<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine</title><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/</link><description>COLORADO BOB &quot;Sound Beats Print ... Pictures Beat Sound&quot;</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:49:59 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:58:43 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Baked Alaska: All-Time Record Heat Grips State </title>
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Alaska, well known for its long and brutal winters, is now in the grips of a historic heat wave.
As an unusually strong and very warm ridge of high pressure is parked in the upper atmosphere above Alaska, at least five cities broke all-time record highs Monday:
* Talkeetna, 7&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/19/19030107-baked-alaska-all-time-record-heat-grips-state</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/19/19030107-baked-alaska-all-time-record-heat-grips-state</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:21:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob19D3F00BB-8AA7-C177-4C37-684D7E561EFD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="114" width="155" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob19D3F00BB-8AA7-C177-4C37-684D7E561EFD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>With Climate Change, No Happy Clams : NPR</title>
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FEELY: Well, we've been looking at the pH of seawater and the carbon dioxide concentration of seawater for now close to 30 years, and it's been a work that I've done as part of my work in NOAA. And we worked together with about 15 different laboratories throughout the world in &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/15/18970043-with-climate-change-no-happy-clams-npr</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/15/18970043-with-climate-change-no-happy-clams-npr</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:41:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob16A94FCE3-2DFE-31A0-A31C-A527863F6DFE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="46" width="138" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob16A94FCE3-2DFE-31A0-A31C-A527863F6DFE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="40" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The South Sandwich Trench </title>
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Although Captain &nbsp;Cook&nbsp; saw the South Sandwich Islands in 1775, the deniers found them 2 years ago when the British Antarctic Survey found more volcanic&nbsp;sea mounts.&nbsp; The backwards "C" on the right is the trench , and the Islands are West of it , it's more tha&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/15/18967048-the-south-sandwich-trench</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/15/18967048-the-south-sandwich-trench</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 05:26:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1952E6AA3-5A2A-98B9-E571-E07EBDBC91E7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="159" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1952E6AA3-5A2A-98B9-E571-E07EBDBC91E7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="48" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;South Sandwich Trench&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Pakistan can expect worse heatwaves to come, meteorologists warn </title>
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Babar Hussain, who runs the Pakistan Weather Portal, said: "In 2013 the maximum was 51C/52C. The heatwave started on 12 May in Sindh province and gripped the entire country by 15 May. It lasted, with only a minor break, until 10 June. In that time, it reached 51/52C in Larkana,&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/14/18965737-pakistan-can-expect-worse-heatwaves-to-come-meteorologists-warn</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/14/18965737-pakistan-can-expect-worse-heatwaves-to-come-meteorologists-warn</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:34:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1AF9ECEDA-95DC-66FC-13E3-B79C5E60605D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1AF9ECEDA-95DC-66FC-13E3-B79C5E60605D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Antarctic Ice Shelves Mostly Melt From Beneath</title>
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The study, published today (June 13) in the journal Science, found that on average, Antarctica's ice shelves are thinning by about 1.6 feet (50 centimeters) per year. But some of them are thinning much more quickly, by as much as 328 feet (100 meters) annually, said Eric Rignot&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/13/18940573-antarctic-ice-shelves-mostly-melt-from-beneath</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/13/18940573-antarctic-ice-shelves-mostly-melt-from-beneath</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:13:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1B11F5EEF-9E12-12AC-7965-DD67040B8173.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="108" width="162" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1B11F5EEF-9E12-12AC-7965-DD67040B8173.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>What is a derecho?</title>
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An unusual weather phenomenon in the United States resulted in a derecho warning from meteorologists Wednesday. So what exactly is a derecho?
&nbsp;
"It's a cluster of thunderstorms that congeal into a line, and that line will then start moving east or southeast, and as it pr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/12/18924243-what-is-a-derecho</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/12/18924243-what-is-a-derecho</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:33:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dead Fish and Strange Brown Foam at Lake (Mead)</title>
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LAS VEGAS - Authorities took a boat onto Lake Mead on Tuesday to gather water samples they hope could shed light on mysterious brown&nbsp;foam found floating on the lake's surface over the weekend.
Park officials urged people to avoid the Overton Arm, a northern extension of L&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/12/18923817-dead-fish-and-strange-brown-foam-at-lake-mead</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/12/18923817-dead-fish-and-strange-brown-foam-at-lake-mead</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:25:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1F03169A9-3047-56B2-04BE-6008CB9D74C2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="114" width="155" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1F03169A9-3047-56B2-04BE-6008CB9D74C2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Farmers fail to feed nation after extreme weather hits wheat crop</title>
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The wettest autumn since records began, followed by the coldest spring in 50 years, has devastated British wheat, forcing food manufacturers to import nearly 2.5m tonnes of the crop.
"Normally we export around 2.5m tonnes of wheat but this year we expect to have to import 2.5m&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/12/18922719-farmers-fail-to-feed-nation-after-extreme-weather-hits-wheat-crop</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/12/18922719-farmers-fail-to-feed-nation-after-extreme-weather-hits-wheat-crop</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:13:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob11908774D-8076-D0F6-2AB1-EB776AE77895.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob11908774D-8076-D0F6-2AB1-EB776AE77895.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cuba girds for climate change by reclaiming coasts</title>
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Cuba looks to undo decades of poorly planned coastal development, fend off rising seas
CAYO COCO, Cuba (AP) &mdash; After Cuban scientists studied the effects of climate change on this island's 3,500 miles (5,630 kilometers) of coastline, their discoveries were so alarming tha&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/12/18922596-cuba-girds-for-climate-change-by-reclaiming-coasts</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/12/18922596-cuba-girds-for-climate-change-by-reclaiming-coasts</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:01:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1FB7B9E9C-B22F-DD6D-7E4B-7DFEBA5A7633.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1FB7B9E9C-B22F-DD6D-7E4B-7DFEBA5A7633.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Potentially 'catastrophic' changes underway in Canada's northern Mackenzie River Basin</title>
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June 10, 2013 &mdash; Canada's Mackenzie River basin -- among the world's most important major ecosystems -- is poorly studied, inadequately monitored, and at serious risk due to climate change and resource exploitation, a panel of international scientists warn today
In a repo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/12/18922412-potentially-catastrophic-changes-underway-in-canadas-northern-mackenzie-river-basin</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/12/18922412-potentially-catastrophic-changes-underway-in-canadas-northern-mackenzie-river-basin</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:26:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob177EA6D15-D63B-E9A6-E6CA-76265059917F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="129" width="100" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob177EA6D15-D63B-E9A6-E6CA-76265059917F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="100" height="129" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Climate change denial zombies: AMS president Marshall Shepherd talks global warming.</title>
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As someone who speaks out against those who deny climate change&mdash;again and again and again and again&mdash;I knew exactly what Marshall Shepherd,&nbsp;the 2013 president of the American Meteorological Society, meant the moment he talked about having to slay the &ldquo;zomb&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/12/18922318-climate-change-denial-zombies-ams-president-marshall-shepherd-talks-global-warming</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/12/18922318-climate-change-denial-zombies-ams-president-marshall-shepherd-talks-global-warming</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:19:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob11299B89A-9731-04C9-64C7-F0077F0DA18F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="317" width="250" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob11299B89A-9731-04C9-64C7-F0077F0DA18F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>American West Becoming Increasingly Dusty</title>
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The American West is becoming an increasingly dusty place: So-called "dust emissions"&mdash;including giant dust storms reminiscent of the Dust Bowl era&mdash;have increased in the past 17 years, according to a new study.
Scientists understand only some of the reasons for the &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/12/18922248-american-west-becoming-increasingly-dusty</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/12/18922248-american-west-becoming-increasingly-dusty</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:10:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob11AAFA3C6-2D05-0FF2-09B0-1B1B0EAD4003.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob11AAFA3C6-2D05-0FF2-09B0-1B1B0EAD4003.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Massive dust storms hit southeast Colorado, evoking &quot;Dirty Thirties&quot;</title>
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LAMAR &mdash; Jillane Hixson stopped dusting her home about noon on a clear Friday&nbsp; and looked out the window to a storm roiling in the distance.
Small dust devils kicked up, and within moments, a punishing dust storm&nbsp; slammed into Hixson Farms at full force, trappin&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/11/18907399-massive-dust-storms-hit-southeast-colorado-evoking-dirty-thirties</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/11/18907399-massive-dust-storms-hit-southeast-colorado-evoking-dirty-thirties</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:20:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob16E273412-42EA-DFD4-D682-CD8F5695D8E3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="197" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob16E273412-42EA-DFD4-D682-CD8F5695D8E3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="59" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Thawing Arctic Permafrost Releasing Greenhouse Gases </title>
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Using NASA&rsquo;s C-23 Sherpa aircraft, scientists from the Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment (CARVE) have been flying at extremely low altitudes over the Alaskan Arctic to measure greenhouse gases. About two dozen scientists from 12 institutions are involve&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/11/18905055-thawing-arctic-permafrost-releasing-greenhouse-gases</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/11/18905055-thawing-arctic-permafrost-releasing-greenhouse-gases</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:15:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1D331FCBF-FEDD-DA97-D3D3-84DDBF355FC1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1D331FCBF-FEDD-DA97-D3D3-84DDBF355FC1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Great Barrier Reef: World Heritage in Danger?</title>
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A government-funded Australian Institute of Marine Science report published last year in the journal PNAS echoed the shockingly bad news from earlier studies, concluding that the reef has lost half of its coral cover during the past 27 years&mdash;a period that roughly coincide&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/10/18885478-great-barrier-reef-world-heritage-in-danger</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/10/18885478-great-barrier-reef-world-heritage-in-danger</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:44:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1C7C57C9C-1A0D-AD83-89BF-2952EB05ACDD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1C7C57C9C-1A0D-AD83-89BF-2952EB05ACDD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Climate science tells us the alarm bells are ringing</title>
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Michael Oppenheimer is a professor of geosciences and international affairs at Princeton University. Kevin Trenberth is a distinguished senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/10/18884413-climate-science-tells-us-the-alarm-bells-are-ringing</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/10/18884413-climate-science-tells-us-the-alarm-bells-are-ringing</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:39:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>      Thousands of Germans evacuate as dam on Elbe river breaks| Reuters</title>
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(Reuters) - Thousands of people left their homes in eastern Germany on Sunday as a dam burst on the swollen River Elbe and swathes of farmland were flooded in an attempt to spare towns, with meteorologists forecasting more rain.
In Magdeburg, one of the oldest cities in easter&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/10/18870744-thousands-of-germans-evacuate-as-dam-on-elbe-river-breaks-reuters</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/10/18870744-thousands-of-germans-evacuate-as-dam-on-elbe-river-breaks-reuters</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 04:05:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob12F1EE8FA-872F-D915-0943-0D1BD17067BF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="79" width="130" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob12F1EE8FA-872F-D915-0943-0D1BD17067BF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hidden Wildfires Taking Big Toll on Amazon Rainforest - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory</title>
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Researchers for the first time mapped the extent and frequency of understory fires across a study area (green) spanning 1.2 million square miles (3 million square kilometers) in the southern Amazon forest. Fires were widespread across the forest frontier during the study period&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/09/18869956-hidden-wildfires-taking-big-toll-on-amazon-rainforest-nasa-jet-propulsion-laboratory</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/09/18869956-hidden-wildfires-taking-big-toll-on-amazon-rainforest-nasa-jet-propulsion-laboratory</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 03:18:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1009EF334-A3D8-F33E-87D6-75EA71BEAE40.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="100" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1009EF334-A3D8-F33E-87D6-75EA71BEAE40.jpg&amp;width=120" width="100" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>40 years of Leather Art</title>
<description><![CDATA[Last week, some bum here asked me what I did , well I did all of  this.  And I made the movie too.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/08/18844911-40-years-of-leather-art</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/08/18844911-40-years-of-leather-art</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Sat, 8 Jun 2013 11:37:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOmKfS5tkg4" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/yOmKfS5tkg4/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">April 2007 was the 40th Anniversary of me being a hippie leather artist.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>We all just bought a bus ticket to &quot;Jurrasic Park&quot;</title>
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As our friend PR, has made it &nbsp;very clear ...&nbsp;&nbsp;1/3 of the Arctic Ocean is less 300 feet deep.&nbsp; This stuff is going to take off.&nbsp; 100 million years of history is about to wake-up.&nbsp; As that sea floor begins to thaw large mats of methane loving bacteri&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/08/18838227-we-all-just-bought-a-bus-ticket-to-jurrasic-park</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/08/18838227-we-all-just-bought-a-bus-ticket-to-jurrasic-park</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Sat, 8 Jun 2013 05:38:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob16AF0B27D-A289-6B0B-853C-89E7214E89CA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="382" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob16AF0B27D-A289-6B0B-853C-89E7214E89CA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="115" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Drought's affects on U.S. river ecosystems affecting native fish </title>
<description><![CDATA[MANHATTAN, Kan., June 6 (UPI) -- Persistent&nbsp; drought in North America has caused "a conservation crisis" for native fish&nbsp; communities, a Kansas State University researcher reported.
Biology Professor Keith Gido and his team studied state and federal&nbsp; endangered an&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/07/18833857-droughts-affects-on-us-river-ecosystems-affecting-native-fish</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/07/18833857-droughts-affects-on-us-river-ecosystems-affecting-native-fish</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Jun 2013 23:40:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob13D8E1E16-8598-DDF3-F4B8-54220D06DA09.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="157" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob13D8E1E16-8598-DDF3-F4B8-54220D06DA09.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="47" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  Starving puffins indicate trouble at sea</title>
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BELFAST, Maine &mdash; Maine seabirds &ndash; including the iconic Atlantic puffin &ndash; may be in trouble. Researchers are concerned about starving chicks and dead birds that washed up this winter off Cape Cod and Scotland.
Lately, the razorbill, a species related to puffin&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/07/18833339-starving-puffins-indicate-trouble-at-sea</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/07/18833339-starving-puffins-indicate-trouble-at-sea</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Jun 2013 22:54:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1DA3BD30B-8C75-C383-5549-A91AA232F629.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="250" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1DA3BD30B-8C75-C383-5549-A91AA232F629.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Whales Dying At Record Pace Off Argentina&amp;#39;s Coast</title>
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South America&rsquo;s Southern Right Whales are dying in record numbers off the coast&nbsp; of Argentina&rsquo;s Patagonia region and scientists are struggling to figure out why..............Although Southern Right Whale populations are recovering, many threats affect&nbsp; the&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/07/18830571-whales-dying-at-record-pace-off-argentinas-coast</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/07/18830571-whales-dying-at-record-pace-off-argentinas-coast</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Jun 2013 18:54:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1737FD026-0A4A-57C8-4FF2-8FEFD3469E66.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1737FD026-0A4A-57C8-4FF2-8FEFD3469E66.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Blood Falls, a &quot;bleeding&quot; glacier, is a natural time capsule containing a unique ecosystem</title>
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This five-story, blood-red "waterfall" pours ever so slowly out of the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valley. Geologists first discovered the frozen waterfall in 1911, and believed the red color came from algae. Its true nature turned out to be more spectacular.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/07/18829347-blood-falls-a-bleeding-glacier-is-a-natural-time-capsule-containing-a-unique-ecosystem</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/07/18829347-blood-falls-a-bleeding-glacier-is-a-natural-time-capsule-containing-a-unique-ecosystem</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Jun 2013 17:11:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob16E91A789-2497-B0E9-F05E-9D90C4508C1A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="235" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob16E91A789-2497-B0E9-F05E-9D90C4508C1A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The mystery of bitter Irish winters solved</title>
<description><![CDATA[About 1,582 years ago, some Irish scribes sat down to write about how very, very cold it was. This was the Dark Ages, after all.
In 2013, scientists also sat down to read those same 40,000 tales of woe &mdash;&nbsp;now collected in the&nbsp;Irish Annals, written from 431 to 1649&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colorado Bob]]></source><link>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/07/18828638-the-mystery-of-bitter-irish-winters-solved</link><guid>http://coloradobob1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/07/18828638-the-mystery-of-bitter-irish-winters-solved</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Jun 2013 16:22:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1CB5B498B-E046-DAC1-F881-E1E86B577BB2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coloradobob1CB5B498B-E046-DAC1-F881-E1E86B577BB2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>