The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2007

In the summer of 2007, the Arctic melted to a record extent. It then refroze at a record pace in late October and November. The top image shows the ice in mid-November 2007 after refreezing; the bottom in mid-September, at its record low.

Photo: NASA Earth Observatory

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The Daily Green launched its Beta site on Earth Day, and the site you see today on Nov. 5. Since then, we've seen some of the biggest environmental news in decades, from California to Bangladesh to Bali and back. But what were the most popular stories with the audience on The Daily Green? You may be surprised:

1. Greener Gobblers: Ordering and Preparing Farm-Fresh Heritage Turkey

   Thanksgiving saw legions of cooks look for the best ways to eat a sustainable and, importantly, delicious, holiday meal. It's a testament to the groundswell of interest in environmentally conscious eating, what we call New Green Cuisine.

2. Going Green: Five Things Anyone Can Do Today

   Again showing that the green movement wants to take action, these five simple steps were tremendously popular. For daily tips, see One Easy Thing.

3. The Dirty Dozen: Top 12 Foods to Eat Organic

   You want to eat healthy and eat green. This simple guide helps you spend your food dollars wisely.

4. Safe Toy Watch

   Our ongoing special report about the spate of toxic toy recalls, and how you can buy toys Made in the USA to hedge your bets against lead paint, proved enduringly popular. Unfortunately, we may see more of this in the new year, given the depth of problems exposed both here and abroad.

5. How to Choose the Greenest Christmas Tree

   The holidays can highlight our tendencies to over-consume, or our ability to go green.

6. Arctic Sea Ice Re-Freezing at a Record Rate

   Undoubtedly one of the biggest environmental news stories of the year was the unprecedented melting of ice witnessed this summer in the Arctic, where so much sea ice melted that the fabled Northwest Passage was briefly navigable. Following that historic melt, the ice returned at a record pace, though the extent of regrowth still lagged behind that seen in average years, and scientists fear we'll see more melting in years to come.

7. Glass Wall of Death Surround California Suburb

   File this one under "What Were They Thinking?" Building a glass wall around a community to keep wildlife out proved to be a really, really bad idea for birds.

8. Shopping for Organics: Five Ways to Save

   How to eat green on a budget. No surprise why this one was popular.

9. The California Wildfires

   The destructive wildfires that swept through Southern California capped a U.S. record fire season, highlighting links to global warming, weird weather, suburban sprawl and our failures at managing fire risk.

10. Breakthrough on World's Most Efficient LEDs

    When a company announced it had found an innovation that will reduce the cost of light-emitting diodes, the next generation light bulb, we took notice. And so did you.

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