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		<title>Have Dragons, Orcs and Wizards caused climate change?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new study has been published demonstrating, among other things, that the climate of Middle Earth has strong analogies in certain areas of Modern Earth. In particular, climate modeling indicates that The Shire is most similar to either Lincolnshire or Leicestershire in the UK or the vicinity of Dunedin in New Zealand. Mordor is most &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/12/17/have-dragons-orcs-and-wizards-caused-climate-change/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Have Dragons, Orcs and Wizards caused climate change?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>About The Hobbit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2013 23:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Usually when I mention The Hobbit I&#8217;m talking about the hominid, or something related to the hominid, or a book about the hominid. But here I want to point you to something related to the book by Tolkien and, of more immediate importance, about the science of the Hobbit and things related. You&#8217;ve certainly already &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/12/16/about-the-hobbit/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">About The Hobbit</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Hobbit and Science</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Hobbit, the movie, opens tomorrow in a theater near you. This is based on J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s book, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, which chronicles the adventure of Bilbo Baggins. To many, this constitutes a prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which many read (or saw in movie form) before finding &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/12/13/the-hobbit-and-science/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Hobbit and Science</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Just In Time for The Hobbit: The Science of Middle Earth</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/20/just-in-time-for-the-hobbit-the-science-of-middle-earth/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note, review to come later. Henry Gee has produced a Second Edition of his book The Science of Middle-Earth: Explaining The Science Behind The Greatest Fantasy Epic Ever Told!, which will be released on December 14th as a Kindle eBook. There are two things to know about this. First, the Second Edition &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/20/just-in-time-for-the-hobbit-the-science-of-middle-earth/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Just In Time for The Hobbit: The Science of Middle Earth</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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