Mountain peaks landscape at Coll de Rates, looking east, Tarbena, Marina Alta, Alicante province, Spain, Europe

Mountain peaks landscape from Coll de Rates, looking west, Tarbena, Marina Alta, Alicante province, Spain, Europe

Portrait of Tuta by the Omo River, Dassanech Tribe, Rate Village, Omorate, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Portrait of Abua by the Omo River, Dassanech Tribe, Rate Village, Omorate, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Betel nut, reported to be anti-parasitic, laxative and to promote urination, also proven to be a stimulant as it increases heart rate and blood pressure, India, Asia

The Remains of the Godwin battery on the beach at Kilnsea at the head of Spurn point on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. Initially constructed during the First World War, the Godwin Battery was added to during the Second World War. It comprised of gun emplacements, search light, barracks, officers’ mess, and a hospital. This section of coastline is the fastest eroding coastline in Europe. The soft boulder clay cliffs are easily eroded and have been eroding since Roman Times, but recently the climate change impacts of increased stormy weather, increased heavy rainfall events and sea level rise have accelerated the rate of erosion. The average rate of attrition is 1.5metres per year, last year it was 5 metres.

The Remains of the Godwin battery on the beach at Kilnsea at the head of Spurn point on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. Initially constructed during the First World War, the Godwin Battery was added to during the Second World War. It comprised of gun emplacements, search light, barracks, officers’ mess, and a hospital. This section of coastline is the fastest eroding coastline in Europe. The soft boulder clay cliffs are easily eroded and have been eroding since Roman Times, but recently the climate change impacts of increased stormy weather, increased heavy rainfall events and sea level rise have accelerated the rate of erosion. The average rate of attrition is 1.5metres per year, last year it was 5 metres.

A glacier at Recherchefjorden on Western Svalbard with moraine showing the massive rate of retreat in the last 100 years.. All of Svalbards glaciers are retreating, even in the north of the archiapelago despite only being around 600 miles from the North Pole.

Namibia child at bernard nordkamp (youth) center, katatura, a black township of windhoek, dating from apartheid. country very high rates, mural behind depicts struggle against aids

Namibia child at bernard nordkamp (youth) center, katatura, a black township of windhoek, dating from apartheid. country very high rates, mural behind depicts struggle against aids

Namibia child at bernard nordkamp (youth) center, katatura, a black township of windhoek, dating from apartheid. country very high rates, mural behind depicts struggle against aids

Namibia child at bernard nordkamp (youth) center, katatura, a black township of windhoek, dating from apartheid. country very high rates, mural behind depicts struggle against aids

Lateral moraine showing the rate of retreat of the Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta, Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America

Lateral moraine showing the rate of retreat of the Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta, Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America

Melt water on the Greenland ice sheet which is melting at an unprecedented rate due to human-induced climate change, near Camp Victor north of Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions

Photovoltaic solar tracker at a solar farm near Antissa, Lesbos (Lesvos), Greece. MORE INFO: Solar trackers automatically rotate and tilt photovoltaic panels to follow the sun throught the day, maximising sunlight absorpton rates. Several of these Solar farms have been built on Lesbos since 2010.

Solar farm with four Photovoltaic solar trackers, near Antissa, Lesbos (Lesvos), Greece. MORE INFO: Solar trackers automatically rotate and tilt photovoltaic panels to follow the sun throught the day, maximising sunlight absorpton rates. Several of these Solar farms have been built on Lesbos since 2010.

Views of Mendenhall Glacier just outside Juneau, southeast Alaska, USA. This glacier is receeding at an alarming rate, probably due to climate change.

Shop sales advertising the new lower VAT rate on Oxford Street during the 2008 credit crunch, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Views of Mendenhall Glacier just outside Juneau, southeast Alaska, USA. This glacier is receeding at an alarming rate, probably due to climate change.

Views of Mendenhall Glacier just outside Juneau, southeast Alaska, USA. This glacier is receeding at an alarming rate, probably due to climate change.

Meltwater runoff from glaciers in Tracy Arm, Southeast Alaska, USA. The Sawyer glaciers are retreating at an alarming rate in Tracy Arm - possibly due to global warming.

Taken with 90mm Stowaway AP Refractor, with Borg .85x compressor/flattener for f/5.6. With Canon 20Da camera at ISO 400 for 13 second exposure. on Skywatcher HEQ5 mount tracking at Lunar rate. Exposure kept long to bring out star background. original = 1

Solar Rotation Rate, MDI, 1996

Close up EKG monitor in icu room.

Photovoltaic cells, solar panels installed on a roof, Guenthersbuehl, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Photovoltaics, solar panel on a roof, Guenthersbuehl, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

DEU, Germany : Symbolic photo economy

DEU, Germany : Symbolic photo economy

DEU, Germany : Symbolic photo economy

TUR, Turkey, Alanya : Turkish Riviera. Change office in the city center

Airbus of the airline Air Berlin

Graffiti on a vacant house, Zum Bahnhof, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

1 euro coin balancing on U.S. dollar banknotes, symbolic image of exchange rates, strong and weak currency

Euro coins on U.S. dollar banknotes, symbolic image of exchange rates, strong and weak currency

Sign for rate dispute of the Cockpit Union with TUI airline plane at back

Power lines, power poles, Wattenscheid, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

A lot of euro bank notes

Boeing of the airline Air Berlin

Commercial building with green plants, Brussels, Brabant, Belgium, Europe

Pier 15 office complex, vacant, newly constructed office building, Kranhaus1 building in the back, Rheinauhafen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe, PublicGround

Exchange rates

Banknotes, different currencies from around the world, foreign exchange

Banknotes, different currencies from around the world, foreign exchange

Stork showing the birth of a child, local custom, Reit im Winkl, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Official seal on a door

Trading floor of Frankfurter Wertpapierboerse, Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Deutsche Boerse AG, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Stork showing the birth of a child, local custom, Reit im Winkl, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Trading floor of Frankfurter Wertpapierboerse, Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Deutsche Boerse AG, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Trading floor of Frankfurter Wertpapierboerse, Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Deutsche Boerse AG, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Stock prices, trading floor of Frankfurter Wertpapierboerse, Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Deutsche Boerse AG, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Trading floor of Frankfurter Wertpapierboerse, Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Deutsche Boerse AG, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Screen showing currency and market rates through a window of a building

Research assistants and technicians from the University of Ghana collect dust samples from the living rooms and bedrooms of children in Accra, Ghana. The samples will be analyzed for the presence of dust mites, fungus', and animal allergens to help researchers better understand why children in wealthier homes have higher rates of allergies and asthma than poorer children. The leading theory is that higher rates of helminth (parasite) infections among poorer children are affecting the immune system in a way that offers protection from allergies and asthma. The study aims to find out what the worms are doing, isolate the beneficial effect and replicate it.

Research assistants and technicians from the University of Ghana collect dust samples from the living rooms and bedrooms of children in Accra, Ghana. The samples will be analyzed for the presence of dust mites, fungus', and animal allergens to help researchers better understand why children in wealthier homes have higher rates of allergies and asthma than poorer children. The leading theory is that higher rates of helminth (parasite) infections among poorer children are affecting the immune system in a way that offers protection from allergies and asthma. The study aims to find out what the worms are doing, isolate the beneficial effect and replicate it.

Research assistants and technicians from the University of Ghana perform basic skin prick tests on school children in Accra, Ghana to test for sensitivities to dog, cat, dust mites, grass pollen, peanuts, and cockroach allergens. The results have shown that children in wealthier homes have higher rates of allergies and asthma than poorer children. The leading theory is that higher rates of helminth (parasite) infections among poorer children are affecting the immune system in a way that offers protection from allergies and asthma. The study aims to find out what the worms are doing, isolate the beneficial effect and replicate it.

Research assistants and technicians from the University of Ghana collect dust samples from the living rooms and bedrooms of children in Accra, Ghana. The samples will be analyzed for the presence of dust mites, fungus', and animal allergens to help researchers better understand why children in wealthier homes have higher rates of allergies and asthma than poorer children. The leading theory is that higher rates of helminth (parasite) infections among poorer children are affecting the immune system in a way that offers protection from allergies and asthma. The study aims to find out what the worms are doing, isolate the beneficial effect and replicate it.

Joshua Nkrumah Asante, a wealthy child from Accra Ghana attends a private school at the University of Ghana where he and his sister are driven to and from school by the families driver. Joshua does not suffer from helminth infections but does suffer from hayfever. Joshua is one of the many children in Gahna participating in a study by Dr. Daniel Boakye at the University of Ghana attempting to better understand the connection between high rates of helminth infections and protection from allergies and asthma.

Joshua Nkrumah Asante, a wealthy child from Accra Ghana attends a private school at the University of Ghana where he and his sister are driven to and from school by the families driver. Joshua does not suffer from helminth infections but does suffer from hayfever. Joshua is one of the many children in Gahna participating in a study by Dr. Daniel Boakye at the University of Ghana attempting to better understand the connection between high rates of helminth infections and protection from allergies and asthma.

Research assistants and technicians from the University of Ghana perform basic skin prick tests on school children in Accra, Ghana to test for sensitivities to dog, cat, dust mites, grass pollen, peanuts, and cockroach allergens. The results have shown that children in wealthier homes have higher rates of allergies and asthma than poorer children. The leading theory is that higher rates of helminth (parasite) infections among poorer children are affecting the immune system in a way that offers protection from allergies and asthma. The study aims to find out what the worms are doing, isolate the beneficial effect and replicate it.

Joshua Nkrumah Asante, a wealthy child from Accra Ghana attends a private school at the University of Ghana where he and his sister are driven to and from school by the families driver. Joshua does not suffer from helminth infections but does suffer from hayfever. Joshua is one of the many children in Gahna participating in a study by Dr. Daniel Boakye at the University of Ghana attempting to better understand the connection between high rates of helminth infections and protection from allergies and asthma.

Zadok Agbeko is a poor child from the small village of Akramaman who walks 5km every day to the Ayikai Doblo public primary school with his older brothers. Zadok, along with many of the children in his socio economic background suffers from helminth infections and have tested negative for allergies. Zadok is one of the many children in Gahna participating in a study by Dr. Daniel Boakye at the University of Ghana attempting to better understand the connection between high rates of helminth infections and protection from allergies and asthma.

A sign for recently renamed U.S. Highway 666 stands alongside the road south of Cortez, Colo. Citizen and Native American groups petitioned the federal government to change the number of the road for fear the devilish connection contributed to accident and fatality rates on the highway.

Aerial view of TexasGulf Potash Ponds which are solar evaporation ponds used in the process of mining potash. Potash, a water-soluble potassium salt is extracted and blue dye is added to increase the rate of evaporation. It is mainly used in fertilizer products but also in the making of soap, glass, ceramics and batteries. The mine is currently owned and operated by Intredpid Potash Inc and the ponds cover 400 acres of land surrounded by sandstone cliffs and wilderness near Moab, Utah, USA, Utah, United States of America

Sign advertising accommodation hunters welcome, Ontario canada

Electronic display of exchange rates

Close-up of speedometer

Tractor parked in front of the Raid caravan. Two technicians hug each other. The Raid supplies the resort 2 or 3 times each summer. A one-way trip represents a distance of 1,200km, an altitude difference of 3,200m, and a driving time of 10 days at a rate of 12 hours per day. Each arrival of the Raid team at Concordia is a moment of joy and celebration. Concordia Antarctic Research Station, Dome C plateau, East Antarctica.