<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>For sea lovers, a final resting reef : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/business/"/><tagline>For sea lovers, a final resting reef : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2008, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2008-11-21T21:49:10+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[For sea lovers, a final resting reef]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61677/1/" /><id>61677</id><summary><![CDATA[For sea lovers, a final resting reef]]></summary><issued>2008-05-13T12:42:19+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-13T12:42:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[About 45 feet <b>beneath</b> the ocean's surface lies a cemetery with gates, pathways, plaques and even benches.<br/><br/>The <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?https://www.nmreef.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Neptune</a> Memorial Reef, which opened last fall, is seen by its creators as a perfect final resting spot for those who loved the sea.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Sleeping With The Fishes]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61363/1/" /><id>61363</id><summary><![CDATA[Sleeping With The Fishes]]></summary><issued>2008-05-10T23:43:05+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-10T23:43:05+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The Neptune Memorial Reef is seen by its creators as a perfect final resting spot for those who loved the sea. They hope that one day the reef will cover 16 acres and have room for 125,000 remains.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Ancient underwater reef found in Australian outback]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/77163/1/" /><id>77163</id><summary><![CDATA[Ancient underwater reef found in Australian outback]]></summary><issued>2008-09-22T09:06:09+01:00</issued><modified>2008-09-22T09:06:09+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A 650-million-year-old underwater reef, 10 times higher than the Great Barrier Reef, has been discovered in the middle of Australia's outback. The ancient reef, formed nearly 100 million years before the first known animal life evolved, is the only one of its age in the world.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Famous Caymans coral reefs dying, scientists say]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19340/1/" /><id>19340</id><summary><![CDATA[Famous Caymans coral reefs dying, scientists say]]></summary><issued>2007-05-07T09:27:01+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-07T09:27:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[To coral reef-driven tourism industries like those of the Cayman Islands, there could be a greater cost in ignoring climate change than fighting it.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Healthy Reefs Hit Hardest by Warmer Temperatures]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19601/1/" /><id>19601</id><summary><![CDATA[Healthy Reefs Hit Hardest by Warmer Temperatures]]></summary><issued>2007-05-09T10:06:09+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-09T10:06:09+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Coral disease outbreaks hit hardest in the healthiest sections of the Great Barrier Reef, where close living quarters among coral may make it easy for infection to spread, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have found.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Barrier Reef wins top tourism award]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/20138/1/" /><id>20138</id><summary><![CDATA[Barrier Reef wins top tourism award]]></summary><issued>2007-05-13T11:28:54+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-13T11:28:54+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[THE Great Barrier Reef has taken out one of world tourism's most coveted awards. The reef - the world's largest living organism - was voted the best destination by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) as part of its Tourism for Tomorrow awards, at a ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal, overnight.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Colleges offer on-campus resting places]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/20355/1/" /><id>20355</id><summary><![CDATA[Colleges offer on-campus resting places]]></summary><issued>2007-05-15T00:54:42+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-15T00:54:42+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[College campuses, including Notre Dame and Chapman University in Orange, Calif., are offering burial plots for alumni and faculty.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Great Barrier Reef: finding Nemo]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16372/1/" /><id>16372</id><summary><![CDATA[The Great Barrier Reef: finding Nemo]]></summary><issued>2007-04-14T10:05:14+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-14T10:05:14+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[This first heady plunge into the Barrier Reef is enough alone to call it great, but its greatness also extends some two thousand kilometres from the tip of Papua New Guinea right down the coast of Queensland almost as far as Brisbane.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Glass Sponges discovered on reef in Washington State]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/33221/1/" /><id>33221</id><summary><![CDATA[Glass Sponges discovered on reef in Washington State]]></summary><issued>2007-08-26T19:09:02+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-26T19:09:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The sponges are so rich with marine life that scientists call them &quot;a kindergarten or living hotel.&quot;<br/><br/>More on <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://starbulletin.com/2007/08/24/news/oceanwatch.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> glass sponges here</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Police harassment on the steps of the Thomas Jefferson memorial ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/58189/1/" /><id>58189</id><summary><![CDATA[Police harassment on the steps of the Thomas Jefferson memorial ]]></summary><issued>2008-04-14T11:38:20+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-14T11:38:20+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A group of about 20 people headed down to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial for some flash mob fun. To celebrate  Jefferson&#8217;s birthday, they would meet on the steps of the memorial, dance for about 10 minutes, and leave.<br/><br/>Instead they were arrested with no explanation given to them or to the parties asking about them. <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.qando.net/details.aspx?Entry=8312" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">via</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Idea of making reef from tires backfires]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/10945/1/" /><id>10945</id><summary><![CDATA[Idea of making reef from tires backfires]]></summary><issued>2007-02-16T15:34:30+01:00</issued><modified>2007-02-16T15:34:30+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Four decades later, Florida now considers removing up to two million tires]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Hundreds of New Reef Creatures Found in Australia]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/77459/1/" /><id>77459</id><summary><![CDATA[Hundreds of New Reef Creatures Found in Australia]]></summary><issued>2008-09-24T10:08:21+01:00</issued><modified>2008-09-24T10:08:21+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Previously unknown shrimps, worms, scavenging crustaceans, and spectacularly colored soft corals were identified at the tropical sites during a study led by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS).]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Shrimp can see beyond the rainbow]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/61860/1/" /><id>61860</id><summary><![CDATA[Shrimp can see beyond the rainbow]]></summary><issued>2008-05-14T21:58:20+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-14T21:58:20+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A giant shrimp living on Australia's Great Barrier Reef can see a world beyond the rainbow that is invisible to other animals. Mantis shrimps, dubbed &quot;thumb splitters&quot; by divers because of their vicious claws, have the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom, capable of seeing colors from the ultraviolet to the infrared, as well as detecting other subtle variations in light.]]></content></entry></feed>