Damaged Coral Reef, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Whitehaven harbour during the January 2014 period of storm surge, high tides and storm force winds. The coastline took a battering, damaging the harbour wall and eroding a large section of coastal cliff.

Whitehaven harbour being completely overwhelmed by huge waves during the January 2014 period of storm surge, high tides and storm force winds. The coastline took a battering, damaging the harbour wall and eroding a large section of coastal cliff.

Whitehaven harbour during the January 2014 period of storm surge, high tides and storm force winds. The coastline took a battering, damaging the harbour wall and eroding a large section of coastal cliff.

Waves crashing off Parton near Whitehaven during the January 2014 period of storm surge, high tides and storm force winds. The coastline took a battering, damaging the harbour wall and eroding a large section of coastal cliff.

pollution: guillemot in oil slick. sands of forvie nnr, aberdeenshire, scotland

Brooks Camp employees trying to discourage two brown bear cubs (Ursus arctos) from damaging boats at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

The November 2009 floods eroded the banks of the River Derwent, downstream of Cockermouth, revealing and damaging this pipeline, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Firefighters at accident scene

Firefighters at accident scene

Farmer showing rough hands

Person wearing mask in smoke

Black insurance adjuster examining flooding damage to house

Black insurance adjuster examining flooding damage to house

Man throwing water from bucket in flooding laundry room

Sperm Whale plays with Plastic Waste, Physeter catodon, Azores, Atlantic Ocean, Portugal

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

Forest fire at night, Klamath Falls, Oregon, United States of America

This hard coral colony in the Pacific has begun to bleach, expelling its symbiotic zooxanthellae, consequences of global climate change and climate warming, Yap, Micronesia

Much of the north side of the island of Molokai in inaccessible. Trade winds blow onshore regularly bringing with them piles of plastic that has been floating around the Pacific Ocean for years and years, Molokai, Hawaii, United States of America

Cloudy Sky and Electricity Pylon, Germany, Munich, Bavaria

Sicklefin Mobula trapped by Rope, Mobula tarapacana, Azores, Princess Alice Bank, Atlantic Ocean, Portugal

Sicklefin Mobula trapped by Rope, Mobula tarapacana, Azores, Princess Alice Bank, Atlantic Ocean, Portugal