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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Trio of 'black mesas' leftover from Paleozoic era spawn rare sand dunes in the Sahara — Earth from space ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A 2023 astronaut photo shows three dark hills, or mesas, towering above part of the Sahara desert in southern Mauritania. The structures are remnants of a single Paleozoic era formation, and have helped to create a series of striking sand dunes. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bedNCLLgGYyWRqV6qchGvE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This trio of dark, flat-topped hills, or mesas, were photographed by an astronaut in 2023, along with a rippling tail of sand dunes.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An astronaut photo of three dark mesas, partially surrounded by orange sand dunes]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Whale Valley: The whale graveyard in the Sahara desert that shows they once had feet and toes ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Egypt's Whale Valley, or "Wadi Al-Hitan" in Arabic, holds more than 400 primitive whale skeletons that offer a snapshot of the evolution of these creatures from land-based to marine animals. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Planet Earth]]></category>
                                                                                                <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/BtSGWQmBEJjeseMCWjB2Nh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Egypt&#039;s Wadi El-Hitan, or Valley of the Whales, was once covered with water and is now home to many ancient fossils of primitive whales. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Fossil of a whale is seen at Wadi El-Hitan (Valley of the Whales), which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005 for its hundreds of fossils of some of the earliest forms of whale after first fossil skeletons of whales were discovered in 1903 and has been turned an open-air museum, in Faiyum, Egypt on August 29, 2023.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Unknown human lineage lived in 'Green Sahara' 7,000 years ago, ancient DNA reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green Sahara" 7,000 years ago. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Skyler Ware ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AE7WGfrJLdGkeUNWBhbZ5j-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Naturally mummified human remains found in the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara desert point to a previously unknown human population.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[7,000-year-old natural mummy found at the Takarkori rock shelter (Individual H1) in Southern Libya.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth from space: Giant, pyramid-like 'star dunes' slowly wander across Moroccan desert ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This 2023 astronaut photo shows a series of slowly moving "star dunes" in the Erg Chebbi region of Morocco. Most of these massive structures are likely several centuries old. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:08:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Geology]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WJP6wvBP2hA8vgF9MTbLw6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Star dunes are sand dunes that have at least thee ridges coming from a central peak. Their unique shape is the result of constant changes in wind direction.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An aerial photo showing a dozen large, star-shaped sand dunes in the Sahara desert]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Spotted hyena found in Egypt for 1st time in 5,000 years — then trackers killed it with a pickup truck ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers documented the first spotted hyena in Egypt for 5,000 years after it was hit with a pickup truck for killing goats. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 09:29:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:19:51 +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/Uw8bc6ELDWsB2cpGT8Cb74-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The spotted hyena killed in Egypt]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The spotted hyena killed in Egypt]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth from space: Massive field of ancient lava casts an eerie, gold-specked shadow in the Sahara ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A stunning composite image, made up of three years' worth of satellite photos, shows the ancient lava of Libya's Haruj volcanic field interspersed with patches of golden sand. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 09:55:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:38:54 +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/47vqrhpZogb5tfVD97FBSA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Haruj volcanic field covers around 17,000 square miles of the Sahara desert and contains dried lava that is up to 6 million years old in places.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A satellite photo of a giant patch of black lava in a desert]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth from space: Wandering sand dunes circle gigantic 'eye' sculpted by ancient city-killer meteor in the Sahara ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This 2013 astronaut photo shows a giant eye-shaped impact crater in the Sahara Desert that is slowly being circled by migrating sand dunes, helping researchers track how far these dunes can move over time. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 09:37:43 +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/tB4TZ3BoysXXTJYXeLeMRh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Aorounga structure is a roughly 8-mile-wide impact crater left behind by a &quot;city-killer&quot; asteroid that slammed into Earth ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A satellite photo of an impact crater in the shape of an eye]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Butterflies cross Atlantic ocean on 2,600-mile non-stop flight never recorded in any insect before ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Painted lady butterflies discovered in French Guiana — thousands of miles from their usual habitats — got there through a Herculean transoceanic flight. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:41:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:31:28 +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/ue9vJd9gvT24sDyZwjBPjB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa Cardui) perching on a flower.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa Cardui) perching on a flower.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth from space: Near-lifeless 'Land of Terror' looks like an alien landscape in the Sahara ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A 2017 satellite image of the Sahara's Tanezrouft Basin shows the abstract beauty in ancient rock folds and colorful salt flats that have been sculpted in this terrifying region over millions of years. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2024 07:00:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:49 +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/WWYVMhkgfHL5XqUEQHAQfe-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A roughly 100-mile-wide (160 kilometers) section of the Tanezrouft Basin in Algeria. The concentric rings are exposed folds of sandstone rock and the green splodges are salt flats.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A satellite photo of the Sahara showing colorful rock folds and salt flats that look like abstract art ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Eye of the Sahara: Mauritania's giant rock dome that towers over the desert ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Eye of the Sahara, also known as the Richat structure, stands out like an oversized ammonite among the sand dunes of the Sahara desert in Mauritania. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:34 +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/EcbYA6FJwHk9ntzaxLrd5H-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Richat Structure has been described as looking like a giant slice of onion, a bullseye and an oversized ammonite.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A view of the Richat structure in the Sahara desert from space.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Stunning footage captures tiny bird's fight for survival in massive Saharan sandstorm ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ First of its kind footage captured for National Geographic's  "Incredible Animal Journeys" shows a barn swallow caught in a sandstorm as part of its migration through the Sahara Desert. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2023 15:27:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ hannah.osborne@futurenet.com (Hannah Osborne) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Hannah Osborne ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cZBwbmfohBGyTJNxXksrvC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The European barn swallow (Hirundo rustica rustica) was filmed on its northern migration over the Sahara Desert towards Europe. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a barn swallow sitting on a tree branch in the Sahara desert during a sandstorm]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'The stage was now set for the birth and growth of desert dunes': How the Sahara turned from a vast forest to the arid landscape we see today ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In this extract from the book "When the Sahara Was Green", Martin Williams, professor of earth sciences at the University of Adelaide, explores how a vanishing ocean and global cooling set the stage for the birth of the Sahara desert. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Martin Williams ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yHZP4ETEXCWw7BFz25xfUV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[sunrise over sand dunes in the white desert in Egypt]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[sunrise over sand dunes in the white desert in Egypt]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ World's 1st 'boomerang meteorite' — a rock that left Earth, spent millennia in space, then returned — possibly discovered in the Sahara Desert ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The composition of an unusual meteorite suggests that it formed on Earth, spent thousands of years in space, then reentered the atmosphere. But some experts disagree. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2023 16:49:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:00 +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/zkwnhXkZjcA3L5y5xKL5i8-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Albert Jambon]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Massive bulldog-faced dinosaur was like a T. rex on steroids ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/bulldog-faced-abelisaurid-found-in-egypt</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A hefty abelisaurid is the fourth large, predatory dinosaur discovered in Egypt's Bahariya Formation, alongside other sizable Cretaceous carnivores. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:51:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joanna Thompson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iU4pCcnrqyFhQD96QaYFM7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A newly discovered, as-yet unnamed abelisaurid cautiously approaches a watering hole, in this detail from an artistic representation of the ecosystem of the Bahariya Oasis in Egypt&#039;s Sahara Desert approximately 98 million years ago.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A newly discovered, as-yet unnamed abelisaurid cautiously approaches a watering hole, in this detail from an artistic representation of the ecosystem of the Bahariya Oasis in Egypt&#039;s Sahara Desert approximately 98 million years ago.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Alien stone in Egyptian desert came from rare supernova, scientists say ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space-rock-has-supernova-traces</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The rock likely formed from the merging of dust with the remnants of the two stars involved in the explosion. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2022 15:39:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:39:04 +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/SEAiuT2tKZGGKgokuAFcUN-1280-80.jpeg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Romano Serra]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A 0.1-ounce  (3-gram) sample of the Hypatia stone.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A 0.1-ounce  (3-gram) sample of the Hypatia stone.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Sahara: Earth's largest hot desert ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/23140-sahara-desert.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Sahara desert is the largest hot desert in the world, covering nearly all of northern Africa. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2022 01:56:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:53:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachel Ross ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CbivdLKKTLVsjak9RDT9J5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Sahara is the world&#039;s largest hot desert.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Sahara is the world&#039;s largest hot desert.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ice covers the Sahara Desert for just 4th time in 50 years ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The dunes of the northwestern Sahara desert were streaked with ice on Tuesday, creating a surreal landscape ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:35:46 +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/DKsHaHPFyEoeGoi8kDKrBi-1280-80.jpeg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Karim Bouchetata]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Ice streaks the sand dunes of the Sahara Desert in northwestern Algeria.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Ice streaks the sand dunes of the Sahara Desert in northwestern Algeria.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Satellite sees 'Godzilla' dust plume sweep across the Atlantic Ocean ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/godzilla-dust-plume-from-sahara-satellite-photos.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Each year, dust from the Sahara Desert blows off Africa and across the Atlantic, but most years that plume isn't so massive it's nicknamed "Godzilla." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 12:38:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:54:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Meghan Bartels ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LeR23eYeMbCGrgoyk8d2dL-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2020), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Satellite data showing the Sahara dust plume nicknamed Godzilla in June 2020.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Satellite data showing the Sahara dust plume nicknamed Godzilla in June 2020.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dust plume bigger than Texas crashes into the US ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/saharan-dust-cloud-is-here.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Air quality could reach dangerous levels across a wide chunk of the continental U.S. and Caribbean this weekend as a rare, giant Saharan dust storm reaches the U.S. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2020 19:04:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:34:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rafi Letzter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8PUfM5NMoFz3o6K225jBb9-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) satellite data, processed at the University of Wisconsin, shows the unprecidented dust plume (yellow to red) approaching the United States June 26.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) satellite data, processed at the University of Wisconsin, shows the unprecidented dust plume (yellow to red) approaching the United States June 26.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The world's biggest dust bunny is crossing the Atlantic Ocean right now ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/giant-sahara-dust-cloud-crossing-atlantic.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A "Godzilla dust cloud" from the Sahara Desert that's heading toward the United States this week is the largest and most concentrated dust cloud of its kind in the past 50 years. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 13:03:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:34:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NcZi6ZM5exoZRfKTazKAEk-1280-80.gif">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[On June 16, 2020, the GOES-East satellite captured this GeoColor imagery of an expansive plume of dust from the Sahara Desert traveling westward across the Atlantic Ocean. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[On June 16, 2020, the GOES-East satellite captured this GeoColor imagery of an expansive plume of dust from the Sahara Desert traveling westward across the Atlantic Ocean. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hundreds of Mysterious Stone Structures Discovered in Western Sahara ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/64677-stone-structures-discovered-western-sahara.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The structures seem to come in all sizes and shapes, and archaeologists aren't sure what many of then were used for or when they were created. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 11:37:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 25 Feb 2022 01:59:17 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/voKvbA3nHPMPtfPdjZb9x8-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Copyright Nick Brooks and Joanne Clarke]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The structures come in various shapes and sizes, including one that curves off into the horizon (shown here).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The structures come in various shapes and sizes, including one that curves off into the horizon (shown here).]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Here's How to Make the Sahara Desert Green Again ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/63556-wind-solar-farms-rain-sahara-desert.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert, but parts of it could be made green if massive solar and wind farms set up shop there, a new study finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:32:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:58:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/douPhChYWmWX92UR3JVnUk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An aerial shot of the Sahara Desert in Libya]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Sahara Desert]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Moldy Bread? Nope, It's a Photo of the Sahara Desert Taken from Space ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/62740-sahara-desert-space-photo.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The dramatic contrast between the burnt-orange dunes and the dull-blue hills of the Sahara Desert in northern Africa makes for a stunning view from the International Space Station, as seen in a new image shot from the ISS. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2018 10:50:07 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 25 Feb 2022 02:00:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7PGet8J77Qf7CH36SAAApQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This photo, taken from the International Space Station, shows the sand dunes and dark hills that mark the boundary between Algeria and Libya. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Sahara Desert]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Sahara Desert Is Growing. Here's What That Means ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/62168-sahara-desert-expanding.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Since 1920, the Sahara Desert has grown by about 10 percent. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2018 18:11:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:36:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/S47rEuqdkhESPa8DGs6DHD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Nearly a century of data shows that the enormous Sahara Desert is growing.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Photos: School-Bus-Size Dinosaur Discovered in Egypt ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers in Egypt just uncovered a newly identified long-necked dinosaur known as <em>Mansourasaurus shahinae</em>. This is only the sixth dinosaur to be discovered in Egypt. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2018 20:33:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:53:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DoP7HqX5yq5GyKmFo8QKsJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why Paleontologists Are Stoked to Find This Bus-Size Dinosaur in Egypt ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Egypt is known its magnificent pyramids, but now the country is gaining fame among paleontologists, especially now that an international team has uncovered the remains of an 80-million-year-old dinosaur the size of a school bus. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2018 18:58:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:35:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LEZmNip7wmyas3kJCpxYjh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Even though it was discovered in Egypt, &lt;i&gt;Mansourasaurus shahinae&lt;/i&gt; had more in common with dinosaurs uncovered in Europe than it did with dinosaurs found in southern Africa.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Even though it was discovered in Egypt, &lt;i&gt;Mansourasaurus shahinae&lt;/i&gt; had more in common with dinosaurs discovered in Europe than it did with dinosaurs found in southern Africa.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rare Snowfall in Sahara Desert Seen from Space ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Stunning views show the snow-covered dunes on the edge of the Sahara Desert — an area known to be one of the hottest places on Earth. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2018 12:40:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:56:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Samantha Mathewson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9jS3fddhC8WLVYBKmuaHAL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[On Jan. 8, 2018, data from the Operational Land Imager on the Landsat 8 satellite caught this view of 4 to 12 inches (10 to 30 centimeters) of snow that accumulated on higher elevations of the Sahara Desert near the northern Algerian town Aïn Séfra.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[On Jan. 8, 2018, data from the Operational Land Imager on the Landsat 8 satellite caught this view of 4 to 12 inches (10 to 30 centimeters) of snow that accumulated on higher elevations of the Sahara Desert near the northern Algerian town Aïn Séfra.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why Belief in Witchcraft Can Do Harm ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/54726-belief-in-witchcraft-erodes-trust.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Economic development and culture can collide in regions where witchcraft beliefs are common. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2016 14:58:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 23:01:53 +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/2RSz4BfeoZPamSfVfxkdAQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A witch doctor in Zimbabwe, in sub-Saharan Africa where belief in witchcraft is widespread.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A witch doctor in Zimbabwe, in sub-Saharan Africa where belief in witchcraft is widespread.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Silvery Hairs Turn Ants into Walking Mirrors ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Saharan silver ant can keep cool in the blistering heat of the desert thanks to tiny, reflective silver hairs that cover its body and reflect the light. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2016 12:06:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:01:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DDhjqa3csSad6bwkDaa8WA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Saharan silver ants sport a body full of silvery hairs that act as tiny prisms, reflecting light completely and helping the tiny creatures stay cool in the blistering heat of the Sahara Desert, new research finds.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[saharan silver ants and their hairs up close]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nonhuman 'Hands' Found in Prehistoric Rock Art ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The roughly 8,000-year-old "hands" painted on a rock wall in the Sahara Desert aren't human at all, as researchers originally thought, but are actually stencils of the "hands" or forefeet, of the desert monitor lizard, a new study finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2016 17:28:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:43:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jvoajgPb2EegMX22Kp7kC6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[These tiny hands (see highlighted circles) are not human, but actually match those of the desert monitor lizard.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Rock art of lizard hands]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bahamas Bacteria May Feast on Dust from the Saharan Desert ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Bacteria living in the warm waters off the Bahama Islands may feed on the mineral-rich dust carried over by wind from the Sahara Desert, a new study finds. The growing bacteria create the limestone that shapes some of the Bahamas' structures. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:02:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:59:17 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JXmW5mLUsqGZkaSG4inAPi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A satellite image shows the sands on the Grand Bahama Bank.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Grand Bahama]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dreamy Desert View Captured from Space (Photo) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Where the Sahara Desert meets the sea, winds sculpt the arid landscape in a series of parallel lines. Human activity in the form of mining is visible in a new astronaut photograph of the west coast of Africa. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2014 21:18:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 19:08:55 +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/jwQvDsi75vng5pqfn3HUxG-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This astronaut photograph of the Saharan coastline was captured on May 20, 2014, by Expedition 40 aboard the International Space Station.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This astronaut photograph of the Saharan coastline was captured on May 20, 2014, by Expedition 40 aboard the International Space Station.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Buried Saharan Rivers May Have Led Humans Out of Africa ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/39575-ancient-saharan-rivers-existed.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Three major rivers snaked through the Sahara about 100,000 years ago, creating green belts that could have allowed humans to migrate from Central Africa out of the continent, new research suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 21:00:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:24:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5TqUHqAbZMkCiLj8xizbZm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Nowadays, this portion of Libya is part of the great Sahara desert]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[libya, sahara desert]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The 10 Biggest Deserts on Earth ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The world's biggest deserts occupy just about every continent and, in some cases, are in areas where most of the little precipitation that falls does so as snow. The deserts in this list range from some of the hottest to some of the coldest places on Eart ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:53:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:57:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Howell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dhiraSpJ8ex2o7F7VKxxMi-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A dust storm whips over the western Sahara in January 2013.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A dust storm in the Sahara]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mummy Teeth Tell of Ancient Egypt's Drought ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The link between drought and the rise and fall of Egypt's ancient cultures, including the pyramid builders, has long fascinated scientists and historians. A new chemical analysis of teeth enamel from Egyptian mummies reveals the Nile valley was ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:15:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:27:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Becky Oskin ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qV5nngcokpZM5F5ma9vB7c-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Christophe Lecuyer]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Teeth from an Egyptian mummy skull trace a record of ancient Egypt&#039;s drought.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[mummy teeth]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sahara Went from Green to Desert in a Flash ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/28493-when-sahara-desert-formed.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ North Africa dried up all at once, dust study finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:29:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:04:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Becky Oskin ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FohNWKdoCKY666aaUeAj78-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Nowadays, this portion of Libya is part of the great Sahara desert]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[libya-sahara-desert]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Stone-Age Skeletons Unearthed In Sahara Desert ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The burials spanned thousands of years, but changed once the Sahara desert expanded into the region ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:54:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:32:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WmkvESWZR6THmSmtB8sTFK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologists uncovered 20 Stone Age skeletons in the Sahara Desert. The burials spanned thousands of years, suggesting the place was a persistent cemetery for the local people. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[libya-skeleton]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Image Gallery: Stone-Age Saharan Burials ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists have unearthed 20 Stone-Age skeletons in and around a rock shelter in Libya's Sahara desert ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:44:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:56:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WmkvESWZR6THmSmtB8sTFK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologists uncovered 20 Stone Age skeletons in the Sahara Desert. The burials spanned thousands of years, suggesting the place was a persistent cemetery for the local people. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[libya-skeleton]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Saharan Dust Blows Over Atlantic, As Seen From Space ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/23808-cape-verde-dust-plume.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dust may hinder hurricane formation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:46:21 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:12:53 +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/YQFqpzdf2mZmQb2WzJUnES-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Aqua satellite captured a massive dust storm blowing westward over the Cape Verde islands from Africa in this image captured on Oct. 8, 2012.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Aqua satellite captured a massive dust storm blowing westward over the Cape Verde islands from Africa in this image captured on Oct. 8, 2012.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bermuda's Stunning Red Soils Likely Blew in From Africa ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/23320-bermuda-red-soil-source-found.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Much of Bermuda's "red earth" may come from far away. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:03:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:22:47 +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/Vz5WwL86qyPndFdjtGMuD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A large, swirling mass of dust blowing from the Western Sahara into the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 4, 2005. Dust from Africa helped form Bermuda&#039;s red soil. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A large, swirling mass of dust blowing from the Western Sahara into the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 4, 2005. Dust from Africa helped form Bermuda&#039;s red soil. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Best Earth Images of the Week - Aug. 17, 2012 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Rocked by storms and volcanoes, Mother Nature still gave us some amazing snapshots this week. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 23:47:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:55:01 +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/4hx8fpizMcyfN6AvMry7KU-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Paul Clerkin.]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronaut Photo: Sahara Dust Enters Caribbean Skies ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/31691-sahara-dust-astronaut-picture.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The traveling dust may play a role in hurricane formation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:16:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:19:39 +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/TyoJR2EwXJ9cwegxdhRSdi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Dust from the Sahara blows over the Caribbean Sea in July 2012.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Sahara dust over Caribbean Sea, July 2012.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dense Saharan Dust Travels About 5,000 Miles to Florida ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A very concentrated area of Saharan Dust has traveled all the way from Africa and is now heading toward Florida. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:40:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:58:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Meghan Evans ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4YNzsAycjqJpswKo4k89Lm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A large, swirling mass of dust, visible on the left portion of this MODIS satellite image, is seen blowing from the Western Sahara into the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 4, 2005. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Sahara Dust]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 6 Amazing Desert Races ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/30966-6-amazing-desert-races.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Think you've done it all? You haven't. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:33:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:08:22 +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/jzJqEdLZwpTdCg2VHEtYf-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Glenn Grant, National Science Foundation.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The sun sets on a frozen continent.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[scary-antarctica-101026-02]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Castles of 'Lost Cities' Revealed in Libyan Desert ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/16916-castles-lost-cities-revealed-libyan-desert.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ New opportunities for Libyan archaeology with fall of Gadhafi. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:25:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:34:51 +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/ue9dVVCjZrpMNsAsUnVVeX-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Toby Savage]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An ancient mudbrick village with a castle-like structure visible in the center of the image.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[lost cities Libyan desert]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Snakes Bite 1.5 Million People in Sub-Saharan Africa Yearly ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/16044-snake-bite-burden-africa.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Snakebites are a significant burden to the people of Sub-Saharan Africa. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:49:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:48:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fbaevhzfiLBxLJ8EPuU6TZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Snakebites are a significant burden in Sub-Saharan Africa. The ocellated carpet viper, shown above, is a common snake in the African savannah. A bite from this snake can cause hemorrhaging and death.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Ocellated Carpet Viper]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fish Swam the Sahara, Bolstering Out of Africa Theory ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Fish may have once swum across the Sahara ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:09:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:10:23 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/F6VsvTBnjJkiJFumYgaPM3-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Nick Drake.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A map of what the Sahara was like 8,000 to 11,000 years ago, revealing rivers, lakes, swamps and fan-shaped deposits where rivers emptied out. The dots indicate where various kinds of pottery were found.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Out of Africa: Dust Tinted Mediterranean Soil Red ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/29812-dust-tinted-mediterranean-soil-red.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dust blown in from Africa created 'terra rossa' of Mediterranean region. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:22:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:51:55 +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/f8kvYiEcfshykwUuibWWu4-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Anna Avila]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Mediterranean terra rossa.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[terra-rossa-101111-02]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ As Desert Dust Blows, Climate Researchers Will Track It ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/29684-as-desert-dust-blows-climate-researchers-will-track-it-.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The impact of airborne dust on our climate is being determined. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:58:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:21:14 +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/vkTJb9hwYzjBBKkVA9RAfE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A November 2006 NASA photograph showing dust being blown from North Africa to the Canary Islands.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[canary-island-dust-100916-02]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Flying Into the Storm: NASA Hurricane Study Takes Off ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Bad weather is good news for some researchers. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:03:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:37:44 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrea Mustain ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/23XMRQJGa52htMgRmU9wUc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s DC-8 plane, the largest of several aircraft flying into hurricanes this season. The plane is outfitted with multiple instruments to gather data on storm formation.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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