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		<title>Where did all these jellyfish come from?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 03:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Question: While walking along a busy section of Boston Harbor the other day, I noticed hundreds of jellyfish floating on the surface. I walked about a half mile stretch of water, and they were everywhere. They all seemed to be the same kind &#8211; translucent white, with four circular bits in the center of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How does the ocean deal with garbage?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Question: How does the ocean manage all the garbage it gets every year? Submitted by: anonymous The Short Answer: I guess the really short answer is that it doesn&#8217;t. But a more complete answer would be that it depends on the type of garbage. Things like food waste and sewage probably get broken down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why do fall webworms prefer trees with compound leaves?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Question: Why do fall webworms prefer to build their webs in trees with compound leaves? It seems that every time I see a web it is on a walnut, or ash or locust tree. Submitted by: Jim, USA The Short Answer: I can&#8217;t find any published information that the fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea) prefers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is horseshoe crab blood used for?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Question: I&#8217;ve heard that horseshoe crabs&#8217; blood is used to make medicine. Is this true? Submitted by: Rick, New York, USA The Short Answer: Hundreds of thousands of horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) are bled each year to produce a substance called Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL). LAL is used to test intravenous drugs and medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is this Oily Sheen on the Marsh?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Question: For years I have noticed an oily substance on a stretch of Lake Huron shoreline that leads into a wetland/marsh area. The oily substance has the rainbow pattern that you see when there is a film of oil on water. Is it possible that this is a natural occurrence of some oil deposits, [...]]]></description>
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