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		<title>Gulf of Mexico Bio-social Ecosystems are Under Assault</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the 53rd day that the muck is floating in the Gulf of Mexico killing every organic creature within reach and destroying every viable economic structure within the region. British Petroleum invaded the shores of southern US, with crude oil gushing up the ocean floor with no apparent defense and protection from the US [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gulf Oil Spill &#8211; Blame-Shifting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 04:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So now the companies involved in the exploded oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico are finger-pointing at each other. Shifting blames is the call. Shame  on you BP and friends. Quit complaining and do whatever is needed to stop the leak, to stop the continuous gush of millions of gallons of crude oil into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Relocating &#8211; Bio-Social Networking In Hermit Crabs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 17:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent study in New England described a process in hermit crab populations by which individuals of different body size use a simple social networking system to find new housing. Hermit crabs, which are decapod (ten-legged) crustaceans common in the intertidal zone and in fresh water ponds, have soft abdomens. To protect themselves from predators [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ocean Oil Spills &#8211; Human Persistence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talks about keeping the seas clean from oil muck are one thing, while action to prevent oil spills is another. Last week&#8217;s big-time oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was not just another wrecked tanker: this time the oil is shooting up from the ocean&#8217;s depth via a man-made well to the water&#8217;s upper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paddle Jetty Island and Bellingham Bay, WA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enjoy great spring paddling in the Puget Sound waters. The Jetty Island Race is on April 24, 2010, at 10 AM. The race distance is 5 miles, circumnavigating the island. Jetty Island is a two-mile-long artificial island created as a jetty to protect Port Gardner, Everett&#8217;s sea port, from the open waters of Possession Sound. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Sea Kayaking In The Northwest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The spring of 2010 is predicted by weather experts to be mild and dry along the Washington and British Columbia Pacific coasts due to the warming of surface waters in the Pacific Ocean east side. This is caused by the El Nino effect. This is good news for sea kayak enthusiasts who like to travel, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navigating Downwind</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Study published in last week&#8217;s Science showed a remarkable ability of migratory butterflies and moths flying several hundreds of meters above the ground to successfully undertake long-distance journeys to their destinations. These insects have a compass sense that enable them to select winds which will take them in their chosen direction, at speeds of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would Whales Be Forced Out From The Pacific Northwest Waters?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently studies have indicated that carbon dioxide absorption by the seas not only warms and acidifies the oceans but it also affects acoustical properties of seawater, making it more transparent to low-frequency sound. It was found that lower seawater pH lowers seawater sound absorption. As the ocean waters become more acidic over time the low-frequencies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paddling La Conner Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Saturday, February 6, 2010, the La Conner paddle race is on. Be at the starting line before 10 am; race meeting at 0915 at the La Conner, WA, boat ramp, under the orange arched bridge. This is a Sound Rowers event,  www.soundrowers.org
The course heads down the Swinomish Channel, going west past Goat Island, turn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Warming &#8211; Save The Planet &#8211; Copenhagen Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During December 7-18, 2009 world leaders and policy makers will gather in Copenhagen, Denmark to discuss ways to save the deteriorating ecological viability of our planet ignited by the inability to control global warming and other human destructive activities. My take on this is: Corporations and governments need to devise commitments to policies and treaties [...]]]></description>
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