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In the Fight Against Invasive Lionfish, Florida Sponsors Fishing Derbies

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In the Fight Against Invasive Lionfish, Florida Sponsors Fishing Derbies

Russian Heatwave Worst in 1000 Years – Moscow’s Daily Death Rate Doubles From Smog & Heat

Smog from ongoing forest fires, plus temperatures 25°F higher than normal have engulfed Moscow for over a week. Alexandr Solo via flickr via flickr. When the heatwave/forest fire/drought in Russia started a few weeks ago things were bad enough, with Moscow engulfed in smog the likes of which it had never seen and drought stunting crops in the countryside. Well, things have only gotten worse since then–the

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Russian Heatwave Worst in 1000 Years – Moscow’s Daily Death Rate Doubles From Smog & Heat

Bottle Opener For Bikes Is Printed To Order

Designboom showed this silly little thing, a bottle opener that fastens to the rails on the underside of a bike saddle. Designed by Jonathan Sabine and Adam Pickard of Chromoly in Montreal, it is also an eye-opener when you hear the price, forty bucks. But another eye-opener is the way it is made and sold: 3D printed out of metal to order…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Obesity, Chemical Exposure Causing Some Girls to Hit Puberty at Age 7, Study Finds

Photo via WLS Channel An eye-opening study profiled in the New York Times reveals that some girls in the United States are hitting puberty at abnormally early ages — sometimes at 7 or 8 years old. There are a number of suspected causes for this potentially dangerous trend, chief among them childhood obesity and exposure to chemicals. This gives us yet another reason to e… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Invasive Lionfish Move into Virgin Islands National Park

Image credit: Serge Melki /Flickr Wild boar , kudzu, and cane toads are among the world’s most infamous invasive species—and they’re about to be joined by one more: the lionfish. Native to the Pacific, invasive lionfish in the Caribbean are wreaking havoc o… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Invasive Lionfish Move into Virgin Islands National Park