Ashley Cooper / Sulphur which has to be extracted from the raw bitumen from tar sands piled up in huge mountains by the Syncrude upgrader plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012

Ashley Cooper / Sulphur which has to be extracted from the raw bitumen from tar sands piled up in huge mountains by the Syncrude upgrader plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012

Ashley Cooper / Sulpher which has to be extracted from the raw bitumen from tar sands piled up in huge mountains by the Syncrude upgrader plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012

Ashley Cooper / Petrochemical works on Teeside, England, UK, December 2005.

Ashley Cooper / BP chemical plant at salt End on Humberside which produces Acetic Acid. Yorkshire, England, UK, August.

Ashley Cooper / BP chemical plant at salt End on Humberside which produces Acetic Acid and a gas fired power station, Yorkshire, England, UK, August.

Willem Kolvoort / Norilsk, a large industrial town above the Arctic Circle produces Nickle, Palladium, Copper, Cobalt etc. and is the largest stationary source of air pollution in Russia. Gases including sulfur dioxide...

Willem Kolvoort / Polluted land with dead trees near Norilsk, a large industrial town above the Arctic Circle which produces Nickle, Palladium, Copper, Cobalt etc. and is the largest stationary source of air pollution...

Ingo Arndt / View of an old Phospate mining area, Christmas Island East Coast, view from Margaret Knoll Lookout, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Solvin Zankl / Scientists at cosmetics company Oceanwell with Brown algae (Saccharina latissima) settling on ropes. The rope is then transferred to the sea and the kelps is harvested once it grows to sufficient size...

Solvin Zankl / Extractions from brown algae, red algae and green algae for the cosmetic industry, at OceanWell cosmetics company, Kiel, Germany.

Solvin Zankl / Extractions from brown algae, red algae and green algae for the cosmetic industry, at OceanWell cosmetics company, Kiel, Germany.

Solvin Zankl / Extractions from brown algae, red algae and green algae for the cosmetic industry, at OceanWell cosmetics company, Kiel, Germany.

Solvin Zankl / Boat carrying Kelp (Laminaria hyperborea) Roscoff, France, April 2015. This species is used in cosmetics, chemical and biotechnological industries as well as food industry.

Solvin Zankl / Boat offloading Kelp (Laminaria hyperborea) Roscoff, France, April 2015. This species is used in cosmetics, chemical and biotechnological industries as well as food industry.

Solvin Zankl / Boat carrying Kelp (Laminaria hyperborea) Roscoff, France, April 2015. This species is used in cosmetics, chemical and biotechnological industries as well as food industry.

Alex Hyde / Saltend Chemical Plant at dusk, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK.

Alex Hyde / Saltend Chemical Plant, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK, January 2014.

Alex Hyde / Wrecked barge in front of Saltend Chemical Plant, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK, January 2014.

Jabruson / Petroleum infrastructure in African tropical rainforest - oil pipelines to extraction plant. The town of Gamba was set up after Shell discovered oil in the region back in the 1960s. Gabon, Central Afr...

Jabruson / Infrastructure associated with oil extraction in Central African tropical rainforest, hard hats for workers. The town of Gamba was set up after Shell discovered oil in the region in the 1960s. Gabon,...

Jabruson / Petroleum extraction in African rainforest - water supply to oil extraction plant. The town of Gamba was set up after Shell discovered oil in the region in the 1960s. Gabon, Central Africa, February 2...

Jabruson / Infrastructure associated with oil extraction in Central African tropical rainforest - area cleared of forest to make way for petroleum industry. The town of Gamba was set up after Shell discovered oi...

Jabruson / Infrastructure associated with oil extraction in Central African tropical rainforest - area cleared of forest to make way for petroleum industry. The town of Gamba was set up after Shell discovered oi...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A 'christmas tree' being used to cap a well head in the gas fields near Tambey. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia, March 2011

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Gas drilling derricks and workers at Sabetta in the Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia, march 2011

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A gas flame near the gas workers' village of Sabetta in the Tambey gas field, Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia, March 2011

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A welder working in the gas fields at Sabetta near Tambey, Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia, March 2011

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A sign with the word 'Gas' written in Russian at Sabetta in the Tambey Gas field, Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia, March 2011

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Gas drilling derricks and power cables at Sabetta in the Tambey gas field, Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia, March 2011

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Gas drilling derricks and power cables at Sabetta in the Tambey gas field, Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia, March 2011

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Jakov Vanuito, a Nenets reindeer herder, sits infront of a gas drilling derrick near Tambey in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia, March 2011

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Drilling derricks near Sabetta in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia, March 2011

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Cranes and drilling derricks at the port in Sabetta in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia, March 2011

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Cranes and drilling derricks near at the port in Sabetta in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia, March 2011

WILLIAM OSBORN / Kenfig National Nature Reserve with Fort Talbot chemical plant in distance, Wales

John Cancalosi / Calcite (CaCO3), one of the most common and variable minerals on earth, used in building, metallugy, fertilizers, chemical industry, rhodochrosite, MnCO3, manganese carbonate, an ore of manganese when...

John Cancalosi / Calcite (Ca CO3, calcium carbonate), one of the most common and variable minerals on earth, used in building, metallugy, fertilizers, chemical industry, with pyrite and marcasite. Sample from Conco Mi...

John Cancalosi / Calcite, (CaCO3, calcium carbonate), one of the most common and variable minerals on earth, used in building, metallugy, fertilizers, chemical industry. Sample from Sweetwater mine, Viburnum trend, Mi...

John Cancalosi / Calcite (Ca CO3, calcium carbonate), one of the most common and variable minerals on earth, used in building, metallugy, fertilizers, chemical industry, with pyrite and marcasite. Sample from Conco Mi...

John Cancalosi / Calcite, (CaCO3, calcium carbonate), one of the most common and variable minerals on earth, used in building, metallugy, fertilizers, chemical industry, also with some chalcopyrite (iridescent). Sampl...

John Cancalosi / Calcite (Ca CO3, calcium carbonate), one of the most common and variable minerals on earth, used in building, metallugy, fertilizers, chemical industry, with pyrite and marcasite. Sample from Conco Mi...

John Cancalosi / Calcite (Calcium carbonate, CaCO3). One of the most common and variable minerals on earth, used in building, metallugy, fertilisers and the chemical industry. Juchem Quarry, Idar-Oberstein, Hunsruck M...

John Cancalosi / Calcite (Calcium carbonate, CaCO3) with haematite inclusions causing red colour. One of the most common and variable minerals on earth, used in building, metallugy, fertilisers and the chemical indust...

John Cancalosi / Calcite (Calcium carbonate, CaCO3). One of the most common and variable minerals on earth, used in building, metallugy, fertilisers and the chemical industry. Auglaize Quarry, Junction, Ohio. USA

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near city of Lodz, Poland. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons commonly known as ash ponds....

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond, nicknamed 'Turquoise Lake' near Konin, Poland. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through a pipeline into the ash p...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond on the edge of a forest, Bosnia and Herzegovina. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons common...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near coal power plant visible in the background, Bosnia and Herzegovina. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines in...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond in East-Central Europe. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons commonly known as ash ponds. Th...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond in East-Central Europe. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons commonly known as ash ponds. Th...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond, called 'Turquoise Lake' near Konin, Poland. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons co...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond, nicknamed 'Turquoise Lake' near Konin, Poland. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond, nicknamed 'Turquoise Lake' near Konin, Poland. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through a pipeline into the ash p...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through a pipeline into the ash p...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through a pipeline into the ash p...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through a pipeline into the ash p...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through a pipeline into the ash p...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines (fixed on sand...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near city of Lodz, Poland. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons commonly known as ash ponds....

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond, Montenegro. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons commonly known as ash ponds. The ponds are...

Milan Radisics / Service road crossing an abandoned pond used for the disposal and stacking of phosphogypsum with crystallised patterns and shallow, but highly toxic radioactive green water in Huelva, Southern Spain....

Milan Radisics / Coloured water leaking from photogypsum storage pond creates tidal channels in saltmarsh habitat. Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radioactive by-product in the manufacture of phosphoric aci...

Milan Radisics / Coloured water leaking from photogypsum storage pond into saltmarsh habitat. Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radioactive by-product in the manufacture of phosphoric acid, used for phosphate...

Milan Radisics / Coloured water leaking from photogypsum storage pond creates tidal channels in saltmarsh habitat. Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radioactive by-product in the manufacture of phosphoric aci...

Milan Radisics / Coloured water leaking from photogypsum storage pond creates tidal channels in saltmarsh habitat. Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radioactive by-product in the manufacture of phosphoric aci...

Milan Radisics / Coloured water leaking from photogypsum storage pond creates tidal channels in saltmarsh habitat. Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radioactive by-product in the manufacture of phosphoric aci...

Milan Radisics / Barriers built in saltmarsh around abandoned pond used for the disposal and stacking of phosphogypsum in Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radioactive by-product in the manufacture of phospho...

Milan Radisics / Abandoned pond used for the disposal and stacking of phosphogypsum. Huelva, Southern Spain. Saltmarshes of the Rio Tinto estuary surround the pond. Phosphogypsum is a radioactive by-product in the man...

Milan Radisics / Wall of dam, built around abandoned pond used for the disposal and stacking of phosphogypsum in Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radioactive by-product in the manufacture of phosphoric acid,...

Milan Radisics / Abandoned pond used for the disposal and stacking of phosphogypsum in Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radioactive by-product in the manufacture of phosphoric acid, used for phosphate-based...

Milan Radisics / Crystallised patterns in an abandoned pond used for the disposal and stacking of phosphogypsum with shallow, but highly toxic radioactive green water in Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radi...

Milan Radisics / Crystallised patterns in an abandoned pond used for the disposal and stacking of phosphogypsum with shallow, but highly toxic radioactive green water in Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radi...

Milan Radisics / Service road crossing an abandoned pond used for the disposal and stacking of phosphogypsum with crystallised patterns and shallow, but highly toxic radioactive green water in Huelva, Southern Spain....

Frederique Olivier / Aerial shot of potash evaporation ponds, Moab, Utah, USA, 2018.

Frederique Olivier / Aerial shot descending over potash evaporation ponds, Moab, Utah, USA, 2018.

Frederique Olivier / Aerial shot ascending over potash evaporation ponds, Moab, Utah, USA, 2018.

Philippe Clement / Industrial estate showing BASF chemical production site in the port of Antwerp, Belgium, February 2019.

Philippe Clement / Harbour cranes and container ship docked in the Antwerp harbour / port, Flanders, Belgium. December 2018