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Wooden groyne coastal defenses at Porlock Beach, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. Europe

Wooden groyne sea defenses on Bossington Beach at sunset, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Weathered wooden coastal defenses on Bossington Beach, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

St. David's Battery, UNESCO, four guns installed 1910 by British to defend deep water channel leading to Royal Navy Dockyard and Hamilton, Bermuda

Old canon aimed in the direction of Cerro Santa Lucia Park and modern high-rises, Santiago de Chile, Chile, South America

Typical Albanian bunkers in the Vjoses valley, Aoos, with the Nemercke Mountain Range, Albania, Europe

Burg Reichenstein castle, Trechtingshausen, UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Middle Rhine Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) on Meadow cranesbill (Geranium) (Geranium pratense) Hesse, Germany, Europe

Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) on Meadow cranesbill (Geranium) (Geranium pratense) Hesse, Germany, Europe

Symbolic image, migration, defence against refugees wanting to enter the EU, barbed wire overarches the stars of the EU flag against a blue sky, border, border fence

Mexican Burrowing Toad (Rhinophrynus dorsalis), adult bloated as defense, Starr County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA

Mexican Burrowing Toad (Rhinophrynus dorsalis), adult bloated as defense, Starr County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA

Smashed concrete sea defenses at Ulrome near Skipsea on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. The sea has eroded past the barriers and left them stranded further down the beach. The coast is composed of soft boulder clays, very vulnerable to coastal erosion. This section of coast has been eroding since Roman times, with many villages having disappeared into the sea, and is the fastest eroding coast in Europe. Climate change is speeding up the erosion, with sea level rise, increased stormy weather and increased heavy rainfall events, all playing their part.

Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) standing on rocks lowering head and looking at camera in the Etosh National Park; Otavi, Oshikoto, Namibia

England, West Sussex; Bognor Regis, Wooden groynes at low tide used as sea defences against erosion of the shingle pebble beach seen through metal railings with colourful flags on the pier.

England, Hampshire, Milford on Sea, Second world war defences at Hurst Castle to defend the strategically important Solent.

England, Hampshire, Milford on Sea, Second world war defences at Hurst Castle to defend the strategically important Solent.

Castillo El Morro, built between 1589 and 1630 to protect Havana's harbor, lighthouse was built in 1845 seen from the Malecon, Habana Vieja, Havana, Cuba

Sentinel, Andy Goldsworthy, 1999, Col du Defens, Alpes de haute Provence, France "The work Sentinels, which is part of the Refuge d'art project, is a journey through the Dignois region, at the foot of the Southern Alps. Such a project associates art, nature and the territory. The three Sentinels are stone cairns, one for each of the three valleys of the Haute-Provence Geological Reserve.