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African elephant flapping its ears.

Laurence Smith (University of California, Los Angeles) deploys an autonomous drift boat equipped with several sensors in a meltwater river on the Greenland ice sheet.

Shell's Polar Pioneer in Elliott Bay as it exits the Port of Seattle on June 15, 2015.

Two Pacific Northwest companies have settled with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency after failing to report the release of extremely hazardous substances to federal, state, and local agencies in violation of federal laws designed to protect communities and first responders.

Wastewater discharged into the Snake River, the J8 canal and other waters will be cleaner as a result of a recent settlement between the City of Jerome, Idaho and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The City has agreed to upgrade its wastewater treatment plant to ensure the facility has the capacity to handle future discharges.

Jose Chi unloads Chinook salmon from fishing boats in Ft. Bragg, CA.

Southern California Edison solar technicians install photovoltaic panels on rooftops in Fontana, California.

Under the terms of a Consent Decree lodged Wednesday in federal court to address noncompliance with the Clean Water Act, the City of Bangor, Maine, will take action to prevent sewer overflows and contaminated stormwater from entering the Penobscot River and Kenduskeag Stream.

Chin State, remote and mountainous and one of the poorest regions in Myanmar, was among the hardest-hit by floods.