Ernie Janes / Low tide on the Wash, Snettisham, Norfolk, England, UK, February.

Ernie Janes / Coastline with pier and groynes from Overstrand to Cromer with storm clouds overhead, Norfolk, UK, July 201

Ashley Cooper / Coastal flood defences in the Sunderbans a low lying area of the Ganges Delta that is vulnerable to sea level rise, India. December 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Coastal flood defences in the Sunderbans, a low lying area of the Ganges Delta in Eastern India, that is very vulnerable to sea level rise. The building behind the embankment is lower than the high ti...

Ashley Cooper / Coastal flood defences in the Sunderbans, a low lying area of the Ganges Delta in Eastern India, that is very vulnerable to sea level rise. The houses behind the embankment are lower than the high tid...

Ashley Cooper / Canal going from the sea to the reclaimed polder land in Holland, north of Amsterdam, which is some 20 feet lower than the sea. With 50% of the Netherlands below sea level, it is incredibly vulnerable...

Ashley Cooper / The Breach at Alkborough. This is a break in the sea defences flooding farmland to creating 150 hectares of wetland protecting urban Humber Estuary, Eastern England, UK August 2008

Ashley Cooper / Building a new sea wall flood defences in Blackpool to protect the town from climate change induced sea level rise. Lancashire, England, UK. February 2008

Ashley Cooper / Happisburgh on the Norfolk Coast. This section of coast is the fastest eroding point in the UK and speeding up due to global warming induced sea level rise and increased stormy weather. August 2006

Ashley Cooper / Happisburgh on the Norfolk Coast. This section of coast is the fastest eroding point in the UK and speeding up due to global warming induced sea level rise and increased stormy weather. August 2006

Ashley Cooper / Happisburgh on the Norfolk Coast. This section of coast is the fastest eroding point in the UK and speeding up to to global warming induced sea level rise and increased stormy weather. August 2006

Ashley Cooper / The Breach at Alkborough. This is a break in the sea defences flooding farmland to create 150 hectares of wetland protecting urban Humber Estuary, Eastern England, UK August 2008