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	<title>Deep Sea News &#187; Conservation &amp; Environment</title>
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		<title>For sale?: one reef, well-loved</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think it’s fair to say that when most folks think about conservation, or biology in general, money is not the first thing that pops into their heads.  Indeed, many people I know in those fields consider money, commerce and economics to be somewhat foreign, a necessary evil perhaps, to keep society going and keep <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/02/for-sale-one-reef-well-loved/">For sale?: one reef, well-loved<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='For sale?: one reef, well-loved avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b1d390f3accea65ab713e0738116d91c?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>For Want Of A Shark&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/for-want-of-a-shark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RickMac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[White-tip reef shark, Fiji © 2011 Angelo Villagomez Causal relationships can be fiendishly tricky. Spend an hour watching any of Star Trek Voyager’s time travel episodes and you begin to understand why the show’s writers often resort to lines such as, “It’s better if we don’t talk about this too much.” Consider another example of <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/for-want-of-a-shark/">For Want Of A Shark&#8230;<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='For Want Of A Shark&#8230; avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b32c5614e03bf1f47c41cc89bbe4c9fe?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Jane Lubchenco&#8217;s message to scientists</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/jane-lubchencos-message-to-scientists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Bik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scientist!]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jane Lubchenco]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My second week at UC Davis, and I&#8217;ve already met Jane Lubchenco. Last night the NOAA administrator gave a public lecture to a packed auditorium here on campus. Although her talk wasn&#8217;t particularly beefy, I captured a few interesting tidbits: It was refreshing to hear a government official state her steadfast optimism, and urge scientists <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/jane-lubchencos-message-to-scientists/">Jane Lubchenco&#8217;s message to scientists<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Jane Lubchenco&#8217;s message to scientists avatar' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/20d1f47cab1a0d600f70354327f925d0?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>The Biodiverse Universe</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/the-biodiverse-universe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bringin' It]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last thursday I was a guest on Dr. Kiki&#8217;s Science Hour talking about communicating biodiversity (interview starts at 8 minutes in). It was response to an article I wrote on EvoEcoLab, another blog I write for Scientific American, titled The (Mis)use of Messaging in Biodiversity Loss Prevention. It was a lot of fun and I&#8217;m <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/the-biodiverse-universe/">The Biodiverse Universe<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='The Biodiverse Universe avatar' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/66f16fda7525df52d085b67feffaeb52?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Red sea sharks at risk from political upheaval, but to what degree?</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/red-sea-sharks-at-risk-from-political-upheaval-but-to-what-degree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservation & Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arab Spring has been on of the most amazing social movements of this generation; the images of brave citizens fighting for democracy (and unfortunately sometimes losing their individual battles), are encouraging and inspiring.  While far-reaching in its regional and global social and political implications, the Arab Spring would seem pretty removed from issues of <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/red-sea-sharks-at-risk-from-political-upheaval-but-to-what-degree/">Red sea sharks at risk from political upheaval, but to what degree?<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Red sea sharks at risk from political upheaval, but to what degree? avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b1d390f3accea65ab713e0738116d91c?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>FEATURED POST: A (fetid) river runs through it, the Brooklyn edition</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/a-fetid-river-runs-through-it-the-brooklyn-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dumping]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The view from my DUMBO loft Dec 2000 There&#8217;s nothing quite like the excitement of moving to a new city and getting your first apartment, and for me as for so many others, that feeling is amplified when the city in question is New York.  So it was when I moved from Brisbane to Brooklyn <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/a-fetid-river-runs-through-it-the-brooklyn-edition/">FEATURED POST: A (fetid) river runs through it, the Brooklyn edition<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='FEATURED POST: A (fetid) river runs through it, the Brooklyn edition avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b1d390f3accea65ab713e0738116d91c?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Scuba Diver Discovers Airplane and Haven for Lionfish</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/scuba-diver-discovers-airplane-and-haven-for-lionfish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deepseanews.com/?p=16234</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Randy Jordan, owner of Emerald Charters in Jupiter, Florida, discovered quite a treasure on a recent dive. &#8220;We get down to the bottom and I see some fish that are swimming over to the right and I followed them,&#8221; said Jordan.  &#8220;They swam right up to this airplane. It was the most amazing thing.&#8221;  Right in <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/scuba-diver-discovers-airplane-and-haven-for-lionfish/">Scuba Diver Discovers Airplane and Haven for Lionfish<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Scuba Diver Discovers Airplane and Haven for Lionfish avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Where Do All Your Tinsel And Trappings Go After Christmas?</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/where-do-all-your-tinsel-and-trappings-go-after-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservation & Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the holiday season is over for many of us and all the wrapping and boxes and packaging is stowed away or thrown in the trash, think about where it all goes. Nothing just stays in a land fill forever. Out of sight is never out of mind. Plastic Shores is a new film <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/where-do-all-your-tinsel-and-trappings-go-after-christmas/">Where Do All Your Tinsel And Trappings Go After Christmas?<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Where Do All Your Tinsel And Trappings Go After Christmas? avatar' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/66f16fda7525df52d085b67feffaeb52?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>TGIF &#8211; Our Blue (The Tank Bangers)</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/tgif-our-blue-the-tank-bangers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deepseanews.com/?p=16125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ A little sentimental, but hey its Christmas time. The Tank Bangers donates proceeds of buying this song to the various groups shown at 5:40 in the video. While I do not support all those groups personally, I would like to add Oceana and The Coral Reef Alliance as conservation groups who have a high <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/tgif-our-blue-the-tank-bangers/">TGIF &#8211; Our Blue (The Tank Bangers)<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='TGIF &#8211; Our Blue (The Tank Bangers) avatar' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/66f16fda7525df52d085b67feffaeb52?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adaptations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Oh the dark deep sea is frightful,   But the food not so delightful,  But since we&#8217;ve got no place to go,  Let It Marine Snow! Let It Marine Snow! Let It Marine Snow! The deep-sea floor is a patch mosaic of habitats In the late 1960’s, two marine biologists, Howard Sanders and Robert <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow/">Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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