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      <news:title><![CDATA[A storm uncovers two 10-million-year-old whales, and the discovery surprises Europe]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Stephen Hawking: “I don’t think humanity will survive the next thousand years, at least not without expanding into space”]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Goodbye to the bear as a hunter: a new study reveals that more and more populations are shifting toward a plant-based diet]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Goodbye to pollution in Beijing: The city breaks its record for clean air and reaches a historic milestone that has surprised the whole world]]></news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-12T11:09:46+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-12T10:38:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia is turning wastewater into an ever-expanding green corridor in the middle of the desert]]></news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-12T11:03:28+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-12T08:35:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[A 307-million-year-old fossil the size of a soccer ball could change what we know about the origin of herbivorous animals]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/no-sun-no-wind-scientists-are-turning-raindrops-into-electrical-impulses-paving-the-way-for-a-new-source-of-energy/30675/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-12T10:33:13+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-12T06:31:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[No sun, no wind: Scientists are turning raindrops into electrical impulses, paving the way for a new source of energy]]></news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-12T05:01:18-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Africa is surprising the whole world with a phenomenon no one expected: trees are reappearing without anyone having planted them]]></news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-11T18:26:28+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-11T14:26:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Scientists agree on this and are issuing a serious warning: these bats could be behind a future epidemic in the most affected areas of the planet]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/there-is-a-body-of-water-on-earth-that-is-not-bordered-by-any-coastline-and-is-warming-rapidly/30183/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-11T18:14:43+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-11T13:14:42-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[There is a body of water on Earth that is not bordered by any coastline and is warming rapidly]]></news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-11T11:18:36+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Seeing a wild boar near a playground or crossing a bike path might seem like a one-off visit from the forest, but genetics tells us a much stranger story: in Berlin and Barcelona, there are already urban populations that clearly differ from their rural counterparts, and that completely changes the way cities should act]]></news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-11T11:15:47+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-11T10:15:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[A study published on February 23, 2026, uncovers a silent leak in two dark lakes in the Congo and reveals that up to 39% and 40% of the carbon they release comes from peat that accumulated thousands of years ago, offering a troubling clue to the great climate puzzle]]></news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-11T11:12:35+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-11T08:12:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[For years, donating clothes seemed like the perfect way to clean out our closets and feel a little better about the planet, but a new study reveals a rather uncomfortable reality: between 33% and 97% of donated clothing ends up being exported, and a large portion of it ends up in landfills, out of sight]]></news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-11T11:06:54+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[The beaches of Cape Verde seem to be teeming with loggerhead sea turtles like never before, but a 17-year study reveals the worrying side of this phenomenon: although they arrive earlier, they lay fewer eggs, nest less frequently, and take up to twice as long to return]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/what-seemed-like-the-most-innocent-routine-of-the-day-boiling-water-and-letting-a-tea-bag-steep-for-a-few-minutes-has-become-a-major-cause-for-concern-as-some-studies-now-estimate-that/30173/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-11T10:03:57+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-11T05:03:55-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[What seemed like the most innocent routine of the day—boiling water and letting a tea bag steep for a few minutes—has become a major cause for concern, as some studies now estimate that a single cup of tea contains up to 14.7 billion microplastics and nanoplastics]]></news:title>
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