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...

Mitsuaki Iwago / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) covered in oil, South Georgia Island

David Woodfall / Aerial view of a flooded farm with straw bales covered with white sheeting, surrounded by fuel oil in the water, Fishlake, South Yorkshire, UK. November 2019.

David Woodfall / Aerial view of a flooded farm with straw bales covered with white sheeting, surrounded by fuel oil in the water, Fishlake, South Yorkshire, UK. November 2019.

David Woodfall / Aerial view of a flooded farm with straw bales covered with white sheeting, surrounded by fuel oil in the water, Fishlake, South Yorkshire, UK. November 2019.

Ashley Cooper / The tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. In addition, tho...

Ashley Cooper / Guillemot (Uria aalge) covered in oil on a black sand volcanic beach at Vik, on Iceland. September 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Guillemot (Uria aalge) covered in oil on a black sand volcanic beach at Vik, on Iceland. September 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) covered in oil and very ill, standing on the beach after colony was oiled by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Raccoon Island, Terrebonne...

Krista Schlyer / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in rehabilitation centre, covered in oil after BP Gulf oil spill, Louisiana, USA, June 2010.

Krista Schlyer / Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) covered in oil after BP oil spill, at rehabilitation centre waiting to be cleaned. Louisiana, USA. June 2010.

Krista Schlyer / Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) covered in oil after BP oil spill, at rehabilitation centre waiting to be cleaned. Louisiana, USA. June 2010.