<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>VIMS News</title><link>http://www.vims.edu/rss/news.xml</link><description>VIMS News RSS</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:42:13 -0400</pubDate><generator>Cascade Server</generator><webMaster>web@wm.edu</webMaster><item><title>Study reveals threat to tidal wetlands</title><link>http://www.vims.edu/newsandevents/topstories/wetland_threat.php</link><description>Study shows that continuation of current shoreline-protection strategies will cause more than half of East Coast tidal wetlands to drown beneath rising seas during the coming century.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>VA waters produce average crop of young striped bass in 2009</title><link>http://www.vims.edu/newsandevents/topstories/striped_bass_2009_survey.php</link><description>VIMS' annual survey suggests that an average number of young-of-the-year striped bass will enter the adult population in 2010. That's good news for the anglers who pursue this popular game fish.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>VIMS assists in oil-spill drill</title><link>http://www.vims.edu/newsandevents/topstories/oil_spill_drill.php</link><description>Oil-spill exercise on the York River helps emergency-management teams better coordinate their responses to such an event.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>MA project may jumpstart market for offshore wind energy </title><link>http://www.vims.edu/newsandevents/topstories/natale_wind.php</link><description>VIMS alum Charles Natale says pending approval of the "Cape Wind" project in Massachusetts is likely to jumpstart development of other wind farms in the nation's coastal waters, including those off Virginia.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Vogelbein investigates Bermudian fish kill</title><link>http://www.vims.edu/newsandevents/topstories/bermudian_fish_kill.php</link><description>VIMS professor Wolfgang Vogelbein provides expertise to the Bermudian government concerning a recent reef-fish die-off.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>VIMS researchers use contaminants to reveal origin of Atlantic tuna</title><link>http://www.vims.edu/newsandevents/topstories/est_tuna_redirect.php</link><description>Professor Rebecca Dickhut and colleagues use chemical contaminants to reveal the birthplace of bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>VIMS shark researchers featured on CNN</title><link>http://www.vims.edu/newsandevents/topstories/shark_cnn_video.php</link><description>CNN reports on the VIMS Shark Survey, the longest-running study of shark populations in the world</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>NOAA's Aquaculture Director to keynote Aquaculture Conference </title><link>http://www.vims.edu/newsandevents/topstories/aquaculture_conference.php</link><description>Aquaculture experts will present at this year's Virginia Aquaculture Conference on November 13 and 14 in Williamsburg, VA.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>VIMS tags and releases green sea turtle</title><link>http://www.vims.edu/newsandevents/topstories/green_sea_turtle_release.php</link><description>The presence of this tropical species is unusual for this time of year and this far north in the Bay.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Algae initiative aims to produce fuel while helping the environment</title><link>http://www.vims.edu/newsandevents/topstories/algal_biofuels.php</link><description>The College of William and Mary and VIMS have formed a collaborative research initiative to explore biofuel production using algae growing naturally in Chesapeake Bay.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>VIMS News</title><link>http://www.vims.edu/rss/news.php</link><description>VIMS News RSS</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:42:13 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>