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Welcome to MNN's daily newsletter for Friday, Sept. 21. For breaking environmental news throughout the day, visit us online at www.mnn.com.

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Sponsored: Infographic tells the story of U.S. hand hygiene practices (Georgia-Pacific)

  

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Double your pleasure: A group of Turkish students unveil Washit, an award-winning, water-conserving design concept that pairs a shower stall with an integrated washing machine. 



When planning their crops, millions of gardeners turn to The Old Farmer's Alamnac - in print, online and on mobile apps.

 

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Pitchforks? Water skis? When all else fails, these extreme fishermen go medieval on a tenacious invasive species.

 

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Austria's Pasterze Glacier is quickly disappearing, but thanks to this giant, super-zoomable photo, at least you can see it up close before it's gone.

 

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Ozone hole

Sept. 21, 1938: 
The New England Hurricane slams into Long Island, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, killing 600 people. An estimated 12-foot storm surge floods downtown Providence.

Sept. 21, 1918:
John Gofman, a physicist who sounded some of the earliest warnings about the danger of radiation, is born in Cleveland, Ohio.

Sept. 21, 2006:
From this day till Sept. 30, 2006 - the end of the Antarctic Winter - saw the largest ozone hole ever, covering 10.6 million square miles, according to NASA and NOAA scientists.

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