Eric Baccega / Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (Diomedea / Thalassarche chlororhynchos) pair at nest, Amsterdam Island, Sub-antarctic, Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, December

Will Watson / View of floodwater outside the Severn View Hotel, with cyclists, Worcester, England, UK, February 2014.

Alex Hyde / Cracked mud in dry river bed during summer. Surrey, UK.

David Woodfall / Rescue workers entering property with inflatable raft to check on home owners, during February 2014 flooding, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, England, UK, 9th February 2014.

David Woodfall / Couple in kayak during January 2014 flooding, North Curry, Somerset Levels, England, UK, 10th January 2014.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Carwardine / Aerial view of Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming through oil slick, Skjalfandi Bay, Northern Iceland, July 2009

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Ash cloud from eruption of Yasur volcano, Tanna Island, Vanuatu, September 2008.

Tui De Roy / Fissure eruption of Volcan Chico into 9km diameter caldera.

Steven Fuller / Flames engulf Lodgepole pine trees in forest fire, Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA. 1988

Krista Schlyer / Oil on beach from the BP oil spill, Alabama, USA. Gulf of Mexico, June 2010.

Adrian Davies / Common yew tree {Taxus baccata} uprooted by hurricane 1987 showing roots England, UK

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of an oil covered island and displaced oil containment boom in Barataria Bay area of the Mississippi River delta, contaminated as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf...

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Salar pujsa, dust devil, Atacama desert, Chile

Orsolya Haarberg / Lightning effects in the ash plume from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption, Iceland, May 2010

Erlend Haarberg / Volcanic eruption at Eyjafjallajokull with lightning in the ash plume, Iceland, April 2010

Pascal Tordeux,Pascal Tordeux / Two rows of Poplar (Populus sp.) trees reflected in in flood water, during the floods of the River Oise, Picardy, France, January 2008

Sergey Gorshkov / Lava flow from Plosky Tolbachik Volcano eruption, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 5 December 2012

Tony Heald / Animal skull on cracked earth, dry landscape. Namibia.

Kirkendall-Spring / Lake Chelan showing low water level at spring time, Washington, USA, April 2008

Lisa Hoffner / Dead Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi) most likely the result of the worst drought (2008-2009) in more than a decade in Northern Kenya. August 2009.

David Noton / Pollution - industrial wasteland Avonmouth near Bristol, UK

Lisa Hoffner / Emaciated cattle (Bos indicus) wandering alone in Samburu National park seeking food and water where there is none. Kenya, August 2009.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Allofs / Drought patterns around the lagoon Etang du Fangassier, Camargue, France, May 2009

Jean E. Roche / Couple carrying brooms through flood waters, Arles, December 2003 floods, Camargue, France.

Terry Whittaker / Man sat on picnic bench in park flooded by River Thames, Chertsey, Surrey, UK, February 2014.

Roberto Rinaldi / A bus driving through a flooded street after a hurricane, Belize

David Woodfall / Emergency services pumping floodwaters, after sea defences were breached at Splash Point in Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales, 5th December 2013.

John Waters / A solitary gate in calm flood-waters in farmland on West Sedgemoor, near Stoke St Gregory. Somerset Levels, Somerset, UK. January 2014

Gerrit Vyn / Flock of oiled Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) on a beach behind an oil covered containment boom. This nesting colony is the largest in Louisiana and was heavily contaminated by the BP Deepwat...

Gerrit Vyn / Slickbar oil booms on the beach at Grand Isle, used in the clean up and containment of hazardous oil, from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. USA, July...

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of oiled bird nesting colonies in Barataria Bay area of the Mississippi River delta, with oil spill containment booms attempting to prevent more oil coming ashore. These waters are contami...

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of an oil stained beach, contaminated by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Grand Isle, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA, July 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) juvenile, heavily oiled as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Baldwin County, Alabama. USA, June 2010.

Steven Fuller / Flames engulf Lodgepole pine trees in forest fire, Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA. 1988

Steven Fuller / Fallen burnt trunks of Lodgepole pine trees killed in forest fire, Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA. 1988

John Cancalosi / Damage caused to house, car and street by Hurricane Katrina, on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain, Slidell, Louisiana, USA, August 2005

Jose B. Ruiz / Mediterranean forest fire at night, Spain

David Tipling / Aftermath of a bush fire near Charter Towers, Queensland, Australia

John Cancalosi / Damage caused to houses by Hurricane Katrina, on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain, Slidell, Louisiana, USA, August 2005

John Cancalosi / Note written by Hurricane Katrina victims on vehicle damged by hurricane, Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. August 2005

Inaki Relanzon / Locust plague (Locusta migratoria capito) threatens crops in south Madagascar, June 2010

Inaki Relanzon / Locust plague (Locusta migratoria capito) threatens crops in south Madagascar, June 2010

Doug Perrine / Damaged caused by Hurricane Andrew, August 1992, Florida City, Florida, USA.