Mike Potts / Fish drying on racks, Varangerfjord, Norway, March 2013.

Sergey Gorshkov / Tolbachik Volcano erupting with lava flowing down the mountain side. Kamchatka, Russia. November 29th 2013. Winner of the Wildscapes category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY competitio...

Jack Dykinga / Moreno Glacier calving iceberg in Glaciers National Park, Argentina

Doug Gimesy / A platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) has a radio transponder surgically implanted by Dr Gilad Bino whilst anaesthetised in a make-shift surgical theatre in a lounge. This transponder will allow resea...

Doug Gimesy / A platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) has a radio transponder surgically implanted by Dr Gilad Bino whilst anaesthetised in a make-shift surgical theatre in a lounge. This transponder will allow resea...

Doug Gimesy / Two platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) eggs discovered in field by researchers whilst studying the impacts of threatening processes. Snowy River, Dalgety, NSW, Australia. September 2018.

Doug Gimesy / Volunteer field assistant recording data from an anaesthetised platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) as it starts to recover from the anesthetic. It was anaesthetised so a temporary radio transponder co...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Section of River Feshie that has cut through forest resulting in gravel banks, tree debris and woodland pools. Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Section of River Feshie that has cut through forest resulting in gravel banks, tree debris and woodland pools. Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

Ashley Cooper / Air pollution from the Syncrude upgrader plant which processes tar sand for the production of synthetic oil. Alberta, Canada. August 2012

Ashley Cooper / Air pollution from the Syncrude upgrader plant which processes tar sand for the production of synthetic oil. Alberta, Canada. August 2012

Ashley Cooper / Gas processing plant at Rampside near Barrow in Furness, UK, that processes gas from the Morecambe Bay gas field, it is one of the largest gas plant in Europe. Cumbria, England, UK, July.

Ashley Cooper / Flaring off gas at a gas processing plant at Rampside near Barrow, Furness, Cumbria, England UK, that processes gas from the Morecambe Bay gas field, it is one of the largest gas plant in Europe

Ashley Cooper / The Rampside gas terminal in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, England UK, which processes natural gas from the Morecambe Bay gas fields. February 2013.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) in rehabilitation at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). This Cape gannet is drying in a heated pen (a heat lamp illuminates t...

Floris van Breugel / Bizzare sculptures of basalt formed through thousands of years of erosion, Snake River Valley, southern Idaho. This particular piece was likely formed sometime in the Pliocene period about 2-3 million...

Jouan Rius / Erosion formation in the soft bentonite clay, Cathedral Gorge State Park. Nevada, USA November 2012

Jouan Rius / Eroded badlands landscape with road, Death Valley National Park, California, USA, November 2012

Jouan Rius / Eroded badlands landscape, Death Valley National Park, California, USA November 2012

Ernie Janes / Top soil blowing from coastal fields during dry weather Sherringham, Norfolk, April

Mike Potts / Fish drying on racks, Varangerfjord, Norway, March 2013.

Mike Potts / Fish drying on racks, Varangerfjord, Norway, March 2013.

Mike Potts / Fish drying on racks, Varangerfjord, Norway, March 2013.

Orsolya Haarberg / House entrance with fish hung up to dry. Vevelstad, Helgeland, Nordland, Norway September 2008

Roy Mangersnes / Water polluted by mercury from gold mining processes joins clean water of the Mapiri River, part of the upper reaches of the Amazon, Bolivia, November

Steven Kazlowski / Young Inupiaq woman processes a Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) caught by subsistence hunters in the Chukchi Sea, in the arctic village of Point Lay, Alaska. The meat and blubber will be eaten and...

Steven Kazlowski / Young Inupiaq woman processes a Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) caught by subsistence hunters in the Chukchi Sea, in the arctic village of Point Lay, Alaska. The meat and blubber will be eaten and...

Juergen Freund / Fisherman protected with a groin and face guard made of stainless steel brings together the net to take out the fish from a fish cage. These men harvested about 4 tons of Milkfish (Chanos chanos) from...

Juergen Freund / Fishermen brings together the net to take out the fish from a fish cage. These men harvested about 4 tons of Milkfish (Chanos chanos) from fish cage. The fish are immediately put on ice and brought t...

Philippe Clement / Sinkhole / doline / shake hole (a natural depression in the earth's surface caused by karst processes - the chemical dissolution of carbonate rocks) Fondry des Chiens reserve, the Ardennes, Belgium M...

Philippe Clement / Sinkhole / doline / shake hole (a natural depression in the earth's surface caused by karst processes - the chemical dissolution of carbonate rocks) Fondry des Chiens reserve, the Ardennes, Belgium M...

David Tipling / Domestic Water buffalo working to run mill which processes raw sugar cane, traditional farming method, Delhi, India

Orsolya Haarberg / Bog oil, an oily sheen produced by a bacteria (Leptothrix discophora) growing under the surface of peat bogs, concentrating iron as part of their life processes. Their presence can be detected on the...

Orsolya Haarberg / Bog oil, an oily sheen produced by a bacteria (Leptothrix discophora) growing under the surface of peat bogs, concentrating iron as part of their life processes. Their presence can be detected on the...

Orsolya Haarberg / Bog oil, an oily sheen produced by a bacteria (Leptothrix discophora) growing under the surface of peat bogs, concentrating iron as part of their life processes. Their presence can be detected on the...

Orsolya Haarberg / Bog oil, an oily sheen produced by a bacteria (Leptothrix discophora) growing under the surface of peat bogs, concentrating iron as part of their life processes. Their presence can be detected on the...

Yves Lanceau / Woman in white coat removing the mold as part of the goat cheese making process, France.

Yves Lanceau / Woman in white coat putting curds into pots for draining cheese as part of the goat cheese making process, France.

Yves Lanceau / Woman in white coat putting curds into pots for draining cheese as part of the goat cheese making process, France.

Jenny E. Ross / Arctic tundra with frost-wedging features caused by repeated freeze-thaw processes in rocky soil, and surface water accumulation from melting permafrost. Wrangel Island, Siberian Arctic, Chukchi Sea,...

Jenny E. Ross / Arctic tundra with frost-wedging features caused by repeated freeze-thaw processes in rocky soil, and surface water accumulation from melting permafrost. Wrangel Island, Siberian Arctic, Chukchi Sea,...

Jenny E. Ross / Arctic tundra with frost-wedging features caused by repeated freeze-thaw processes in soil, as well as slumping and and surface water accumulation from thawing permafrost. Amguema River Estuary Region...