<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : reef : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2008, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : reef : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[Ancient underwater reef found in Australian outback]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/77163/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/77163/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Barrier Reef wins top tourism award]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/20138/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/20138/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[For sea lovers, a final resting reef]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61677/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61677/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Famous Caymans coral reefs dying, scientists say]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19340/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19340/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Healthy Reefs Hit Hardest by Warmer Temperatures]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19601/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19601/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Sleeping With The Fishes]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61363/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61363/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[The Great Barrier Reef: finding Nemo]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16372/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16372/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Idea of making reef from tires backfires]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four decades later, Florida now considers removing up to two million tires]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/10945/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/10945/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Glass Sponges discovered on reef in Washington State]]></title><description><![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>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/33221/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/33221/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds of New Reef Creatures Found in Australia]]></title><description><![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).]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/77459/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/77459/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Shrimp can see beyond the rainbow]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/61860/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/61860/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Swimmers' Sunscreen Killing Coral]]></title><description><![CDATA[The sunscreen that you dutifully slather on before a swim on the beach may be protecting your body&#8212;but a new study finds that the chemicals are also killing coral reefs worldwide.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/48884/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/48884/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Crochet coral reefs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wonderful colors and textures. Hyperbolic crochet used as a medium to illustrate the decline of the coral reefs. <br/><br/>I plan to see it at the World Financial Center as soon as I can.<br/><br/>Be sure to check out the photo gallery for close-up detail.<br/><br/>Check out the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.bsn.org.uk/view_all.php?id=14237" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">video at this link</a>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/arts/l/69269/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/arts/l/69269/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[World's Largest Protected Marine Area Created]]></title><description><![CDATA[The small Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has become a global conservation leader by establishing the world's largest marine protected area &#8211; a California-sized ocean wilderness of pristine coral reefs and rich fish populations threatened by over-fishing and climate change.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/51107/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/51107/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Electricity Revives Coral Reefs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures, blasted by dynamite fishing and poisoned by cyanide. Now they are coming back, thanks to an unlikely remedy: electricity.<br/><br/>The coral is thriving on dozens of metal structures submerged in the bay and fed by cables that send low-voltage electricity, which conservationists say is reviving it and spurring greater growth.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/43361/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/43361/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Ancient deep-sea coral reefs off southeastern US serve as underwater 'islands' in the Gulf stream]]></title><description><![CDATA[Largely unexplored deep-sea coral reefs, some perhaps hundreds of thousands of years old, off the coast of the southeastern U.S. are not only larger than expected but also home to large fish populations and many newly discovered and unusual species. Results from a series of expeditions to document these habitats and their associated marine life have revealed some surprising results.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/63113/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/63113/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Why fish watch their weight]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's not just people who watch their weight. It seems that Australia`s Goby fish do it too and the discovery is providing a whole new insight into the way animals maintain social order. Marine scientists working on the Great Barrier Reef off Lizard Island have found that Goby fish deliberately diet - just to maintain their position in the pecking orders and to ensure they do not antagonise bigger Goby fish.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/61582/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/61582/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Close encounters with gentle giants]]></title><description><![CDATA[FROLICKING pods of humpback whales making their yearly northern migration have thrilled reef watchers off Cairns, Australia.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/67855/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/67855/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[More man-made designer realty &#8211; Reef Island]]></title><description><![CDATA[...previously known as Lulu Island, is being re-launched with a brand new marketing push targeting high income investors and residents from across the Gulf.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/55604/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/55604/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists discover new reefs teeming with marine life in Brazil]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists announced today the discovery of <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://images.conservation.org/admin/packaging/viewtransmit_ext.aspx?messageId=102551&amp;userName=gpoggi&amp;session=44e37fb4eee46145e5744bab799160ab" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">reef structures</a> they believe doubles the size of the Southern Atlantic Ocean's largest and richest reef system, the Abrolhos Bank, off the southern coast of Brazil's Bahia state. The newly discovered area is also far more abundant in marine life than the previously known Abrolhos reef system, one of the world's most unique and important reefs.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/68251/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/68251/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>