860-291341 - Dead acacia tree on the background of sand dunes and stripes of morning fog. A very rare natural phenomenon for these places. Stunning light, color and shape. Sossusvlei. Deadvlei. Namib-Naukluft National Park. Landscapes of Namibia. Africa.
860-290700 - An African elephant at a waterhole, Loxodonta africana, in the background a bushfire on the hills surrounding the Savuti Marsh. Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana
911-10360 - Abandoned dead and dying Orange 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.
911-10359 - Abandoned dead and dying Orange 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.
911-10367 - 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.
911-10346 - 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.
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
832-136109 - Pine trees killed by an outbreak of mountain pine beetles which killed millions of acres of pine trees in the American west; scientists expect the problem to worsen due to global warming, because very cold weather is needed to kill the beetles, Grand Lake
832-128379 - Dead spruce (Picea abies), Mt. Feldberg, Black Forest, Black Forest, Landkreis Hochschwarzwald county, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
832-128376 - Dead spruce (Picea abies), Mt. Feldberg, Black Forest, Black Forest, Landkreis Hochschwarzwald county, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
832-128374 - Dead spruce (Picea abies), Mt. Feldberg, Black Forest, Black Forest, Landkreis Hochschwarzwald county, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
832-128378 - Dead spruce (Picea abies), Mt. Feldberg, Black Forest, Black Forest, Landkreis Hochschwarzwald county, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
832-128380 - Dead spruce (Picea abies), Mt. Feldberg, Black Forest, Black Forest, Landkreis Hochschwarzwald county, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
975-81 - New Shoots on the forest bed, bright green in the evening sun. The trees- dead or dying, picking up the orange of the sunlight on their trunks. The Interior, Alaska, USA
979-6923 - Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for dying sockeye salmon at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean
911-5884 - Red gum trees in the Barmah forest, the largest stand of red gums in the world, along the banks of the Murray River, Victoria, Australia, Pacific
911-4161 - Chinese trying to combat desertification by planting millions of trees, but sadly many die as the ground is now just too dry to support them, Inner Mongolia, Northern China, Asia
911-4160 - Chinese trying to combat desertification by planting millions of trees, but sadly many die as the ground is now just too dry to support them, Inner Mongolia, Northern China, Asia
911-4162 - Chinese trying to combat desertification by planting millions of trees, but sadly many die as the ground is now just too dry to support them, Inner Mongolia, Northern China, Asia