Erlend Haarberg / Northern lights (Aurora borealis) over Rapadalen, Sarek National Park, Laponia World Heritage Site, Lapland, Sweden, September.

Roy Mangersnes / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) swimming towards open water and an uncertain future on Svalbard, Norway, July.

Staffan Widstrand / Drawing by children of CRINEO school showing what they would like Pulicat Lake to be like in the future, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Florian Möllers / Malinois or Belgian Shepherd dog 'Floyd', an 18 months male, a future guard dog with the German police, playing in the snow. Germany

Florian Möllers / Malinois or Belgian Shepherd dog 'Floyd', an 18 months male, a future guard dog with the German police, playing in the snow. Germany

David Woodfall / Botanist using eye piece to identify Black Stem Rust, a fungus species which threatens future of world wheat crops. Radnorshire, Wales, UK, June.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / An event to introduce the local community to the RSPB Wallasea Wild Coast Project. Project manager, Chris Tyas, shows visitors a film, explaining the project and the plans for the future of Wallasea I...

David Woodfall / Destruction of countryside in green belt close to market town, for building of houses in flood plain, future Glasdir estate, Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales, UK. This is a highlighted area...

David Woodfall / Destruction of countryside in green belt close to market town, for building of houses in flood plain, future Glasdir estate, Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales, UK. This is a highlighted area...

David Woodfall / Oak tree felled in order to make way for building of houses in flood plain, future Glasdir estate, Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales, UK. This is a highlighted areas in UK at risk of floodin...

David Woodfall / Destruction of countryside in green belt close to market town, for building of houses in flood plain, future Glasdir estate, Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales, UK. This is a highlighted area...

David Woodfall / Destruction of countryside in green belt close to market town, for building of houses in flood plain, future Glasdir estate, Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales, UK. This is a highlighted area...

Merryn Thomas / Hugh Town from Buzza Hill, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. December 2009. Hugh Town is located on a sandy isthmus and is likely to be threatened by sea level rise in the future.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / At event to introduce the local community to the RSPB Wallasea Wild Coast Project, RSPB staff and volunteers showed the birdlife to visitors and explained the plans for the future of Wallasea Island,...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Photographer at event to introduce the local community to the RSPB Wallasea Wild Coast Project, RSPB staff and volunteers showed the birdlife to visitors and explained the plans for the future of Wal...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / An event to introduce the local community to the RSPB Wallasea Wild Coast Project. Project manager, Chris Tyas, shows visitors a film, explaining the project and the plans for the future of Wallasea I...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / An event to introduce the local community to the RSPB Wallasea Wild Coast Project. RSPB staff and volunteers showed the birdlife to visitors and explained the plans for the future of Wallasea Island,...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / An event to introduce the local community to the RSPB Wallasea Wild Coast Project. Photographer on a trip out to Wallasea Island where volunteers showed the birdlife to visitors and explained the plan...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / At event to introduce the local community to the RSPB Wallasea Wild Coast Project, RSPB staff and volunteers showed the birdlife to visitors and explained the plans for the future of Wallasea Island,...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / An event to introduce the local community to the RSPB Wallasea Wild Coast Project. Project manager, Chris Tyas, explains the project to a visitor and the plans for the future of Wallasea Island, Essex...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / An event to introduce the local community to the RSPB Wallasea Wild Coast Project. RSPB staff and volunteers showed the birdlife to visitors and explained the plans for the future of Wallasea Island,...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / 2020vision Young Champion Oliver Creamer, at event to introduce the local community to the RSPB Wallasea Wild Coast Project, RSPB staff and volunteers showed the birdlife to visitors and explained th...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / At event to introduce the local community to the RSPB Wallasea Wild Coast Project, RSPB staff and volunteers showed the birdlife to visitors and explained the plans for the future of Wallasea Island,...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / An event to introduce the local community to the RSPB Wallasea Wild Coast Project. Project manager, Chris Tyas, explains the project to visitors and the plans for the future of Wallasea Island, Essex,...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / At event to introduce the local community to the RSPB Wallasea Wild Coast Project, RSPB staff and volunteers showed the birdlife to visitors and explained the plans for the future of Wallasea Island,...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / At event to introduce the local community to the RSPB Wallasea Wild Coast Project, RSPB staff and volunteers showed the birdlife to visitors and explained the plans for the future of Wallasea Island,...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Heavy earth excavator removes clay for future replacement with topsoil. Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Estuary, Essex, U...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Heavy earth excavator removes clay for future replacement with topsoil. Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Estuary, Essex, U...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Estuary, Essex, UK. November 2011. Heavy earth excavator removes clay for future replacem...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Heavy earth excavator removes clay for future replacement with topsoil. Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Estuary, Essex, U...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Heavy earth excavator removes clay for future replacement with topsoil. Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Estuary, Essex, U...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Heavy earth excavator removes clay for future replacement with topsoil. Machine operator Alan Deval. Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Rese...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Heavy earth excavator removes clay for future replacement with topsoil. Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Estuary, Essex, U...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Heavy earth excavator removes clay for future replacement with topsoil. Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Estuary, Essex, U...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Heavy earth excavator removes clay for future replacement with topsoil. Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Estuary, Essex, U...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Machine operator Alan Deval and RSPB Project manager Dave Hedges. Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Estuary, Essex, UK. Nov...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Heavy earth excavator removes clay for future replacement with topsoil. Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Estuary, Essex, U...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Heavy earth excavator removes clay for future replacement with topsoil. Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Estuary, Essex, U...

Pete Oxford / South American River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) having carapace marked for future identification, part of reintroduction to the wild program, Orinoco River, Apure, Venezuela

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dogon elder telling the future with Cowrie shells. Mali, West Africa, 1981.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dogon elders telling the future with fox divination, reading fox tracks on a grid in the sand. The sand fox is believed to be the earthly intermediary and to communicate directly with the supreme Dogo...

Lisa Hoffner / Portrait of young Colombian girl, collecting rainwater for future use, in the village of Los Limites. Colombia, South America. July 2008

David Woodfall / Traditional fish and chip shop. Future threatened by overfishing. Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, UK. September 2009

Merryn Thomas / Hugh Town from Buzza Hill, St. Mary's, with Samson in the distance. Isles of Scilly, December 2009. Hugh Town is located on a sandy isthmus and is likely to be threatened by sea level rise in the futu...

Merryn Thomas / Fishing boats on sand at low water. Town Beach, Hugh Town, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. January 2010. Hugh Town is located on a sandy isthmus and is likely to be threatened by sea level rise in the fu...

Merryn Thomas / Great Pool reeds, Tresco, Isles of Scilly. December 2009. Great Pool SSSI is low-lying, and is likely to be threatened by sea level rise in the future.

Merryn Thomas / Old Grimsby from the Block House, Tresco, Isles of Scilly. December 2009. Much of Tresco is low-lying, and it is possible that it will be threatened by sea level rise in the future.

Merryn Thomas / Hugh Town from Buzza Hill, with the harbour and Samson in the distance. St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. December 2009. Hugh Town is located on a sandy isthmus and is likely to be threatened by sea level...

Roger Powell / Northern / Red-necked Phalarope {Phalaropus lobatus} pair feeding together on future breeding pond, Varanger, Norway

Steve Knell / Horned / Slavonian grebes {Podiceps auritus} Pair mating on future nest site. Norway, May 2006

Karl Ammann / Logger with chainsaw in clear-cut rainforest, Central Africa. Local communities suffer from the loss of their natural heritage, yet they are often employed as labourers, thereby damaging their own pro...

Duncan Usher / Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) storing an acorn in tree trunk for future use, Europe

Solvin Zankl / Marine biologist sorting fish by species and placing on ice. This ensures that their DNA remains intact for subsequent dissection in the laboratory and tissue collection for future DNA analysis. Obser...

Jiri Lochman / Forest red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii naso) male, head portrait, Perth Zoo, Western Australia. Captive. Vulnerable - due to high rates of deforestation and lack of suitable tree ho...

Juergen Freund / Night shot of Queensland University 'LarvalBot', a semi autonomous underwater robot that will distribute baby coral as 'larval clouds' onto damaged reef areas on a larger scale. 'L...

Juergen Freund / Queensland University 'LarvalBot' a semi autonomous underwater robot that will distribute baby coral as 'larval clouds' onto damaged reef areas on a larger scale. 'Larvalbot' w...

Juergen Freund / Queensland University's "LarvalBot", a semi autonomous underwater robot that will distribute baby coral as "larval clouds" onto damaged reef areas on a larger scale. "Larvalbot" was developed by Profe...

Ashley Cooper / The PS20 solar thermal tower - part of the Solucar solar complex owned by Abengoa energy, in Sanlucar La Mayor, Andalucia, Spain. The site has solar tower, parabolic trough and photovoltaic solar tech...

David Fleetham / Research divers from the MOC Marine Institute map out coral damage at Molokini Marine Preserve off the island of Maui, Hawaii. In the future, data from here will help to determine the health of Hawaii...

Nick Upton / Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) queen about to land at her nest burrow in a garden lawn with loaded pollen sacs to provision grubs that will become future workers for her colony, Wiltshire,...

Nick Upton / Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) queen returning to her nest burrow in a garden lawn with full pollen sacs to provision grubs that will become future workers for her colony, Wiltshire, UK, Ap...

Ben Gillett / 'Act now for a peaceful future' banner. Extinction Rebellion climate change protest march. Bristol, England, UK. 16 July 2019.

David Woodfall / Child holding placard 'Greedy Hands off my Future' during Extinction Rebellion demonstration. Five bridges across the Thames were blocked to draw attention to climate change. Westminster, Lond...