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Catholic Basilica, Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, ruined by earthquakes, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Catholic Basilica, Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, ruined by earthquakes, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Ruined buildings following earthquakes, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

San Pedro de la Roca Castle, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

A slightly bleached staghorn coral colony grows in shallow water in the Solomon Islands. This Melanesian region is known for its spectacular marine biodiversity.

A discarded plastic bag drifts underwater amid the remote, tropical islands of Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Plastics break into tiny pieces that eventually enter the food web.

A bleached magnificent sea anemone is found on a reef off the coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Bleaching is usually associated with higher than normal sea temperatures.

View over the polluted waters of the holy Bagmati River in front of typical Nepalese houses, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Wild fire damage, Spetses, Saronic Islands, Attica Region, Aegean Coast, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Traffic congestion of cars and lorries travelling in both directions on M25 motorway, London, United Kingdom

Leaves fallen from a willow tree form an abstract pattern in a polluted river, England, United Kingdom

Two men unloading sacks of produce from a small boat in Sittwe harbour, wading through polluted water full of plastic rubbish, Sittwe, Rakhine, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

'Iron Blow', the famous Mount Lyell mine where gold and copper was discovered in 1883, starting the mining boom and subsequent environmental damage here, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

Snow covering the ash and mud slides at Whalers Bay inside of the caldera at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Young California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) which has become entangled in a gill net on Los Islotes, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico

Adult female California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) at Los Islotes just outside of La Paz, Baja California Sur in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico

Adult female California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) which has become entangled in a gill net on Los Islotes, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico

A tagged Blue marlin gasps for air. The Marlin has damaged skin and eyes from being tagged and released a few too many times. Vava'u Tonga in the South Pacific

Snow covering the old barrel staves at Whalers Bay inside of the caldera at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Adult female California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) which has become entangled in a gill net on Los Islotes, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico

Young California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) which has become entangled in a gill net on Los Islotes, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico

California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) at Los Islotes (the islets) just outside of La Paz, Baja California Sur in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Abandoned water boat at Whalers Bay inside of the caldera at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Snow covering the ash and mud slides at Whalers Bay inside of the caldera at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Volunteer Feeding a Rescued Koala Bear at the Koala Bear Sanctuary, Port Macquarie, Gold Coast of Australia

The only source of income, eggs from the Megapode bird. One egg costs 2 Kina, about 50 Eurocents, at the market. Tavurvur Volcano, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Pacific

Bucket-wheel excavator, lignite mining, Garzweiler, near Jüchen, Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Bucket-wheel excavators, Garzweiler lignite mining, near Jüchen, Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Fire extinction, firefighting aircraft Canadair CL 415, French Sécurité Civile, dropping seawater, large-scale forest fire in Castellar, Maritime Alps

Fire extinction, firefighting aircraft Canadair CL 415, French Sécurité Civile, dropping seawater, large-scale forest fire in Castellar, Maritime Alps

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

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

Fire extinction with firefighting aircraft Dash 8 Q400 MR, French Sécurité Civile, large-scale forest fire in Castellar, Maritime Alps, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, 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

Fire extinction, firefighting aircraft Dash 8 Q400 MR, French Sécurité Civile, dropping extinguishing agent, large-scale forest fire in Castellar, Maritime Alps, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, 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

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

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

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

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

Natural gas is flared off as oil is pumped in the Bakken shale formation; the gas is burned because no pipelines have been built to transport it to market, Watford City, North Dakota, United States, North America

Natural gas is flared off as oil is pumped in the Bakken shale formation; the gas is burned because no pipelines have been built to transport it to market, Watford City, North Dakota, United States, North America

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

Construction of the southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline, environmentalists have opposed the pipeline because it will transport dirty tar sands oil from Alberta, contributing to global warming and raising the risk of pollution from pipeline leaks,