<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Scientists discover new reefs teeming with marine life in Brazil : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/</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>Scientists discover new reefs teeming with marine life in Brazil : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/science/</link></image><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>science</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;margin-bottom:-20px'><SCRIPT src="/ads/adsense.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>
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