Bleached Staghorn Coral, Acropora, Christmas Island, Australia

Water pollution, uk somerset. Warning signs for polluted water on the frome river

Contaminated water being emptied out of Finland Docks in Hull, directly into the Humber Estuary, Yorkshire, UK. As they released the pollution, there was an awful chemical stench in the air.

A fracking truck next to a site being fracked near Wasco in California's Central Valley, USA. Fracking for natural gas and oil, has reduced energy prices in the US, but fracking is a water hungry industry, that competes directly with the agricultural sector for water. After a 4 year long drought water is running out. Fracking also contaminates ground water supplies from all the chemicals that are pumped underground to frack the fossil fuel bearing rocks.

A fracking site being fracked near Wasco in California's Central Valley, USA. Fracking for natural gas and oil, has reduced energy prices in the US, but fracking is a water hungry industry, that competes directly with the agricultural sector for water. After a 4 year long drought water is running out. Fracking also contaminates ground water supplies from all the chemicals that are pumped underground to frack the fossil fuel bearing rocks.

Raw sewage emptying directly onto the beach from a sewage pipe coming from a caravan park in Kilnsea, Spurn Point, Yorkshire, UK.

A fracking site being fracked near Wasco in California's Central Valley, USA. Fracking for natural gas and oil, has reduced energy prices in the US, but fracking is a water hungry industry, that competes directly with the agricultural sector for water. After a 4 year long drought water is running out. Fracking also contaminates ground water supplies from all the chemicals that are pumped underground to frack the fossil fuel bearing rocks.

A fracking site being fracked near Wasco in California's Central Valley, USA. Fracking for natural gas and oil, has reduced energy prices in the US, but fracking is a water hungry industry, that competes directly with the agricultural sector for water. After a 4 year long drought water is running out. Fracking also contaminates ground water supplies from all the chemicals that are pumped underground to frack the fossil fuel bearing rocks.

A fracking truck on a site being fracked near Wasco in California's Central Valley, USA. Fracking for natural gas and oil, has reduced energy prices in the US, but fracking is a water hungry industry, that competes directly with the agricultural sector for water. After a 4 year long drought water is running out. Fracking also contaminates ground water supplies from all the chemicals that are pumped underground to frack the fossil fuel bearing rocks.

A fracking site being fracked near Wasco in California's Central Valley, USA, next to a farmers Cotton crop. Fracking for natural gas and oil, has reduced energy prices in the US, but fracking is a water hungry industry, that competes directly with the agricultural sector for water. After a 4 year long drought water is running out. Fracking also contaminates ground water supplies from all the chemicals that are pumped underground to frack the fossil fuel bearing rocks.

Rubbish dumped on the tundra outside Ilulissat in Greenland with icebergs behind from the Sermeq Kujalleq (Ilulissat Ice fjord), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Greenland, Polar Regions

Pollution flowing into the Irish Sea at Whitehaven from the Marchon chemical factory, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A contaminated water course near Liverpool. Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Women wearing no protection, spraying pesticide onto wheat crops near Hangang in northern China, Asia

Pollution on the River Mersey near Warrington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

pollution: guillemot in oil slick. sands of forvie nnr, aberdeenshire, scotland

Rubbish dumped on the tundra outside Ilulissat in Greenland with icebergs behind from the Sermeq Kujalleq (Ilulissat Ice fjord), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Greenland, Polar Regions

Women wearing no protection, spraying pesticide onto wheat crops near Hangang in northern China, Asia

Pollution on the River Mersey near Warrington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Pollution on the River Mersey, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A woman wearing no protection, spraying pesticide onto wheat crops near Hangang in northern China, Asia

Pollution on the River Mersey near Warrington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Pollution on the River Mersey, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A woman wearing no protection, spraying pesticide onto wheat crops near Hangang in northern China, Asia

Rubbish dumped on the tundra outside Ilulissat in Greenland with icebergs behind from the Sermeq Kujalleq (Ilulissat Ice fjord), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Greenland, Polar Regions

Pollution on the River Mersey, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Pollution on the River Mersey, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Pollution on the River Mersey, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A polluted waterway in Warrington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

Sperm Whale plays with Plastic Waste, Physeter catodon, Azores, Atlantic Ocean, Portugal

A worker vacuums oil from behind a containment boom on the Kalamazoo River during the cleanup of a major oil spil in which 800, 000 gallons of oil spilled from an Enbridge Energy Partners pipeline, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Workers place containment boom on the Kalamazoo River to contain an oil spill during which 800, 000 gallons of oil spilled from an Enbridge Energy Partners pipeline, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

A worker vacuums oil from behind a containment boom on the Kalamazoo River during the cleanup of a major oil spil in which 800, 000 gallons of oil spilled from an Enbridge Energy Partners pipeline, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Untreated sewage being pumped into the ocean in Georgetown, Guyana, South America

ecological concept with plastic waste. High resolution photo

Stagnant water, ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes transmitting malaria, center of Quelimane, Mozambique, Africa

Oil slick on the beach, Galle, Sri Lanka, Ceylon, South Asia

Motorboat used as a ferry, polluted riverbank, Kapila, Kabini, Kabbani River, Nanjangud, Karnataka, South India, India, South Asia, Asia

Man hands, washing hands, Germany, Europe

Plastic waste, plastic bottle, street garbage, Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti, Central America

Motion ink drop water

Discarded used medical face mask lies on the seabed together with other plastic waste, Becici, Budva region, Montenegro, Europe

Close-up, discarded used medical face mask slowly drifts on the water surface (underwater view) Becici, Budva Municipality, Montenegro, Europe

A plastic cocktail cup with a straw floats slowly under water in blue water, Budva, Montenegro, Europe

Polluted beach with tourist cabins, Little Corn Island, Caribbean Sea, Nicaragua, Central America, America

Discarded used medical face mask lies on the seabed together with other plastic waste, Becici, Budva region, Montenegro, Europe

HazMat firefighter getting decontamination wash

HazMat firefighter getting decontamination wash

Much of the North side of the island of Molokai in inaccessible. Trade winds blow onshore regularly bringing with them piles of plastic that has been floating around the Pacific Ocean for years and years, Molokai, Hawaii, United States of America

Much of the north side of the island of Molokai in inaccessible. Trade winds blow onshore regularly bringing with them piles of plastic that has been floating around the Pacific Ocean for years and years, Molokai, Hawaii, United States of America

Much of the North side of the island of Molokai is inaccessible. when trade winds blow onshore regularly bringing with them piles of plastic that has been floating around the Pacific Ocean for years and years, Molokai, Hawaii, United States of America

Sicklefin Mobula trapped by Rope, Mobula tarapacana, Azores, Princess Alice Bank, Atlantic Ocean, Portugal

Sicklefin Mobula trapped by Rope, Mobula tarapacana, Azores, Princess Alice Bank, Atlantic Ocean, Portugal