The Hubs, lottery-funded project originally National Centre for Popular Music, now Hallam University Students Union, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Port City, Colombo, Sri Lanka

View of intricate rail and road network crossing, Minato City, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan

Elevated view of traffic and tram on major street during daytime, Hondori, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, Honshu, Japan

Old mudbrick village under reconstruction with new neighborhoods in the background, in the Old town of AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia

Starry night octopus, Octopus luteus, foraging on coral reef at night, Malapascua, Cebu, Philippines, Visayan Sea.

In the Reindeer farm of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

In the Reindeer farm of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

In the Reindeer farm of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Traditional S?mi arts and crafts. Inside the home of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, and Reindeer farmer, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Tasty berries handmade cake. Inside the home of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, and Reindeer farmer, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Cup of tea and piece of berries handmade cake. Inside the home of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, and Reindeer farmer, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Traditional furry S?mi handmade shoes. Inside the home of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, and Reindeer farmer, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Traditional S?mi arts and crafts. Inside the home of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, and Reindeer farmer, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

In the Reindeer farm of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Traditional S?mi arts and crafts. Inside the home of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, and Reindeer farmer, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

In the Reindeer farm of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Traditional reindeer sledge. In the Reindeer farm of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Traditional S?mi arts and crafts. Inside the home of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, and Reindeer farmer, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Inside the home of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, and Reindeer farmer, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Bird feeder. In the Reindeer farm of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Old family picture. Inside the home of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, and Reindeer farmer, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Traditional S?mi arts and crafts. Inside the home of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, and Reindeer farmer, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Traditional S?mi arts and crafts. Inside the home of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, and Reindeer farmer, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Traditional S?mi arts and crafts. Inside the home of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, and Reindeer farmer, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Traditional S?mi arts and crafts. Inside the home of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, and Reindeer farmer, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Traditional furry S?mi handmade shoes. Inside the home of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, and Reindeer farmer, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

In the Reindeer farm of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Traditional S?mi arts and crafts. Inside the home of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, and Reindeer farmer, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Traditional S?mi arts and crafts. Inside the home of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, and Reindeer farmer, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

In the Reindeer farm of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

In the Reindeer farm of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Young woman feeds a reindeer in the Reindeer farm of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

In the Reindeer farm of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Traditional furry S?mi handmade shoes. Inside the home of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, and Reindeer farmer, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Aerial view, floodplains of the Lippe river, meandering Lippe river, river bends, renaturation, Life-Project of the state government of NRW, Hamm, Ruhrgebiet area, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany, Europe

Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. Tara with deployed plancton nets. On "station", the boat is drifting without engine or sails. Tara Oceans, a unique expedition: Tara Oceans is the very first attempt to make a global study of marine plankton, a form of sea life that includes organisms as small as viruses and bacterias, and as big as medusas. Our goal is to better understand planktonic ecosystems by exploring the countless species, learning about interactions among them and with their environment. Marine plankton is the only ecosystem that is almost continuous over the surface of the Earth. Studying plankton is like taking the pulse of our planet. Recently, scientists have discovered the great importance of plankton for the climate: populations of plankton are affected very rapidly by variations in climate. But in turn they can influence the climate by modifying the absorption of carbon. In a context of rapid physico-chemical changes, for example the acidification observed today in the world's oceans, it is urgent to understand and predict the evolution of these particular ecosystems. Finally, plankton is an astonishing way of going back in time ? a prime source of fossils. Over the eons, plankton has created several hundred meters of sediment on the ocean floors. This allows us to go back in time, to the first oceans on Earth, and better understand the history of our biosphere. More than 12 fields of research are involved in the project, which will bring together an international team of oceanographers, ecologists, biologists, geneticists, and physicists from prestigious laboratories headed by Eric Karsenti of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Galapagos