Nick Hawkins / Fishing ropes wrap around the head and mouth, damaging the baleen of a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Fishing gear entanglem...

Nick Hawkins / Fishing ropes wrap over the blowhole of a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Fishing gear entanglement is a leading cause of dea...

Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / Pool and Stac Pollaidh, Coigach / Assynt SWT, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, June 2011. Did you know? The peak of Stac Polliadh is very severely weathered and it is thought that during the last...

Nick Hawkins / Fishing ropes wrap over the blowhole of a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Fishing gear entanglement is a leading cause of dea...

Nick Hawkins / Fishing ropes wrap over the blowhole of a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Fishing gear entanglement is a leading cause of dea...

Ashley Cooper / Forge Lane bridge, an ancient stone bridge, severely damaged by the River Greta in flood. Taken during the aftermath of Storm Desmond, Cumbria, England, UK, January 2016.

Doug Perrine / Fissure along the east rift zone of Kilauea Volcano, blasting lava bombs hundreds of meters into the air near a residence off Highway 132 between Pahoa and Kapoho in Puna District, Hawaii. The house w...

Nick Upton / Severely flooded and closed road on Curry Moor between North Curry and East Lyng after weeks of heavy rain, Somerset Levels, UK, February 2014.

Nick Upton / Highway maintenance vehicle driving through floods on severely flooded A361 between East Lyng and Burrowbridge across Lower Salt Moor after weeks of heavy rain, Somerset Levels, UK, January 2013.

Nick Upton / Severely flooded and closed road on Curry Moor between North Curry and East Lyng after weeks of heavy rain, Somerset Levels, UK, January 2013.

Nick Upton / Severely flooded and closed road on Curry Moor between North Curry and East Lyng after weeks of heavy rain, Somerset Levels, UK, January 2013.

Nick Upton / Severely flooded and closed A361 road at sunset between Burrowbridge and East Lyng across Southlake moor after weeks of heavy rain, Somerset Levels, UK, January 2013.

Nick Upton / Severely flooded A361 between East Lyng and Burrowbridge across Lower Salt Moor after weeks of heavy rain, Somerset Levels and Moors, UK, January 2013.

Sandesh Kadur / Power lines frame the irreversible damage caused by over 30 years of iron-ore mining in Kudremukh National Park, Karanataka, Western Ghats, Southern India. If mining continues, the lives of hundreds...

Jean E. Roche / Calf held in plastic box designed to severely restrict movement for veal meat trade, Aveyron, France, August 2009

Jean E. Roche / Calf held in plastic box designed to severely restrict movement for veal meat trade, Aveyron, France, August 2009

Michael Quinton / Yellowstone fire, severely burned forest, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Pete Oxford / Polylepis forest in valley surrounded by Frailejones, Polylepis incana & Espeletia pycnophylla (Severely Depleted habitat in Andes). El Angel Ecological Res. Paramo habitat, Carchi Province, Northern...

Nigel Cattlin / Ragged stunt virus (RSV) severely infected paddy Rice (Oryza sativa) plants in ear, Philippines

Nigel Cattlin / Ragged stunt virus (RSV) severely infected paddy Rice (Oryza sativa) plant, Philippines

Nigel Cattlin / Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) crop affected by docking disorder by free-living nematodes (FLN) causing severely stunted plant, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Banana (Musa sp.) plantation severely affected and diseased by Yellow sigatoka (Mycosphaerella musicola) disease, Thailand, South East Asia.

Nigel Cattlin / Irrigated Banana (Musa sp.) plantation severely affected and diseased by Yellow sigatoka (Mycosphaerella musicola) disease, Thailand, South East Asia.

David Pattyn / Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) severely affected by myxomatosis, on the beach, Texel Island, Wadden sea, The Netherlands, Europe. February.

Nigel Cattlin / Wilting and necrosis caused by boron deficiency, Bo, on a sugar beet plant in Champagne Region, France, Septrember

Nigel Cattlin / Wilting and necrosis caused by boron deficiency, Bo, on a sugar beet crop in Champagne Region, France, Septrember

Shane Gross / Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), male, in a severely degraded state, migrating up river, Vancouver Island, Canada.

Bruno D'Amicis / Cow browsing on bush on severely degraded land near Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. 2018.

Nigel Cattlin / Rabbit (Orycolagus cuniculus) severely affected by myxomatosis caused by Myxoma virus a fatal disease, Berkshire, September

Nigel Cattlin / Barley grain weevil (Sitophilus granarius) and severely damaged barley grains from an infested grain store

Jiri Lochman / Severely burnt Bull banksia (Banksia grandis) re-sprouting from lignotuber after major bushfire, West Cape Howe National Park, Western Australia, April 2002.

Jiri Lochman / Severely burnt Bull banksia (Banksia grandis) re-sprouting from lignotuber after major bushfire, West Cape Howe National Park, Western Australia, April 2002.

Jiri Lochman / Severely burnt Bull banksia (Banksia grandis) re-sprouting from lignotuber after major bushfire, West Cape Howe National Park, Western Australia, April 2002.

Jiri Lochman / Severely burnt Rock sheoak (Allocasuarina huegeliana) re-sprouting from epicormic buds after major bushfire, Mount Cooke, Darling Range, Western Australia. April 2003.

Jiri Lochman / Severely burnt shrubs re-sprouting from lignotubers shortly after bushfire, Walpole Nornalup National Park, Western Australia. February 2009.

Jiri Lochman / Severely burnt Red swamp banksia (Banksia occidentalis) re-sprouting from lignotuber immediately after bushfire, Walpole Nornalup National Park, Western Australia. February 2009.

Jiri Lochman / Severely burnt Red swamp banksia (Banksia occidentalis) re-sprouting from lignotuber immediately after bushfire, Walpole Nornalup National Park, Western Australia. February 2009.

Jiri Lochman / Close up of a severely burnt Red swamp banksia (Banksia occidentalis) re-sprouting from lignotuber immediately after bushfire, Walpole Nornalup National Park, Western Australia. February 2009.

Jiri Lochman / Severely burnt stand of Western Australian peppermint, or Willow myrtle (Agonis flexuosa) re-sprouting from lignotubers after major bushfire, West Cape Howe National Park, Western Australia. April 200...

Jiri Lochman / Severely burnt Mallee (Eucalyptus sp.) re-sprouting from lignotuber immediately after bushfire, Walpole Nornalup National Park, Western Australia. February 2009.

Jiri Lochman / Severely burnt Mallee (Eucalyptus sp.) re-sprouting from lignotuber and epicormic buds immediately after bushfire, Walpole Nornalup National Park, Western Australia. February 2009.

Jiri Lochman / Severely burnt Mallee (Eucalyptus sp.) re-sprouting from lignotuber and epicormic buds immediately after bushfire, Walpole Nornalup National Park, Western Australia. February 2009.

Jiri Lochman / Severely burnt Eucalyptus tree re-sprouting from epicormic buds after major bushfire, between Omeo and Dargo, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. April 2007

Jiri Lochman / Severely burnt Eucalyptus tree re-sprouting from epicormic buds after major bushfire, between Omeo and Dargo, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. April 2007

Jiri Lochman / Severely burnt Eucalyptus tree re-sprouting from epicormic buds after major bushfire, between Omeo and Dargo, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. April 2007

Jiri Lochman / Severely burnt Eucalyptus tree re-sprouting from epicormic buds after major bushfire, between Omeo and Dargo, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. April 2007

Jiri Lochman / Eucalyptus forest severely damaged by a prescribed burn which was too late in the season and escalated into a wildfire, D'Entrecasteaux National Park, Western Australia. January 2012

Jiri Lochman / Eucalyptus forest severely damaged by a prescribed burn which was too late in the season and escalated into a wildfire, D'Entrecasteaux National Park, Western Australia. January 2012

Jiri Lochman / Eucalyptus forest severely damaged by a prescribed burn which was too late in the season and escalated into a wildfire, D'Entrecasteaux National Park, Western Australia. January 2012

Nigel Cattlin / Golden delicious apples severely affected by Apple scab (Venturia inaequalis) with spots and cracking, October, Devon

Nigel Cattlin / Cotton boll severely damaged by a boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) larva, Mississipi, USA, October

Marie Lochman / This was a severely burnt Jarrah tree (Eucalyptus marginata) resprouting from lignotuber ( a woody swelling of the root crown) shortly after bushfire. Darling Range, Western Australia - April 2003.

Nigel Cattlin / A cob of forage maize or corn (Zea mays) severely damaged by feeding birds

Nigel Cattlin / Sugar beet plants severely wilted leaves on a hot summer afternoon, Champagne, France

Philippe Clement / Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) butterfly with severely damaged wings resting on leaf, Belgium, April