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	<title>State of the Planet &#187; Debra Tillinger</title>
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	<description>Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better.</description>
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		<title>Jaunt to Nearby Island Becomes Four-Day Epic</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/15/jaunt-to-nearby-island-becomes-four-day-epic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra Tillinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Going to Antarctica involves a whole lot of paperwork. Before I left, I filled out an extensive medical history, was tested for every disease imaginable, gave my pants size, shoe size, hat size, until I had only one form remaining. That was the waiver acknowledging that working in Antarctica is inherently dangerous and that by [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/15/jaunt-to-nearby-island-becomes-four-day-epic/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>A Quiet Crackling Below the Ice</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/08/a-quiet-crackling-below-the-ice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra Tillinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a child, I believed that I could hear the ocean in a seashell. Now when I think about the sounds of the sea, I imagine the roar of waves crashing on the beach. But from the vantage point of a ship with noisy engines, the water seems silent. In 1490, Leonardo da Vinci observed, [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/08/a-quiet-crackling-below-the-ice/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s Making West Antarctica Melt?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/03/whats-making-west-antarctica-melt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra Tillinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The view from the Palmer is so blindingly white today that the eye cannot tell where the ice ends and the clouds begin. In this unusually icy Antarctic summer, it seems strange to contemplate melting ice. But glaciers, here and in Greenland, are melting faster than they are growing. We know that ice sheets have [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/03/whats-making-west-antarctica-melt/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>Adelie penguins</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/17/adelie-penguins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra Tillinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nice folks up on the bridge always give us a call when they see wildlife. Then we all grab our cameras and rush out to our favorite spots to try and photograph whatever creatures have come to visit. I&#8217;m no biologist, but seeing so many beautiful animals has made me curious. So I&#8217;ve been [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/17/adelie-penguins/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>Girls on Ice</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/14/girls-on-ice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra Tillinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I&#8217;ve been staying on the ship, Erin Pettit has been flying off by helicopter to study glaciers. She has a really cool job, and I wish she would take me with her on some of her adventures. But it turns out that she wants to take you! Erin runs a program called Girls on [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/14/girls-on-ice/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>A Change in Plans</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/13/a-change-in-plans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra Tillinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1914, Ernest Shackleton wrote &#8220;Pack-ice might be described as a gigantic  and interminable jigsaw-puzzle devised by nature.&#8221; Shackleton was a great Antarctic explorer. He wanted to be the first to cross the continent of Antarctica, but his expedition ran into unexpectedly icy conditions. He is famous now, not for achieving his goal, but for [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/13/a-change-in-plans/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists on Ice</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/11/scientists-on-ice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra Tillinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t want to give you the idea that science is all fun and games. We work hard! But I have to admit that today has been pretty spectacular. The morning was spent watching the helicopters take off and land for an ice reconnaissance mission. Since the ship is fully iced in, we got to [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/11/scientists-on-ice/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>Hola, Amigos!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/10/hola-amigos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra Tillinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People are very friendly at sea. Still, Ted Scambos spends an awful lot of time talking about his amigos. But it turns out that these are no ordinary friends &#8211; they&#8217;re Automated Meteorology-Ice-Geophysics Observing Stations. The area that we&#8217;ll be visiting used to be a huge ice shelf, called Larsen B. It collapsed 2002, losing [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/10/hola-amigos/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>Commenter Q &amp; A</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/09/commenter-q-a/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra Tillinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Science is just starting to get underway, so I thought this would be a good time to respond to some commenter questions. Just so you know, I&#8217;m doing this all by email, not internet, so I can&#8217;t reply in-line to your comments. Richard: What is the break down on crew versus scientists on board? The [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/09/commenter-q-a/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>I Love Rock and Roll</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/07/i-love-rock-and-roll/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra Tillinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which is good, because we&#8217;ve been doing plenty of rocking and rolling! Things have calmed down a bit, but we were getting 40-foot waves. I wasn&#8217;t actually seasick, but I couldn&#8217;t do much besides lay down in my bunk and wait for calmer waters. I kept waking up because I was sliding around in my [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/07/i-love-rock-and-roll/">...</a>]]]></description>
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