Jean E. Roche / Flooded petrol station in Arles city flooded by the Rhone in December 2003. Camargue, France.

Ashley Cooper / Weather station at Base Orcadas, an Argentine scientific station in Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, February 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Campbell Stokes Sunshine Recorder, which measures hours of sunlight at Base Orcadas, an Argentine scientific station in Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctic Peninsula.

Ashley Cooper / Ambleside Ambulance Station surrounded by flood waters by the banks of the River Rothay in Ambleside, in the Lake District on Saturday 5th December 2015, during torrential rain from storm Desmond. Eng...

Frederique Olivier / Mawson Station seen from a boat, with two wind turbines turning and mountains of the David Range in the background, Antarctica.

Frederique Olivier / Mawson Station seen from a boat, with two wind turbines turning and mountains of the David Range in the background, Antarctica.

Frederique Olivier / Wind turbine turning, Mawson Station, Antarctica.

Frederique Olivier / Wide angle shot of a wind turbine turning at Mawson Station, with mountains of the David Range in the background, Antarctica.

Frederique Olivier / Wide angle shot of two wind turbines turning, Mawson Station, Antarctica.

Ingo Arndt / Researcher measuring air turbulence. ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 from Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany. The Icebreaker Polarstern was drifting for five weeks with...

Ingo Arndt / Researchers collecting equipment before incoming storm. ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 from Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany. The Icebreaker Polarstern was drifting...

Kirkendall-Spring / Frosted Cottonwood trees (Populus deltoides) at Buffalo Ranch, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. February 2016.

Chien Lee / Primary rainforest in mist, Danum Valley Field Center, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / White Lauan (Parashorea malaanonan) blooming during mass flowering season which occurs only once every five to seven years, Danum Valley Field Center, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

David Woodfall / Pumping station at Burrowbridge pumping water during January 2014 flooding, Somerset Levels, England, UK, 11th January 2014.

Mark Taylor / Flooded Datchet railway station at night, Berkshire, England, UK, 11th February 2014.

David Woodfall / Flooded petrol station near the River Severn, during February 2014 floods, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, England, UK, 9th Februay 2014.

David Woodfall / Environment Agency pumping station in Tewkesbury surrounded by extensive flooding following the February 2014 floods, Gloucestershire, England, UK, 7th February 2014.

David Woodfall / Petrol station flooded during the February 2014 floods, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, England, UK, 9th February 2014.

David Woodfall / Flooding around GCHQ electrical sub station following February 2014 floods, Gloucestershire, England, UK, 7th February 2014.

David Woodfall / Flooding around GCHQ electrical sub station following February 2014 floods, Gloucestershire, England, UK, 7th February 2014.

David Woodfall / Petrol station flooded during the February 2014 floods, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, England, UK, 10th February 2014.

David Woodfall / Pumping station used by the Environment Agency during in February 2014 flooding, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, England, UK, 8th February 2014.

David Woodfall / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) swimming in flooded petrol station during February 2014 floods, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, England, UK, 8th February 2014.

David Woodfall / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) swimming in flooded petrol station during February 2014 floods, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, England, UK, 8th February 2014.

David Woodfall / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) swimming out of petrol station in flooded street during February 2014 floods, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, England, UK, 8th February 2014.

Will Watson / Electricity sub station under threat from flooding, Hylton Road, St. John's, Worcester, England, UK, 13th February 2014.

Juergen Freund / Wildflowers in sand dunes by Warburton River near Cowarie Station, South Australia

Juergen Freund / William Creek's Memorial Park with remains of Black Arrow rocket, successfully launched from the Woomera Rocket Range in October 1971. The rocket engine was recovered from the immense Anna Creek Stati...

Chris Mattison / Aerial view of Cottam power station, near Retford, Nottinghamshire, owned by EDF Energy. This power station is coal-fired. October 2012.

Chris Mattison / Aerial view of Cottam power station, near Retford, Nottinghamshire, owned by EDF Energy. This power station is coal-fired. October 2012.

Andy Trowbridge / Broken Hill and clouds being reflected in the calm waters of Lake Pearson Flock Hill Station, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. June, 2005.

Konrad Wothe / Former whaling station Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia Island

Konrad Wothe / Former whaling station Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia Island

Jean E. Roche / Weather recording station powered by solar energy, Camargue, France, February 2011

Frederique Olivier / Blizzard on the fast ice edge near Mawson Station, Antarctica, March 2011.

Jeff Wilson / Main road to the Eureka weather station, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, June 2008. Taken on location for BBC series, Frozen Planet, Summer

Jeff Wilson / 'Lemming Crossing' sign on main road to the Eureka weather station, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, June 2008. Taken on location for BBC series, Frozen Planet, Summer

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Weather Station by the side of the Blue Ice Runway at Patriot Hills. Antarctica, January 2006.

Juergen Freund / Tubbataha Reef ranger station in a storm with a full arch rainbow against the dark clouds. Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park, Palawan, Philippines, April 2009.

Peter Cairns / Rainbow behind electricity pylon and power lines, Ferrybridge power station. Yorkshire, England, UK, March 2008.

Adrian Davies / Remotely monitored weather station and data logger. UK, November

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / The Meteorological Station at Verkhoyansk where the record low temperature of -67.8 degrees celsius was recorded in 1885. Siberia, Russia, 1999.

Graham Eaton / Fog approaching the old coastguard station, Uwchmynydd, Aberdaron, Gwynedd, Wales, January 2010

Graham Eaton / Snow-bearing clouds approaching the coast, viewed from the old coastguard station, Aberdaron, Gwynedd, Wales, January 2010

Eric Baccega / Ouzour village, weather station, in spring. Olhkon Island, Baikal lake, Siberia, Russia, June 2000

David Tipling / Gentoo penguins beside Old Whaling Ship in heavy snow, old whaling station, Grytviken, South Georgia, November 2006

Richard Du Toit / Kriel Power Station, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Slime dams at Kriel Power Station, South Africa

Flip Nicklin / Old whaling ships stranded in abandoned whaling station, Leith, South Georgia Island

Jan Vermeer / Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) resting on the ice, Neumayer Station, Antarctica

Jan Vermeer / Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) pair, Neumayer Station, Antarctica

Rob Cousins / Juxtaposition of petrol filling station and wind farm, Castille, Spain

Ingrid Visser / Large fuel tanks leaking at abandoned Russian research station, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Rick Tomlinson / A rainbow arcs over the old whaling station of Grytviken in King Edward Cove, South Georgia, February 2007.

Chris Gomersall / Orcadas Argentine polar research base station. Laurie Island, South Orkney Isles, Antarctica. January 2007.

Colin Monteath / Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus), Aberdeen Angus breed, grazing near Lake Pukaki and the Ben Ohau Range, Tasman Downs Station, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Hiker admiring Lake Pukaki and Ben Chau Range, scene on route to Mt Cook Station, autumn, New Zealand

Igor Shpilenok / Storm gathers over Teletskoye Lake and ranger station in southern Siberia, Russia.

Norbert Wu / Research scientist Dr. Dale Stokes readies a dive hut after a blizzard, U.S. base at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Norbert Wu / Research scientist makes his way through blizzard, US base at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Colin Monteath / Rakaia River Valley, Peak Hill Station, Canterbury, New Zealand

Matthias Breiter / Almirante Brown Research Station at foot of glacier, Paradise Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Matthias Breiter / Research station, Almirante Brown, Paradise Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Matthias Breiter / Research station, Almirante Brown, Paradise Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Onne van der Wal / Cable car station at the top of Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa.

Onne van der Wal / Rugged cliffs below the cable car and station at the summit of Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa.

Rick Tomlinson / Ellen MacArthur at the nav station aboard her Open 60 "Kingfisher", in which she came 2nd in the Vendee Globe singlehanded round the world race, 2000-01.

Onne van der Wal / Navigation station aboard a cruising yacht showing instruments, weather fax maps, old sat nav and charts.

Colin Monteath / High clouds from Jumped Up Downs hill on Erewhon Station looking across Rangitata river valley, Canterbury, New Zealand

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Power station with steam rising from its stacks over desert, Page, Arizona

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Steam rising from large thermally powered Wairakei Power Station, North Island, New Zealand

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Steam rising from large thermally powered Wairakei Power Station, North Island, New Zealand

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Tourist zodiac landing at Mikkelsen Harbour, the site of a disused whaling station. Trinity Island, Antarctica, February 2009.

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Totally damaged Forest Station destroyed by cyclone Sidr on November 15 2007, on the coast of Mandabaria island, Sundarban West Wildlife Sanctuary, Sundarbans Mangrove forest, Bangladesh

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / House at Kotka Forest Station destroyed by cyclone Sidr on November 15 2007, Coastal area of Sundarban East Wildlife Sanctuary, Sundarbans Mangrove forest, Bangladesh

Flip Nicklin / Leith, an abandoned whaling station, South Georgia Island

Jan Vermeer / Research station with airplane and researchers, Antarctica

Jan Vermeer / Helicopter landing at Halley Antarctic Station, Antarctica

Jan Vermeer / Research station on the coast, Antarctica

Grant Dixon / Moss beds with melting snow, Robinsons Ridge near Casey Station, Antarctica

Grant Dixon / Abandoned whaling station at Mount Sugartop, South Georgia Island, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / Argentine research station shrouded in fog, Penola Strait, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / Supplies at Ukrainian Vernadsky research station, originally built by British in 1948 as Faraday Base, Galindez Island, Penola Strait, Antarctica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Rain in lowland rainforest, La Selva Biological Research Station, Costa Rica

Dan Burton / Weather station Iceland

Tom Vierus / A destroyed petrol station, the aftermath of tropical Cyclone Winston, Ba Province, Viti Levu, Fiji. February, 2016.

Gary Braasch / The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's atmospheric and space observatory, at 3400 meters on the northeast flank of Mauna Loa volcano. The observatory consists of 10 buildings from...

Maxime Aliaga / Hooded mountain tanager (Buthraupis montana) perched on branch. Wayqecha Biological Research Station, Manu National Park, Peru.

Doug Gimesy / Vegetation flourishes in the desert after greater than normal local rain. Anna Creek Station, South Australia, March 2022.

Doug Gimesy / Vegetation flourishes in the river channels and surrounds as a result of uncommonly high local rainfall in a desert. Anna Creek Station, South Australia, March 2022.

Ashley Cooper / Bus station flooded by the River Severn after Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis lead to the wettest February recorded in the UK. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK, February 2020.

Frederique Olivier / Maintenance of a meteorological station, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica February 2007

Frederique Olivier / Maintenance of a meteorological station, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica February 2007

Ashley Cooper / Bus station flooded by River Severn. After Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis, the wettest February recorded in the UK. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK. February 2020.