Michele Westmorland / Man collecting black sand in an area which is one of the locations for producing fine restaurant quality salt, most of which is shipped to Japan, Kusimbi Beach, Bali, Indonesia 2009. No release availa...

Alex Hyde / Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station cooling towers. Nottinghamshire, UK, January 2013.

Alex Hyde / Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station cooling towers. Nottinghamshire, UK, January 2013.

Jabruson / Boy walking on large pile of hardwood logs ready for loading onto railway trucks that will collect timber from lumber yard located inside the Lope National Park. Onward shipment via sea takes place f...

Jabruson / Large-scale hardwood timber extraction with trucks carrying hardwood timber stop on the route from near the Lope National Park to Libreville, Gabon, 2009. No release available.

Steven Kazlowski / Crew bleeds a full deckload of Pacific cod fish (Gadidae family) before putting them in salt water tanks, on the fishing trawler Western Dawn, Gulf of Alaska, USA. No release available.

Steven Kazlowski / Trans-Alaskan Pipeline, with blooming fall tundra colours, that runs from Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic coast to Valdez at the north central coast of Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA

Mark Taylor / Men working the sulphur mine at Kawah Ijen, Java, Indonesia. No release available.

Jeff Rotman / Common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) caught in gill net, observed by diver at night, Huatampo, Mexico, Gulf of California, Pacific Ocean. Model released. May 2008.

Jeff Rotman / Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) silhouette of one caught in gill net, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Edge of saltmarsh with oil storage depot in the background, Canvey Island, Essex, England, UK, February

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Machinery that cuts, peels and calculates the volume of the wood, cutting eucalyptus trees in the municipality of Linhares, Esparito Santo State, Eastren Brazil, January 2012. No release available.

Shibai Xiao / State-owned forestry plant with workers lifting logs early in the morning, Heilongjiang Provinc, China, January 2010. No release available

Pete Oxford / Salt mounds and evaporation ponds (sea salt production plant started in the 1600's and worked by african slaves) Cargill Solar Salt Works, Pekelmeer lagoon, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean

Pedro Narra / Two Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) jumping close the industrial area in the north chanel of the river Sado, Sado Estuary, Portugal, May

Martin Gabriel / Evaporation ponds for production of salt. La Palma Island, Canary Islands, Spain, February 2010.

Peter Lewis / Fawley Oil Refinery at sunset, Fawley, nr Southampton, Hampshire, UK, September 2009

Peter Lewis / Sunset over Fawley oil refinery viewed from Portsdown Hill, Hampshire, UK, October 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Gas flare at a Gazprom oil production facility near Noviy Urengoy. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Truck carrying large section of gas pipe on a winter road near the Yurharovo gas field. Noviy Urengoi, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Ernie Janes / Bangkok City Centre and River Chao Phraya at dusk, Thailand

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of Alluvial Gold Mine in the rainforest, Guyana , December 2009

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of Alluvial Gold Mine in the rainforest, Guyana, December 2009

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Burning off impure gas in Gazprom's Yamsavey gas fields near Nadym. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Pumping unit in the oil fields near Niznevartovsk. Khanty Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Worker silhouetted by red hot metal at the copper foundry in Norilsk. Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Converter aisle in the copper foundry at Norilsk. Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.

Tim Laman / Grouper holding pens, destined for the live fish trade to Hong Kong. Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, May 2007

Guy Edwardes / View of pipework and Geothermal power plant, Reykjanesvirkjun, South West Iceland, July 2009

Guy Edwardes / View of pipework and Geothermal power plant, Reykjanesvirkjun, South West Iceland, July 2009

Philippe Clement / Lightning during thunderstorm above petrochemical industry seen through magnifying glass held against illuminated globe of the earth Digital composite

Philippe Clement / Lightning during thunderstorm above petrochemical industry inside incandescent lamp / bulb against black background. Digital composite

Paul Hobson / Flock of Pink Footed geese (Anser brachyrhynchus) flying low over Liverpool bay, with gas rig behind. England, UK. November.

David Woodfall / Pile of scrap cars prior to being recycled. England, UK July 2009

David Woodfall / Pile of scrap cars prior to being recycled. England, UK July 2009

Piper Mackay / Container freighter travelling through the Panama canal, Panama, November 2008

Jerry Monkman / Man stoking the fire in the sap evaporator of the sugar house at Sugarbush Farm in Woodstock, Vermont, USA, April 2008.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Harvester" and the "Jotun B" oil production platform. North Sea, May 2010.

Philip Stephen / "Beryl Bravo" oil platform blowing off gas, North Sea, March 2010.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Ocean Harvest" operating close to the "Beryl Alpha" production platform, 160 miles Northeast of Aberdeen, in the North Sea. March 2010.

Inaki Relanzon / Traditional silk factory, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, Burma August 2009

Inaki Relanzon / Women working in a tomato factory, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar/ Burma. August 2009

Michel Poinsignon / Cooling towers of Nuclear power station with farmland and straw bales in the foreground, Cattenom, France

Angelo Gandolfi / Las Medulas, Cordillera Cantabrica, Castilla y Leon, Spain. The landscape, now a natural reserve, is man-made: the rock formations are the result of iron mining since Roman times and the wood is culti...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Fishing for herring, with Gulls flying over water, Moere coastline, Norway, February 2009

Jouan & Rius / People bathing in the spa waters of the Blue Lagoon with the geothermal power plant in the background, Grindavik, Iceland 2005

Nick Garbutt / Sheep grazing in front of Cemex Cement Works and Limestone Crushing Plant with Lowther Valley and eastern Lake District behind. Shap Fell, Cumbria, UK. January 2009.

MORLEY READ / Burning off gas beside pool of waste water, Shushufindi oil prodcution site, Ecuador

Martin Dohrn / Lorry dumping coal slurry, Ruhr valley, Germany

Karl Ammann / Waste timber, Central African rainforest. On average, less than half of the wood cut is used.

Karl Ammann / Tropical rainforest timber transported on logging trucks to the local seaport. Drivers are paid per trip and therefore have an incentive to ignore traffic and safety rules.

David Noton / Old Tin mine on edge of moor, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. Heather and Gorse in foreground.

David Noton / Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, and train Nr Nottingham, England Energy and railways.

JIM CLARE / Guano unloading gantry with Peruvian boobies (Sula variegata). Chincha Island, Peru, South America

Juergen Freund / Trawler boat hauling in nets with fish catch. Sulu-Sulawesi seas, Indo-pacific

Michele Westmorland / Man collecting black sand in an area which is one of the locations for producing fine restaurant quality salt, most of which is shipped to Japan, Kusimbi Beach, Bali, Indonesia 2009

Gavin Hellier / Rubber tree plantation within Pulau Langkawi, Langkawi Island, Malaysia 2008

Gavin Hellier / Rubber tree plantation within Pulau Langkawi, Langkawi Island, Malaysia 2008

Gavin Hellier / Chouwara traditional leather tannery in Old Fez, vats for tanning and dyeing leather hides and skins, Fez, Morocco, 2011

Gavin Hellier / Chouwara traditional leather tannery in Old Fez, vats for tanning and dyeing leather hides and skins, Fez, Morocco, 2011

Gavin Hellier / Chouwara traditional leather tannery in Old Fez, vats for tanning and dyeing leather hides and skins, Fez, Morocco, 2011

Alex Hyde / Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station cooling towers at dusk. Nottinghamshire, UK, January 2013.

Alex Hyde / Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station cooling towers. Nottinghamshire, UK, January 2013.

Alex Hyde / Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station cooling towers. Nottinghamshire, UK, January 2013.

Alex Hyde / Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station cooling towers. Nottinghamshire, UK, January 2013.

Alex Hyde / Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station cooling towers. Nottinghamshire, UK, January 2013.

Alex Hyde / Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station cooling towers. Nottinghamshire, UK, January 2013.

Alex Hyde / Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station cooling towers. Nottinghamshire, UK, January 2013.

Alex Hyde / Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station cooling towers. Nottinghamshire, UK, January 2013.

Alex Hyde / Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station cooling towers. Nottinghamshire, UK, January 2013.

Alex Hyde / Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station cooling towers. Nottinghamshire, UK, January 2013. Digitally stitched panorama.

David Welling / Oil derricks and storage tanks in a working oil field, Southern Kern County, California, USA

Jabruson / People walk passed hardwood log on beach, dropped into the ocean, washed overboard, abandoned hardwood tree trunks wash ashore along Gabon's Atlantic coast. Logs disrupt nests and nesting behaviour of...

Jabruson / Bushmeat trade - roadside restaurant with freshly caught items on the menu on full display to passing vehicles, in this case Brush-tailed Porcupines (Atherurus africanus). If not eaten at the restaura...

Jabruson / Trucks used for large-scale hardwood timber extraction with hardwood logs being taken from lumber yard located inside the Lope National Park. Onward shipment via sea takes place from Libreville, Gabon...

Jabruson / Trucks used for large-scale hardwood timber extraction with hardwood logs being taken from lumber yard located inside the Lope National Park. Onward shipment via sea takes place from Libreville, Gabon...

Jabruson / Trucks used for large-scale hardwood timber extraction with hardwood logs being taken from lumber yard located inside the Lope National Park. Onward shipment via sea takes place from Libreville, Gabon...

Jabruson / Bulldozer used for large-scale hardwood timber extraction with hardwood logs being readied for loading onto railway trucks that will collect timber from lumber yard located inside the Lope National Pa...

Jabruson / Trucks used for large-scale hardwood timber extraction with hardwood logs being taken from lumber yard located inside the Lope National Park. Onward shipment via sea takes place from Libreville, Gabon...

Jabruson / Bulldozer used for large-scale hardwood timber extraction with hardwood logs being readied for loading onto railway trucks that will collect timber from lumber yard located inside the Lope National Pa...

Jabruson / Large-scale hardwood timber extraction with hardwood logs being readied for loading onto railway trucks that will collect timber from lumber yard located inside the Lope National Park. Onward shipment...

Jabruson / Two boys stand close to railway trucks loaded with hardwood timber logs for export from Gabon

Jabruson / Colour coding, markings and metal stays on hardwood timber tree trunk base. Large-scale hardwood timber extraction with hardwood logs marked-up and readied for loading onto railway trucks that will co...

Jabruson / Colour coding, markings and metal stays on hardwood timber tree trunk bases with new (Ipomoea spp) leaf growth over logs. Large-scale hardwood timber extraction in Gabon. 2009

Jabruson / Large-scale hardwood timber extraction with hardwood logs being readied for loading onto railway trucks that will collect timber from lumber yard located inside the Lope National Park. Onward shipment...

Jabruson / Large-scale hardwood timber extraction with hardwood logs being readied for loading onto railway trucks that will collect timber from lumber yard located inside the Lope National Park. Onward shipment...

Jabruson / Cyclist moves through lumber yard showing large-scale hardwood timber extraction with hardwood logs being readied for loading onto railway trucks that will collect timber from lumber yard located insi...

Jabruson / Large-scale hardwood timber extraction with hardwood logs being readied for loading onto railway trucks that will collect timber from lumber yard located inside the Lope National Park. Onward shipment...

Jabruson / Large-scale hardwood timber extraction with trucks carrying hardwood timber stop on the route from near the Lope National Park to Libreville, Gabon. 2009

Philippe Clement / Salt pan for the poduction of Fleur de sel / sea salt on the island Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France September 2012

Philippe Clement / Salt pan for the production of Fleur de sel / sea salt on the island Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, September 2012

Philippe Clement / Colourful cabins of oyster farmers in the harbour at Le Chateau-d'Oleron on the island Ile d'Oleron, Charente-Maritime, France, September 2012

Philippe Clement / Oyster farming boats in the harbour at Le Chateau d'Oleron on the island Ile d'Oleron, Charente-Maritime, France, September 2012

Chris Mattison / Torness nuclear power station. Lothian, Scotland, August 2012.

Chris Mattison / Torness nuclear power station. Lothian, Scotland, August 2012.

Chris Mattison / Torness nuclear power station. Lothian, Scotland, August 2012.