<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/students-research-ancient-climate-through-stream-restoration.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>07/24/2023</pubDate><title>Students Research Ancient Climate Through Stream Restoration</title><description>In deep long trenches that a backhoe shoveled, students collected samples from black wetland soil that has not seen the light of day for more than 300 years.</description><author>Peter Durantine</author><image><img src="/_resources/images/trench-ene-department.jpg" alt="An aerial view of trench digging."/></image><tags><tag>Earth and Environmental Science</tag><tag>Research</tag></tags></item>