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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pup, called weaners once their mothers stop nursing, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Adult gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) with minutes-old newly hatched chick at Gold Harbor on South Georgia

Adult gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) with minutes-old newly hatched chick at Gold Harbor on South Georgia

Juvenile Yellow Crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa Violacea), wading bird found in the Americas that feeds on crustacea, Bermuda, Atlantic

Wood stork (Mycteria americana) big wading bird of the south Americas, scavenging on black sand turtle beach, Ostional, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) adult surfacing near Puerto Pyramides, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina

Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) at a breeding and molting site in Estancia San Lorenzo, Argentina

Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) mother and calf being harassed by kelp gull, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina

Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) adult surfacing near Puerto Pyramides, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina

Southern stingray (Hypanus americanus) over sand in shark and ray alley, Caye Caulker, Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Belize

Northern (Steller) sea lions, (Eumetopias jubatus), hauled out on South Marble Island, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Northern (Steller) sea lions, (Eumetopias jubatus), hauled out on South Marble Island, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) hauled out on submerged log in Misty Fjords National Monument, Southeast Alaska, United States of America

Adult male hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) hauled out on pack-ice in seasof Denmark Strait, between Iceland and Greenland

Adult Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus) in full breeding plumage at Isfjardardjup, Iceland

Harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), hauled out on the pack-ice in between Iceland and Greenland in the Denmark Strait, Denmark

Sun shining over the lifeguard's cabin by the ocean, Morro Jable, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), in flight to its nest, Isla San Lorenzo, Baja California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

Man kneeeling to take a photo of an adult female green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), coming ashore to nest on Isla Espiritu Santo, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

Aerial view of rows of beach umbrellas with a lifeguard tower on an sandy beach, Sicily island, Italy, Mediterranean Sea, Europe

The Lifeguard Lookout Station on The Beach at Deauville, Calvados, Cote Fleurie, Deauville, Normandy, France, Europe

View of beach, lifeguard tower and the Atlantic Ocean at sunrise, Corralejo Natural Park, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

Lighthouse, Cape Tourville, Freycinet National Park, Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

View of beach, surfers and the Atlantic Ocean on a sunny day, Corralejo Natural Park, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

View of Playa del Matorral beach, Morro Jable, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

View of beach and the Atlantic Ocean on a sunny day, Corralejo Natural Park, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

View of beach, lifeguard tower and the Atlantic Ocean at sunrise, Corralejo Natural Park, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

View of Playa del Matorral beach, Morro Jable, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

View of beach, surfers and the Atlantic Ocean on a sunny day, Corralejo Natural Park, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

View of beach, lifeguard tower and the Atlantic Ocean, Corralejo Natural Park, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

View of Playa del Matorral beach and town, Morro Jable, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

View of Playa del Matorral beach and town, Morro Jable, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

Art Deco Lifeguard hut on South Beach, Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, United States of America, North America

Art Deco Lifeguard hut on South Beach, Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, United States of America, North America

Flooded salt marsh during an exceptionally high tide near Cark in Cartmell on Morecambe Bay, Cumbria, UK.

Concrete sea defences at Beach Bank Caravan Park in Ulrome near Skipsea on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. The coast is composed of soft boulder clays, very vulnerable to coastal erosion. This section of coast has been eroding since Roman times, with many villages having disappeared into the sea, and is the fastest eroding coast in Europe. Climate change is speeding up the erosion, with sea level rise, increased stormy weather and increased heavy rainfall events, all playing their part.

A Second world War lookout post leaning alarmingly and about to tumble over the edge of the cliff near Aldbrough on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. The coast is composed of soft boulder clays, very vulnerable to coastal erosion. This section of coast has been eroding since Roman times, with many villages having disappeared into the sea, and is the fastest eroding coast in Europe. Climate change is speeding up the erosion, with sea level rise, increased stormy weather and increased heavy rainfall events, all playing their part.

A holiday chalet in the sand dunes at low Newton by the Sea on Northumberland's coast stands precarioulsy close to the edge following a severe storm surge in December 2013 that caused considerable erosion to the sand dunes.

A boat ripped off oits moorings and damaged by the extreme storm surge weather in December 2013 in Blakeney on the North Norfolk coast, UK.

Repairing damage caused to the coastal sea defences in Blakeney, Norfolk by the December 2013 storm surge.

A house in Wells Next the Sea with a flood gate to protect against storm surge coastal flooding, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

People dodging storm waves breaking over the sea wall at Blackpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A flood evacuation sign in a caravan park in Kinmel bay that is susceptible to coastal flooding, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Combatting coastal erosion on a beach on the outskirts of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Shishmaref, a tiny island inhabited by around 600 Inuits, between Alaska and Siberia in the Chukchi Sea, United States of America, North America

Large rocks placed on the shore of the west coast of Walney Island, to prevent coastal erosion, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Shishmaref, a tiny island inhabited by around 600 Inuits, between Alaska and Siberia in the Chukchi Sea, United States of America, North America

A pumping station at Talacre on the North Wales coast keeping the reclaimed salt marsh dry by pumping, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

A pumping station at Talacre on the North Wales coast keeping the reclaimed salt marsh dry by pumping, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

A pumping station at Talacre on the North Wales coast keeping the reclaimed salt marsh dry by pumping, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Repairing the sea wall damaged and breached by storms on the coast road near Barrow in Furness, between Rampside and Baycliff, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Coastal erosion of sand dunes on a beach on the outskirts of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

A pod of 6 Orcas (Orcinus orca) encountered off Sail Island and followed until McDonald Rocks in Frederick Sound, Southeast Alaska

Crab preying on dead portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis, Praia do Forte, Bahia, Brazil (South Atlantic)

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

Breakwaters or groynes, coastal protection measures, Noderfriedrichskoog tidal flats, Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Eiderstedt peninsula, North Friesland region, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany,

Coastal protection, concrete bank protection of the dike, North Coast, North Friesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Riprap as a costal protection measure, Norderfriedrichskoog tidal flats, Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Eiderstedt peninsula, North Friesland region, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

View across the Wadden Sea with coastal protection, groynes, Hallig Langeness, small island, at back, North Sea shore, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Dithmarschen region, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Groynes, wooden stages and pier with diving gondola, long time exposure, Zingst, Fischland-Darß-Zingst, Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Rusty pipeline between groynes on the Jasmund Bodden, Ruegen Island, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Rotten wood poles leading into the South Pacific Ocean in Saint Kilda Beach, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

Rusty pipeline between groynes on the Jasmund Bodden, Ruegen Island, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe