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911-10340 - Almond groves being chopped down as there is no longer water available to irrigate them, in Wasco in the Central Valley of California following the four year long drought in the Western USA. 80% of the world's almonds are grown in California, and it takes 1.1 gallons of water to grow each nut. Many farms have run out of water, and $2.2 Billion has been wiped off the agricultue sector annually. Currently one third of all children in California go to be hungry, as a direct result of job losses connected to the drought. 428,000 acres of farmland have been taken out of production as a result of the drought, in the Central Valley.
911-10367 - Dying Olive trees that no longer have water to irrigate them near Bakersfield, California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, Bakersfield is now the driest city in the USA. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.
911-10341 - Almond groves being chopped down as there is no longer water available to irrigate them, in Wasco in the Central Valley of California following the four year long drought in the Western USA. 80% of the world's almonds are grown in California, and it takes 1.1 gallons of water to grow each nut. Many farms have run out of water, and $2.2 Billion has been wiped off the agricultue sector annually. Currently one third of all children in California go to be hungry, as a direct result of job losses connected to the drought. 428,000 acres of farmland have been taken out of production as a result of the drought, in the Central Valley.
911-10346 - Dead and dying Almond trees in Almond groves in Wasco in the Central Valley of California after the irrigation water ran out following the four year long drought in the Western USA. 80% of the world's almonds are grown in California, and it takes 1.1 gallons of water to grow each nut. Many farms have run out of water, and $2.2 Billion has been wiped off the agricultue sector annually. Currently one third of all children in California go to be hungry, as a direct result of job losses connected to the drought. 428,000 acres of farmland have been taken out of production as a result of the drought, in the Central Valley.
911-10366 - Grubbed out Olive trees that no longer have water to irrigate them near Bakersfield, California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, Bakersfield is now the driest city in the USA. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.
911-10076 - A motorist stuck in flood waters on the road at Storth on the Kent Estuary in Cumbria, UK, during the January 2014 storm surge and high tides, is pushed out by two helpers.
911-10077 - A motorist travels through flood waters on the road at Storth on the Kent Estuary in Cumbria, UK, during the January 2014 storm surge and high tides.
911-10075 - Kayakers in the flood waters on the road at Storth on the Kent Estuary in Cumbria, UK, during the January 2014 storm surge and high tides.
911-10078 - A motorist travels far too fast through flood waters on the road at Storth on the Kent Estuary in Cumbria, UK, during the January 2014 storm surge and high tides.
971-105 - Destruction of rainforest caused by gold mining, Guyana, South America
971-106 - Destruction of rainforest caused by gold mining, Guyana, South America
869-5858 - deforestation barge loaded with logs in Amazon estuary Marajo Island Para Brazil South America
832-378355 - STEAG Evonik Walsum coal-fired power plant, Duisburg, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
832-374654 - A worker vacuums oil from behind a containment boom on the Kalamazoo River during the cleanup of a major oil spil in which 800, 000 gallons of oil spilled from an Enbridge Energy Partners pipeline, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA
832-374655 - Workers place containment boom on the Kalamazoo River to contain an oil spill during which 800, 000 gallons of oil spilled from an Enbridge Energy Partners pipeline, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA
832-376029 - Rubbish on seashore at the beach of Pisa Tuscany Italy
832-372932 - Fish carcasses in lake during drought, Dinero, Lake Corpus Christi, South Texas, USA
832-376581 - Fire in waste dump with car tires - smoke emission Spain
832-378101 - Trucks loaded with tropical timber from Congo on the main road, Yokadouma, East Region, Cameroon, Africa
832-378011 - Uprooted trees have damaged a house, storm damage from 9 June 2014, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
832-378118 - Freighter transporting logs of tropical timber on the Congo River, near Kinshasa, Kinshasa District, Democratic Republic of the Congo
832-374653 - A worker vacuums oil from behind a containment boom on the Kalamazoo River during the cleanup of a major oil spil in which 800, 000 gallons of oil spilled from an Enbridge Energy Partners pipeline, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA
826-599 - The facade of the Estonian National Opera house, opened in 1913 and rebuilt following Soviet destruction, in Tallinn, Estonia, Europe
29-5336 - A flash flood in the wadi through the centre of town, Nizwa, Oman, Middle East
29-5335 - A flash flood in the wadi through the centre of town, Nizwa, Oman, Middle East
29-5338 - A flash flood in the wadi through the centre of town, Nizwa, Oman, Middle East
29-5337 - A flash flood in the wadi through the centre of town, Nizwa, Oman, Middle East
29-5286 - Advancing bush fire beside eastern section of Gibb River Road across The Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific
29-5281 - Grassland wildfire, Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific
816-6894 - Moeraki Boulders, Koekohe Beach, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific
846-1924 - Split Apple Rock in Tasman Bay, Abel Tasman National Park, Nelson region, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific
489-1513 - Catholic Basilica, Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, ruined by earthquakes, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific
832-337094 - Highland Light (Cape Cod Light). The station was established in 1797, the present buildings date from 1857. At that time, the lighthouse was still 150m away from the 40m cliffs, but continuing erosion imperiled the location. At the end of the 20th century
489-1514 - Catholic Basilica, Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, ruined by earthquakes, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific
832-337093 - Highland Light (Cape Cod Light). The station was established in 1797, the present buildings date from 1857. At that time, the lighthouse was still 150m away from the 40m cliffs, but continuing erosion imperiled the location. At the end of the 20th century
832-337089 - Highland Light (Cape Cod Light). The station was established in 1797, the present buildings date from 1857. At that time, the lighthouse was still 150m away from the 40m cliffs, but continuing erosion imperiled the location. At the end of the 20th century
489-1508 - Ruined buildings following earthquakes, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific
832-330329 - Environmental damage caused by storms and forest fires in 2005, High Tatras, Slovakia, Europe
832-330328 - Environmental damage caused by storms and forest fires in 2005, High Tatras, Slovakia, Europe
832-327818 - Europe's largest construction site, Brown coal plant, Neurath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
832-325787 - Storm damage in a forest near Duesterohl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
832-325788 - Storm damage in a forest near Duesterohl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
832-315559 - Thyssen-Krupp steelworks, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
832-315437 - A3 Autobahn (motorway) near Oberhausen-Holten at sunset, OXEA Ruhrchemie chemical plant in background, Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
832-315566 - Hazy view of the Thyssen-Krupp steelworks at Hamborn, Schwelgern at sunset, near Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
832-307501 - Brown coal power plant in evening light, emissions, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
832-306146 - Aerial shot, silting the rainforest after mining, Guyana, South America
832-306251 - Untreated sewage being pumped into the ocean in Georgetown, Guyana, South America
832-306142 - Aerial shot, silting the rainforest after mining, Guyana, South America
832-305228 - Dredger is clearing a forest to expand a road, Paraguay, South America
832-306145 - Aerial shot, silting the rainforest after mining, Guyana, South America
832-306135 - Aerial shot, mining in the rainforest, Guyana, South America
832-306120 - Aerial shot, mining in the rainforest, Guyana, South America
816-5503 - Dead tree forest on the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia, Eurasia
832-297680 - Side cupola, dome of the Akariya Mosque (Golden Mosque) before its destruction in February 2006, Samarra, Iraq, Middle East
832-297639 - Main dome of the Al-Askari Mosque (Askariyya Mosque) prior to its destruction in the 2006 bombings, Samarra, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
832-297678 - Askariya Mosque (Golden Mosque) before its destruction in February 2006, Samarra, Iraq, Middle East
832-291167 - Building destroyed during the civil war, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, Europe
832-360955 - USA, Florida, Bahia Honda Bridge, old and destruct railway bridge at the Florida Keys
832-360959 - USA, Florida Keys, schlechte Strasse auf der Bahia Honda Bridge
832-361199 - Hurricane damage on the Slovakian side of the High Tatras, almost half of the trees were destroyed by a hurricane on the 19th of November 2004, Slovakia
832-361179 - Hurricane damage on the Slovakian side of the High Tatras, almost half of the trees were destroyed by a hurricane on the 19th of November 2004, Slovakia
832-361200 - Hurricane damage on the Slovakian side of the High Tatras, almost half of the trees were destroyed by a hurricane on the 19th of November 2004, Slovakia
832-360960 - USA, Florida, Bahia Honda Bridge, old and destruct railway bridge at the Florida Keys
832-360967 - USA, Florida, Bahia Honda Bridge, old and destruct railway bridge at the Florida Keys
832-360961 - USA, Florida, Bahia Honda Bridge, old and destruct railway bridge at the Florida Keys
832-365707 - Barge loaded with logs for shipping, destruction of the rainforest, deforestation, Borneo, Southeast Asia
832-365708 - Destruction of the rainforest, deforestation, logs transported along the Pan-American Highway, Cerro de la Muerte, Costa Rica, Central America
1113-93727 - Arabian baths from the 10th century, Banys Arabs, Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain
1113-93726 - Arabic baths from the 10th century, Banys Arabs, Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain
832-268360 - Fungus on a dead spruce infested by bark beetles on Mt Lusen in the Bavarian Forest National Park near Spiegelau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
832-250164 - Depiction of Saddam Hussein at the border between Iraq and Syria before its destruction, Iraq, Middle East
1161-1745 - Oil rig aground in Grandes Rocques Bay, Guernsey, Channel Islands
1161-2073 - Church ruins in North Creake, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
1161-2572 - Buildings demolished in earthquake area of Azad Jammu Kashmir, in village of Pattika, Pakistan
1161-2577 - Demolished buildings seen from helicopter in earthquake area of Azad Jammu Kashmir, Pakistan
1161-1824 - Veteran in military cap looking at war graves in Commonwealth war cemetery, Normandy, France.
1161-2575 - Buildings demolished in earthquake area of Azad Jammu Kashmir, in village of Pattika, Pakistan
1161-1429 - Inside burnt-out car wreck on road from Alice Springs, Namatjira Drive, Northern Territory, Australia
1161-2569 - Buildings demolished in earthquake area of Azad Jammu Kashmir, in village of Pattika, Pakistan
1161-2568 - Buildings demolished in earthquake area of Azad Jammu Kashmir, in village of Pattika, Pakistan
1161-3113 - Rescue helicopter flies over flooded caravan park and railway during flooding in North Wales
1161-2574 - Buildings demolished in earthquake area of Azad Jammu Kashmir, in village of Pattika, Pakistan
1161-1428 - Burnt-out car wreck on road from Alice Springs, Namatjira Drive, Northern Territory, Australia
1161-2567 - Buildings demolished in earthquake devastated area of Azad Jammu Kashmir, in village of Pattika, Pakistan
1161-2573 - Buildings demolished in earthquake area of Azad Jammu Kashmir, in village of Pattika, Pakistan
1161-2072 - Church ruins in North Creake, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
1161-2570 - Buildings demolished in earthquake area of Azad Jammu Kashmir, in village of Pattika, Pakistan
1161-2576 - Demolished buildings seen from helicopter in earthquake area of Azad Jammu Kashmir, Pakistan
1161-2571 - Buildings demolished in earthquake area of Azad Jammu Kashmir, village of Pattika, Pakistan
1161-935 - Drought in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta). A white Land Rover 4-wheel drive vehicle drives past a dried out carcass.
1161-717 - Drought scene - two men walking past the dried out carcasses of dead cattle in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)
1161-932 - Locals on bicycles ride past carcasses of the bones of dead animals in the drought areas of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)
1161-714 - A wrecked World War II airplane abandoned in the Solomon Islands