<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : ecological : ATOM 0.3</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><entry><title><![CDATA[Ecological Footprint Quiz]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/7352/1/" /><id>7352</id><summary><![CDATA[Ecological Footprint Quiz]]></summary><issued>2006-12-09T21:19:24+01:00</issued><modified>2006-12-09T21:19:24+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Find out how many Earth's would be needed if everyone lived like you.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Returning to our roots: Scientists claim they will grow tree-homes in a decade]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/76531/1/" /><id>76531</id><summary><![CDATA[Returning to our roots: Scientists claim they will grow tree-homes in a decade]]></summary><issued>2008-09-17T09:26:51+01:00</issued><modified>2008-09-17T09:26:51+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Humans may one day be returning to the forests to live in ecological homes grown from tree roots.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The ecological disaster that is dolphin safe tuna]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/126089/1/" /><id>126089</id><summary><![CDATA[The ecological disaster that is dolphin safe tuna]]></summary><issued>2009-06-28T21:57:05+01:00</issued><modified>2009-06-28T21:57:05+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;By trying to help dolphins, groups like Greenpeace caused one of the worst marine ecological disasters of all time. ...is it worth saving dolphins, who were not and are not endangered, at the expense of sea turtles, sharks, and many other fish species who are endangered?&quot;<br/><br/>Also more <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://swfsc.noaa.gov/textblock.aspx?Division=PRD&amp;ParentMenuId=228&amp;id=1408" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Rain Forest Residents, Texaco Face Off In Ecuador]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/110835/1/" /><id>110835</id><summary><![CDATA[Rain Forest Residents, Texaco Face Off In Ecuador]]></summary><issued>2009-04-30T18:06:03+01:00</issued><modified>2009-04-30T18:06:03+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A judge is preparing to render a decision in a long-running, multibillion-dollar lawsuit filed by residents of Ecuador's Amazonian rain forest against Texaco for fouling their land.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Costa Rica Leads 'Happy Planet Index']]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/126705/1/" /><id>126705</id><summary><![CDATA[Costa Rica Leads 'Happy Planet Index']]></summary><issued>2009-07-04T17:20:48+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-04T17:20:48+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Costa Rica tops the &quot;Happy Planet Index,&quot; a ranking of ecological efficiency among the world's nations, survey officials say. <br/> Of the 143 nations surveyed for the Happy Planet Index, the United States ranked 114.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Witnessing what Darwin could only dream of: live evolution]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/98995/1/" /><id>98995</id><summary><![CDATA[Witnessing what Darwin could only dream of: live evolution]]></summary><issued>2009-03-11T10:08:13+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-11T10:08:13+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[For the first time, scientists were able to demonstrate that the coevolutionary process is dependent on ecological conditions. Indeed, under certain conditions, the prey becomes resistant to the predator, which itself evolves so that it can attack this new prey.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Stop scattering ashes, families are told]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/90068/1/" /><id>90068</id><summary><![CDATA[Stop scattering ashes, families are told]]></summary><issued>2009-01-19T21:14:28+01:00</issued><modified>2009-01-19T21:14:28+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The number of cremations is soaring. Now the government is protecting beauty spots as relatives spread their loved ones' remains far and wide in numbers sufficient to cause ecological harm]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Exotic Chameleon Spends 2/3 of its Life as an Egg]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/68761/1/" /><id>68761</id><summary><![CDATA[Exotic Chameleon Spends 2/3 of its Life as an Egg]]></summary><issued>2008-07-14T23:41:52+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-14T23:41:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[It lives about 8-9 months as an embryo, and has a post-hatching lifespan of just 4-5 months. As far as the scientists know, this is unique among land vertebrates. It may help researchers better understand how ecological and hormonal factors influence evolution.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Psst. We'd like you to spy on your neighbor and report him for littering]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/74255/1/" /><id>74255</id><summary><![CDATA[Psst. We'd like you to spy on your neighbor and report him for littering]]></summary><issued>2008-08-30T12:06:28+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-30T12:06:28+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Some councils in England are recruiting volunteers to rat out their neighbors for littering, allowing their dogs to poop, failing to properly recycle. Etc. Ecological and economical or more Big Brother? Also neighbors spying and reporting on alleged crimes - nothing could go wrong there.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Don't Fancy Burial or Cremation - Try Resomation]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/56888/1/" /><id>56888</id><summary><![CDATA[Don't Fancy Burial or Cremation - Try Resomation]]></summary><issued>2008-04-03T15:14:22+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-03T15:14:22+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Resomation, a company based in Scotland, touts its process of breaking down the body through alkaline hydrolysis as &quot;the green ecological alternative to cremation and burial - without harmful mercury emissions.&quot;<br/><br/>This is how I want my body dealt with. Nice.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bananas Are Dangerous]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/94683/1/" /><id>94683</id><summary><![CDATA[Bananas Are Dangerous]]></summary><issued>2009-02-15T16:24:43+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-15T16:24:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Officials in the Ukrainian port of Odessa have held urgent talks to end the pollution threat posed by a ship carrying 3,000 tonnes of rotting bananas, which some say could explode.&quot;The ecological commission has received a letter from the port authority warning that if the methane concentration goes anywhere between 5-15% there could be an explosion.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Norwegian Prison Goes Green]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34552/1/" /><id>34552</id><summary><![CDATA[Norwegian Prison Goes Green]]></summary><issued>2007-09-05T05:20:43+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-05T05:20:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The world's first ecological prison gives its inmates the possibility to live in healthy environment and stay positive.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Naval test tank refines cleanups for oil spills]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/11586/1/" /><id>11586</id><summary><![CDATA[Naval test tank refines cleanups for oil spills]]></summary><issued>2007-02-25T12:42:19+01:00</issued><modified>2007-02-25T12:42:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Gallons of inky Alaskan crude oil poured into the shimmering green water, forming a dark cloud on the surface. Seconds later, a chemical was sprayed on the slick.<br/><br/>As 3-foot waves churned the chemical dispersant, the oil began dissolving, and a coffee-colored cloud began drifting below the breakers.<br/><br/>An ecological disaster averted? Not quite.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Local 'Batman' helps rid Georgia town of bats]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/4828/1/" /><id>4828</id><summary><![CDATA[Local 'Batman' helps rid Georgia town of bats]]></summary><issued>2006-10-31T10:58:13+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-31T10:58:13+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Millions of bats have swooped into the attics of historic mansions, and many carry the fatal rabies disease. They provide ecological benefits as well, but who wants those benefits in their personal attics?]]></content></entry></items></xml>