Monument to Victims of Communism between 1948 to 1989 (2002, Olbram Zoubek), Petrin Park, Mala Strana suburb, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Drystone wall in disrepair on edge of woodland in Swinbrook in the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Traditional Basque architecture in the Biskaia Basque region of Northern Spain

After a week of high tides, storm surges and storm force winds, the sea front promenade of Aberystwyth in Wales has been devastated, with millions of £'s of damage. The crsahing waves punched a large hole in the sea wall and has collapsed Aberystwyth's iconic, Victorian promenade shelter, which has stood for over 100 years. This picture was taken on Wednesday 8th January, 2014, the day the council started to try and clear the thousands of tonnes of beach rubble off the sea front road.

After a week of high tides, storm surges and storm force winds, the sea front promenade of Aberystwyth in Wales has been devastated, with millions of £'s of damage. The crsahing waves punched a large hole in the sea wall and has collapsed Aberystwyth's iconic, Victorian promenade shelter, which has stood for over 100 years. This picture was taken on Wednesday 8th January, 2014, the day the council started to try and clear the thousands of tonnes of beach rubble off the sea front road.

Repairing damage caused to the coastal sea defences in Blakeney, Norfolk by the December 2013 storm surge.

Person wearing mask in smoke

Air pollution in an industrial plant. Spain, Europe

Air pollution in an industrial plant. Spain, Europe

Air pollution in an industrial plant. Spain, Europe

Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant, steam coming out of the cooling towers against a dark sky, Grafenrheinfeld, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, Westfalen RWE power plant, RWE Power coal-fired power station, next to the former THTR nuclear power plant, Hamm, Ruhr district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Coking plant, steel plant by the Rhine, furnaces Schwelgern 1 and 2, cooling tower of coal power plant Duisburg Walsum behind, ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe, Hamborn, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Frimmersdorf Power Station, Neurath Power Station, BoA 2 and 3, Niederaussem Power Station, Frimmersdorf Power Station, RWE Power, lignite power plant, Grevenbroich, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Kraftwerk Voerde coal power plant on the Rhine, emissions, smoke, smokestacks, cooling tower, Voerde, Ruhr district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Kraftwerk Voerde coal power plant on the Rhine, emissions, smoke, smokestacks, cooling tower, Voerde, Ruhr district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Environmental damage caused by storms and forest fires in 2005, High Tatras, Slovakia, Europe

Environmental damage caused by storms and forest fires in 2005, High Tatras, Slovakia, Europe

Fungus on a dead spruce infested by bark beetles on Mt Lusen in the Bavarian Forest National Park near Spiegelau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Emschermündung, River Emscher and Rhine, coal power plant, Dinslaken, Ruhr district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Neurath lignite power plant, behind Niederau üem power plant, RWE Power energy company, vapor cloud, plume, emission, Grevenbroich, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Coal power plant Scholven, E.ON Kraftwerke, cooling towers, chimneys, smoke, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Coal power plant Scholven, E.ON Kraftwerke, cooling towers, chimneys, smoke, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Neurath lignite power plant, RWE Power energy company, vapor cloud, plume, emission, Grevenbroich, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Pine trees killed by an outbreak of mountain pine beetles which killed millions of acres of pine trees in the American west; scientists expect the problem to worsen due to global warming, because very cold weather is needed to kill the beetles, Grand Lake

Neurath lignite power plant, RWE Power energy company, vapor cloud, plume, emission, Grevenbroich, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, Kraftwerk Westfalen power plant, RWE Power, coal power plant, former nuclear power plant THTR Hamm-Uentrop, Welver, Ruhr district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Forest damage in the coniferous forest on Mt. Grosser Arber, Naturpark Bayerischer Wald nature park, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, coal power plants on the Rhine, Lower Rhine, floodplains, Rhine bend at Beeckerwerth, Duisburg, Ruhr district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Coal plant Kraftwerk Duisburg-Walsum in front of the Rhine, backlit, cloud of smoke, emissions, Ruhr district, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, Niederaussem Bergheim RWE power plant, RWE Energy, coal power plant, fossil energies, smoking chimneys, emissions, cooling towers, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Neurath lignite power plant, RWE Power energy company, vapor cloud, plume, emission, Grevenbroich, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Jänschwalde open pit, behind the Jänschwalde lignite power plant, Jänschwalde, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, Niederaussem Bergheim RWE power plant, RWE Energy, coal power plant, fossil energies, smoking chimneys, emissions, cooling towers, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Telecommunications tower Colonius, behind RWE coal-fired power plant Niederaußem, Bergheim, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, low clouds, Gersteinwerk of RWE Power, coal-fired power plant, temperature inversion, Bockum-Hövel, Hamm, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Neurath Power Station BoA and 2u3 Neurath Power Station, Niederaussem Power Station behind, RWE Power, lignite power plant, Grevenbroich, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Kölnturm tower in the Mediapark, Neurath coal-fired power plant of RWE at the back, Grevenbroich, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Westfalen coal-fired power plant of RWE Power in the sunrise, Hamm, Ruhr district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Power plant blocks F and G, brown coal power plant Neurath, RWE Power AG, Grevenbroich-Neurath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Blurred lights from moving traffic

STEAG Evonik Walsum coal-fired power plant, Duisburg, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

E.ON Scholven Power Station, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Forest fire trees smoke Jagat Annapurna Region Nepal

Dead spruce (Picea abies), Mt. Feldberg, Black Forest, Black Forest, Landkreis Hochschwarzwald county, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Blurred lights from moving traffic

Frimmersdorf Power Station, RWE Power, lignite power plant, Grevenbroich, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Storm damage in a forest near Duesterohl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Fresh vivid colored strawberry and broken chocolate bar over black background

Dead spruce (Picea abies), Mt. Feldberg, Black Forest, Black Forest, Landkreis Hochschwarzwald county, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Clouds of steam, cooling towers of Grafenrheinfeld Nuclear Power Plant near Schweinfurt, Lower Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe, PublicGround, Europe

Storm damage in a forest near Duesterohl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Dead spruce (Picea abies), Mt. Feldberg, Black Forest, Black Forest, Landkreis Hochschwarzwald county, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Dead spruce (Picea abies), Mt. Feldberg, Black Forest, Black Forest, Landkreis Hochschwarzwald county, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Dead spruce (Picea abies), Mt. Feldberg, Black Forest, Black Forest, Landkreis Hochschwarzwald county, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Fallen tree on a house, Washington DC, USA

Kettle River Recreation Area bursting with wildflowers after a fire destroyed much of the forest in a fire, British Columbia, Canada

Flames leap high as a wildfire caused by lightning spreads into the night along a ridge line, Malad River, Idaho, United States of America

Flames leap high as a wildfire caused by lightning spreads into the night along a ridge line, Malad River, Idaho, United States of America

Shipwreck In Jordan Harbour, Ontario, Canada

A Weathered Boat And Fishing Equipment Sitting On The Shore With Lindisfarne Castle In The Distance, Lindisfarne, Northumberland, England

A Weathered Boat Sitting On The Shore With Lindisfarne Castle In The Distance, Lindisfarne, Northumberland, England

Damage to a Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) caused by the California Oak Moth (Phryganidia californica), the most important oak-feeding caterpillar throughout its range, which extends along the coast and through the coastal mountains of California. The caterpillars can strip a tree of all leaves but the Coast Live Oak trees usually recover in subsequent years.

Red cabbage damaged by molluscs, in winter.

Woman holding a garlic bulb affected by garlic mould (Penicillium allii)

Application of Bordeaux mixture with a paintbrush on a young cherry tree with European canker.

Rosa 'Zephirine Drouhin' Obtenteur : Bizot 1868