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Green Glossary: Crab Invasion By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 13 2008 Notch another one up for global warming: though once limited by the Antarctic Ocean's frigid waters, rising sea temperatures in the region have made it possible for a wave of new species—crabs and other fast-moving predators—to make a return. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Kelp Forests By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 10 2008 Kelps are "large brown seaweeds or algae (Class Phaeophyceae) which belong to the Order Laminariales." Kelp forests, as defined by the folks at Kelp Watch, "occur in cold, nutrient-rich waters and are among the most beautiful and biologically productive habitats in the marine environment." Kelp forests provide a home for a wide array of marine animals. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Jellyfish By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 10 2008 Despite the name, a jellyfish is not actually a fish, but a cnidarian, a spineless, soft-bodied animal. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Coral Reefs By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 9 2008 Coral reefs are aragonite structures produced by living organisms, found in marine waters with little to no nutrients in the water (too many nutrients would damage the reef). + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Whaling By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 8 2008 Stand one upright and it could reach the height of a 10-story building. Its heart is bigger than you hybrid compact. You and 49 of your closest friends could stand comfortably on its tongue. Of course, we're talking about whales. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Shark Finning By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 7 2008 This practice, involving catching sharks, cutting off their fins while they are alive, and tossing the maimed fish back into the ocean (often still alive). Why? + READ MORE

Gregory Schaefer Says: Olalliberries By Team Planet Green IN G Word Oct 6 2008 Hello there! Gregory from G Word's "Ultimate Eco Cook Off" here with some thoughts on the organic and luscious OLALLIEBERRY! Oh me, oh my, oh, Olalliberries. Odd name, odd little berry, odd shoot. The night before we did the... + READ MORE

Roadie Blog, Week 8, Heal the Bay By Team Planet Green IN Battleground Earth Sep 25 2008 Earlier this morning, while driving along the coast, we got a text message telling us to where to report for our next adventure. Thanks to our savvy bus driver, who knows the coasts of California like the back of... + READ MORE

Take an Eco-Trip to Florida By Sara Novak IN Travel & Outdoors Sep 25 2008 Florida has so much to offer. Even the beaches have a ton of diversity. The beaches on the Atlantic side are totally different from those found on the Gulf side. With fabulous weather year round in most parts of the state, a trip to Florida means spending a lot of time outdoors. Show your family all the stunning natural beauty that Florida has to offer just by stepping outside. + READ MORE

Battleground Earth Episode: Heal the Bay By Team Planet Green IN Battleground Earth Sep 24 2008 Tommy Lee and Ludacris head to the Long Beach Aquarium where they are given a quiz about ocean animals. The teams are guided through the aquarium by school children as they search for the answers in the various exhibits.... + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Greenpeace By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Sep 23 2008 Founded in 1971 but still in the news today, Greenpeace is perhaps the best-known environmental group on Earth. Their mission statement says it all. + READ MORE

Stuff Happens Video: The Most Dangerous Drink in the Rainforest By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Sep 16 2008 What is the most dangerous drink in the rainforest? The first thing that comes to mind may be murky river water. Or maybe you think of acid rain. The answer is neither of these things. Believe it or not, the most dangerous drink is coffee. + READ MORE

Support Wind Farms While Protecting Bats By Brian Merchant IN Tech & Transport Sep 12 2008 It's recently been proposed that while wind farms aren't overly dangerous to birds, they may be killing bats. The problem, while still being studied, seems to occur because of the lower pressure created by wind farms. According to the Scientific American, "If bats have a lungful of air as they fly through the air-pressure change, there's nowhere for the air to go. The small blood vessels around the lungs burst and fill the lungs with fluid and blood." + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Great Pacific Garbage Patch By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Sep 11 2008 Sure, you've heard of the Cabbage Patch, but what in the world in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Well, it just happens to be the planet's largest landfill...and it's floating in the North Pacific Ocean (to be exact roughly in an area between 135° to 155°W and 35° to 42°N). Thanks to swirling ocean currents, much of the world's trash has accumulated into this part of the Pacific Ocean. How much trash? According to HowStuffWorks.com, every square mile of ocean hosts 46,000 pieces of floating plastic and plastic constitutes 90 percent of all trash floating in the world's oceans. + READ MORE

Try a New Green Activity: Go Bird Watching By Brian Merchant IN Travel & Outdoors Sep 11 2008 Though to the uninitiated it can seem like a charmingly simple pastime for eccentric, aging men, bird watching is actually a thriving hobby practiced by nature lovers of all ages. The sport has maintained popularity, even as popular bird watching habitats decline due to growing suburbs and industrialized agriculture. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Rainforest By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Sep 10 2008 What makes a forest a rainforest? Well, uh, rain. You need a minimum normal annual rainfall between 68-78 inches to qualify. Across the globe, rainforests—tropical or temperate—are where two-thirds of all the living animal and plant species on Earth call home. No one knows how many more species of plants, insects and microorganisms remain undiscovered but estimates run into the hundreds of millions. + READ MORE

Help Save the Polar Bears without Leaving Home By Brian Merchant IN Travel & Outdoors Sep 10 2008 Polar bears are some of the most fascinating, inspiring creatures in the North American wilderness. And as you probably know, they're an endangered species (though there's recently been some dubious political debate about this). And despite scientific efforts to help protect the polar bears, those arctic animals need all the aid they can get. + READ MORE

David Says: Re-Imagine The Wasteland: Freshkills Landfill--Beacon On The Hill By Team Planet Green IN G Word Sep 10 2008 Bear with me, folks, this one has a happy ending... For me, nothing manifests our culture's excesses and shortsightedness better than waste-landfills. Drive past one and suddenly the all the flaws of a throwaway culture become pungently apparent. As... + READ MORE

Stay Warm in Patagonia's Recyclable Gear, Get Crafty with Sara Snow and Become a Fructivist By Jessica Root IN Fashion & Beauty Sep 2 2008 Need some new winter-weather duds? Try Patagonia's Shelter Stone collection. Get crafty with help from Sara Snow. Find out what a "fructivist" is, and then become one yourself! All this and more, today on TreeHugger! + READ MORE

Reduce Your Lap Dog's Footprint By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Sep 2 2008 Contrary to their name, lap dogs don't solely belong on your lap. Even though they're small... and cute... they need exercise just like all other animals. Far too often, I notice overweight 'lap' dogs in public. + READ MORE