The beach at Candidasa, popular east coast resort which has lost a lot of sand to erosion, Bali, Indonesia, Asia

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull departs after lost battle, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Message in a bottle on a tropical beach, Kuramathi Island, Ari Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

Lost Fishing Net covers Coral Reef, Indo Pacific, Indonesia

Memorial statue to all those lost at sea, Montauk Point Lighthouse, Montauk, Long Island, New York State, United States of America, North America

Lost Fishing Net covers Coral Reef, Indo Pacific, Indonesia

Starfish regenerate lost arms, Asteroidea, Triton Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

Lost fishing net floats in the sea, Moorea, French Polynesia

Lost Fishing Net covers Coral Reef, Indo Pacific, Indonesia

RAF Bomber Command Memorial, erected in 2012 to commemorate the 110000 World War II aircrew of Bomber Command of whom 55573 lost their lives, Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

RAF Bomber Command Memorial, erected in 2012 to commemorate the 110000 World War II aircrew of Bomber Command of whom 55573 lost their lives, Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

RAF Bomber Command Memorial, erected in 2012 to commemorate the 110000 World War II aircrew of Bomber Command of whom 55573 lost their lives, Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sunfish (Mola mola), trapped in lost fishing net, Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Sunfish (Mola mola), trapped in lost fishing net, Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Lost fishing net on reef, Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Rockfish (Scorpaena scrofa), trapped in lost fishing net, Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) recovers after having lost its shell to illegal poachers, Center for sea turtle protection, TAMAR project, Arembepe, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Houses that have already lost gardens to the sea on one of the most rapidly eroding coastlines in the British Isles, Happisburgh, North Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A statue of a young fisherman by local artist Tom Leaper in Newlyn, a memorial to fishermen lost at sea, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), eggs being washed away after unprecedented rainfall, Cuverville Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean.

A statue of a young fisherman by local artist Tom Leaper in Newlyn, a memorial to fishermen lost at sea, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A statue of a young fisherman by local artist Tom Leaper in Newlyn, a memorial to fishermen lost at sea, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Caucasian woman laying on beach in waves

Monument to the Lost Seamen, Zmiinyi Island, Snake Island, Black Sea, Odessa, Ukraine, Eastern Europe

Memorial for the ones lost at sea, Katwijk aan Zee, South Holland, Holland, The Netherlands

Grave of the famous lost Franklin Expedition, Northwest Passage, Beechey Island, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada, Arctic

Fitting of an artificial limb for a young woman who lost her leg in an earthquake, emergency relief programme of a relief organisation following the January 2010 earthquake, Leogane, Haiti, Caribbean, Central America

Cross in front of sunset over icebergs Paarnakajiit Sermilik Fjord Eastgreenland

Grave of the famous lost Franklin Expedition, Northwest Passage, Beechey Island, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada, Arctic

Murielle Ribot enjoys her ice cream while boyfriend Olivier Alluis look at a map during a sea kayak visit of the canals of Venice, Italy on June 15, 2004.

Tranquil seascape with lone lighthouse and pier at dusk, Camogli, Liguria, Italy

Empty Boat Floating In The North Sea, Sunderland, Tyne And Wear, England, Europe

Message in bottle washing up on shore

Message in a bottle on beach

Couple looking at map on car hood at beach

USA, Massachusetts, Clouds over Atlantic Ocean

Ocean

USA, Massachusetts, Clouds over Atlantic Ocean

USA, Massachusetts, seascape

USA, New York State, New York City, Battery Park, Monument to Soldiers and Sailors lost at Sea in WWII, USA, New York City

Landscape of Svalbard in Norway, also known as Spitsbergen. This territory stretches from latitude 75 to 80 degrees to the pack ice a few hundred kilometers from the North Pole. Melting ice, early global warming. Baie de la Madeleine here, a coastal landscape rising to 80 degrees latitude, where blocks of ice and small icebergs detached from glaciers drift on the water. Old steam train in front of Ny-Alesund weather station

A floating, abandoned net in the ocean, Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean.