Tanya, gave birth last week to a pair of cubs — the first cubs born in Argentina's Iberá National Park  in decades. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2018 13:06:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:26:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ysaplakoglu@livescience.com (Yasemin Saplakoglu) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qj55Ldjvi4RQupsBuHZmqe-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Two jaguar cubs were photographed at the Reino Animal zoo in Teotihuacan, Mexico on April 27, 2018.  This pair was born in captivity in March of 2018 from a rescued jaguar couple.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chess, Anyone? Giant Checkerboard Spied from Space (Photo) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/57753-giant-checkerboard-seen-from-space.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ An astronaut spotted this checkerboard from space. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2017 17:53:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:44:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kacey Deamer ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cdAHK6Dhm76bnuEkqVD3jh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The white square patches show areas of deforestation, where snow has fallen on the now-barren ground.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[idaho-checkerboard-space]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sneezing Monkeys & 'Walking' Fish: Fascinating New Species Discovered ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/52396-sneezing-monkeys-wwf-report.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Hundreds of new species have been discovered in the Himalayas in recent years, but many face danger as climate change and overdevelopment alter their habitats. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2015 16:50:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:37:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Peterson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/H9FteJqbS3MPehcLeQTXKN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The recently discovered &#039;walking&#039; snakehead fish can breathe air and survive for up to four days on land.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A &#039;walking&#039; snakehead fish.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fading Gems: 10 Places to Visit Before They're Gone ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/50564-earth-day-vanishing-places.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Earth Day is a time to celebrate and protect this pale blue dot we call home. But some of its crown jewels may not always be there. Here are 10 amazing places to visit before it's too late. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2015 11:47:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:32:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tanya Lewis ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JaX7wJ64CzjCFUreXkv4qL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Montana&#039;s Glacier National Park may not have any glaciers left in a few decades, if current warming trends continue.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Glacier National Park]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Amazon Carbon Maps May Help Limit Deforestation ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/48726-new-amazon-carbon-maps-may-help-limit-deforestation.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new mapping technique could help researchers prevent deforestation in the Amazon. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2014 23:02:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:02:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bobby Magill ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6zvtdyXAzLoQzs2vTMS5yh-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Greg Asner]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A Carnegie Airborne Observatory aircraft surveying the Peruvian Amazon.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Carnegie Airborne Observatory aircraft ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How the Ebola Outbreak Became Deadliest in History ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The reasons why the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has grown so large, and why it is happening now, may have to do with the travel patterns of bats across Africa and recent weather patterns in the region, as well as other factors. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:19:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:17:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bahar Gholipour ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3c9hm3RDtZ3EhPujnVM3ni-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious Earthen Rings Predate Amazon Rainforest ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/46682-earthen-rings-predate-amazon-rainforest.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Humans were building in the Amazon before the rainforest existed, according to a new study of the ancient ecology of northeastern Bolivia. Mysterious earthen ditches were made when the region was a savanna. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2014 19:43:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:07:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LP75svWbQrgyXH5Aje7JBN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Shown here, a ring ditch next to Laguna Granja in the Amazon of northeastern Bolivia. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Shown here, a ring ditch next to Laguna Granja in the Amazon of northeastern Bolivia. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Light Pollution Changes Bat Behavior, Threatens Rainforest Regrowth ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Light pollution in tropical rainforests disturbs seed-dispersing bats, potentially slowing regeneration of certain forests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2014 13:11:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:14:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Poppick ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/foUdytzk6PMr4xy7oZQJXR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Sowell&#039;s short-tailed bats prefer to eat in the dark rather than in artificial light.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Website Tracks Deforestation in Near Real-Time ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/43527-deforestation-map-online.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ For the first time, anyone in the world can see when and where deforestation is happening. The Global Forest Watch website, which launches today (Feb. 20), shows the forests of the world in never-before-seen detail. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:16:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:16:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/n9B5Mo6pSp6mNufvge4mWh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Global Forest Watch, launched Feb. 20, 2014, provides a near real-time update of forest loss around the globe. [Read more about the Global Forest Watch website]]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[global forest watch map]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Images: Deforestation Around the World ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/43508-deforestation-map-imagery.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new interactive map shows deforestation in near-real time. Satellite imagery updated monthly shows forest loss and (more rarely) gain. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:55:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:50:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/n9B5Mo6pSp6mNufvge4mWh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Global Forest Watch, launched Feb. 20, 2014, provides a near real-time update of forest loss around the globe. [Read more about the Global Forest Watch website]]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[global forest watch map]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lost Microbes are Eroding Amazon’s Ability to Capture Carbon (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Beneath the lush forests of the Amazon is a whole different level of diversity that new research says may be one of the keys to understanding how to stem the global impacts of deforestation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jan 2014 01:46:59 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:52:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jorge Rodrigues ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9RtQeQUaXXGKXNKPstRhjd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[As the trees go, so do the microbes.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Logging in the rainforest, Amazon, deforestation, climate change]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Most Threatened' Tribe Gets Respite from Illegal Loggers ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/42416-threated-tribe-logger-eviction.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ After months of delay, an effort to move illegal loggers, miners and ranchers off the land of Brazil's most threatened indigenous tribe is finally underway. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2014 17:51:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:45:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/p8HDo4XzNjvipu7XC3JKN-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Tribe member Hemokoma&#039;á stands in smouldering forest  in the Aw&amp;#225;  territory - 31% has been burned and destroyed by illegal invaders.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Awa tribesman standing in burnt-out forest.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Vanishing Forests: New Map Details Global Deforestation ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/41215-map-reveals-global-deforestation.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Some 888,000 square miles (2.3 million square kilometers) of forest have vanished since 2000, according to a new global map of deforestation that shows the effects of clear-cutting in more detail than ever before. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:00:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:21:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3Cwt2A7F4EosAjd4qGVeKH-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Image courtesy Matt Hansen, University of Maryland]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new global map of deforestation reveals 888,000 square miles (2.3 million square kilometers) lost between 2000 and 2012. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Global map of deforestation]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ More Than 30,000 Miles of Roads Built in Amazon in 3 Years ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ More than 30,000 miles of roads were built in the part of the Amazon rain forest found in Brazil in just three years, a study that hopes to help aid efforts to stop deforestation has found. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:26:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:21:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Peterson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KeHUL8X58VQK6zcxPGBQze-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Dr Toby Gardner]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A road cut through the Amazon rain forest. Such roads contribute to deforestation, with potential impacts for the local ecocsystem.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Road in Amazon Rain Forest]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A Few Tree Species Dominate Amazon Rain Forest ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/40508-few-tree-species-dominate-amazon-rainforest.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ While the Amazon may be the most famous rain forest in the world, it still holds many mysteries, including which tree species are the most common, which a new study has now identified. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2013 18:13:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:58:52 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GyrU2MK4JmmvrfoxHBjLLL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Seasonally flooded for est (igapo) alon g the Jau River in Jau National Pa rk (central Amazon), the second - largest forest reserve in South America, covering an area greater than 2.2 million hectares. Jau Nationa l Park has been declar ed a UNESCO World Heritage Site.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Flooded Amazon forest]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Hidden' Fires Burning in Amazon Rain Forest ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/37320-hidden-wildfires-destroy-amazon.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The fires previously couldn't be seen by satellites. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:46:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:27:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Douglas Main ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HK3P2jKcBryS7WDUSkN7eL-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA Earth Observatory]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Areas in red shows where understory fires occurred in the Amazon rainforest from 1999-2010. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Areas in red shows where understory fires occurred in the Amazon rainforest from 1999-2010. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Deforestation Plants the Seed for Rapid Evolution in Brazil ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Seeds are shrinking in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 18:01:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:29:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WRTVEV4xXFRWs64fMq8rGL-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Edson Endrigo]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A toucanet eats a palm fruit in Brazil&#039;s Atlantic forest. Toucanets, like toucans and other large birds, disperse big seeds over wide distances. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Toucanet eating palm fruit]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Go Plant a Tree! 5 Odd Facts About Arbor Day ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/29074-trees-facts-about-arbor-day.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Guess which U.S. state spawned a worldwide tree-planting sensation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:22:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:23:13 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ioGm8zkdPsQmfuWCBSnTiU-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Arbor Day Foundation ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A promotional poster from the Arbor Day Foundation. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Planting trees on Arbor Day]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cloned Giant Redwoods Planted Around World ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/28938-giant-redwoods-planted-around-world.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The trees will be planted in 6 countries. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:36:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:05:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Douglas Main ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8oMHMHmRdG72XeadWdDwRZ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[National Park Service]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[California redwood trees. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[California redwood trees. Credit: National Park Service]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Satellites Spy Beetle Attacks on Forests ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/26286-beetles-eat-forests-from-space.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The program demonstrates that the decline is caused by several insects. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:12:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:15:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Douglas Main ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sBppfJo3T8y6wwLHJ2xPbV-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[William M. Ciesla, Forest Health Management International, Bugwood.org]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Aerial photograph of western spruce budworm outbreak at Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aerial photograph of western spruce budworm outbreak at Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tree Loss May Double Floods in Snowy Areas ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/23645-deforestation-snowmelt-floods.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Deforestation could double the number of big floods in snowy regions in North America, a new study suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:25:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:36:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Live Science Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PiHFpTNW2XRY4FgfDdsyAE-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Kotenko Oleksandr | shutterstock]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Less Forest, Less Rain: Deforestation Reduces Tropical Rainfall ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/23017-deforestation-reduces-rainfall.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Forested areas produce twice as much rain as deforested areas. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:45:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:19:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Live Science Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xkt65L4KsLx8uSFxJBPmXJ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[C. Pöhlker, MPI for Chemistry]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Amazonian rainforest after rain showerin March, 2012.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Amazonian rainforest after rain showerin March, 2012.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What Was Behind Mysterious Collapse of the Mayan Empire? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/22581-mayan-empire-collapse-explained.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ New research points out that the Mayans themselves had a hand in the demise of their empire. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:56:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 05 Aug 2022 12:01:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Wynne Parry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aczSpbQ5RuTwVsSK57EaAJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A temple in Tikal, one of the Maya city states.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A temple in Tikal, one of the Maya city states.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Watch Earth Change with New Zoomable Google Earth Tool ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/31654-timelapse-satellite-photo-tool.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ See cities expand and forests shrink. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:22:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:00:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Live Science Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/G77utZz2YzSPeaSE93QAJG-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Google Earth Laboratory / NASA Landsat imagery / Carnegie Mellon YouTube video]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new tool allows people to visualize time-lapse videos of land use changes, like the urban sprawl of Las Vegas and shrinking of Lake Mead, Nevada. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Visualizing Las Vegas sprawl]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Biodiversity Abounds: Stunning Photos of the Amazon ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ About half of Earth's remaining tropical rain forests reside in the Amazon. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:07:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:42:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeanna Bryner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Yzp7gT9Q2mZqpf7t8d8WPQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The tropical region is, as expected, warm and humid, with average temperatures of 82.2 (27.9 degrees Celsius) during the dry season and 78.4 F (25.8 C) during the rainy season – perfect for frogs like this Map Tree frog (&lt;em&gt;Hypsiboas geographicus&lt;/em&gt;). ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A map tree frog in the Amazon]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Amazon Due for Numerous Species Extinctions ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/21556-amazon-deforestation-species-extinctions.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A "death delay" means 80 percent of species could die out due to historical deforestation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:03:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:45:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joseph Castro ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SU2GZre6HinSHVswp6oy2b-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Image courtesy of Alexander Lees]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[During the last half century, the seemingly endless Amazon has lost at least 17 percent of its forest cover, according to WWF. Shown here, a burnt Amazon forest.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A burnt Amazon forest.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Agreement Protects Species, Mayan Artifacts ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/31292-agreement-protects-species-mayan-artifacts.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Thousands of acres of Maya Biosphere Reserve covered. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:00:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:32:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Live Science Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tFHvGVe4JUUrgBeXgqBBaD-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Melvin M&amp;#233;rida/WCS]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The heart of the Maya Biosphere Reserve, which will be protected under a new agreement between local communities, the Guatemalan governments and conservation groups.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Maya Biosphere Reserve landscape]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Monkey Feared Extinct Rediscovered ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/18024-rare-monkey-rediscovered.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new discovery raises lost hopes for a rare primate. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:14:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:32:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fcpz9ipywN8bDDMkYeJJnn-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Eric Fell]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A small group of Miller&#039;s grizzled langurs, including a juvenile. These rare monkeys had been feared extinct.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Rediscovered Miller&#039;s grizzled langur]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ From Florida to Amazonia: Fighting Deforestation ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/14753-robert-walker-fighting-deforestation-sl.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Adventure and research meet as Robert Walker journeys throughout the Amazon to learn about the loss of tropical forests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:16:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:01:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Walker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/k4xzZENh8DcLxmXrxKnKcc-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Robert Walker, Michigan State University; Eugenio Arima, University of Texas at Austin; Ritaumaria Pereira, Michigan State University]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This photo depicts a waterfall on the Juma River near the town of Apui, in Amazonas State. Sweating from the hike to reach it, Walker swam across the pool at its base, only to worry halfway to the other side about possible anacondas lurking in the depths. He was seized by momentary panic before continuing on his way, as quietly as possibly, trying not to disturb the water.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This photo depicts a waterfall on the Juma River near the town of Apui, in Amazonas State. Sweating from the hike to reach it, Walker swam across the pool at its base, only to worry halfway to the other side about possible anacondas lurking in the depths.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Exploring Logging and Road Development in the Amazon Rain Forest ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A team of researchers journeys to the Amazon to learn more about the logging industry and road networks that threaten rain forest sustainability. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:28:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:01:39 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ellen Ferrante ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5fvovAQ7fextqAfbJLqc5X-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Ritaumaria Pereira.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[From river to forest to sky: The Amazon&#039;s trees are the link that holds the fragile ecosystem together, sucking water through their roots and releasing it back into the atmosphere.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Treasure Trove' of New Species Discovered in Madagascar ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/14457-madagascar-species-discovered.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ This isolated island is home to amazing creatures that live nowhere else on Earth. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:30:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 18:56:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Livescience.com ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ao2sB3rLicjMTg8wtqPzt7-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Louise Jasper/WWF Madagascar.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A Berthe&#039;s mouse lemur, teeniest primate on the planet, and discovered in Madagascar in 2000. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[madagascar, lemurs, mouse lemur, geckos, reptiles, mammals, amphibians, new species, deforestation, taxonomy, dna, animal trafficking, endangered species]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Jaguars vs. Ranchers: Livestock Attacks Spur Poisoning Threat ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Elusive big cats invading farms, eating animals as habitat is destroyed. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:08:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:36:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tim Hirsch ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a6GRcxb7pLoHPQRXJM5FsY-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Steven Winter, Panthera]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Kilimanjaro Deforestation Could Impact Local Weather Patterns ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Loss of forest cover affects air flow and in turn rain, cloud cover. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:01:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:37:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Monica Heger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e7kcyy25zw45jJnCR23fMQ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Dreamstime.]]></media:credit>
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