A worker inspects a partially-submerged sandbag barrier wall erected to reduce the impact of coastal erosion from storm surges that have worsened environmental degradation in the region.

A truck unloads sand to be used in the construction of the submerged barrier, at Ponta da Praia, to prevent marine erosion and reduce the impact of coastal erosion from storm surges that have worsened...

Pipes used to siphon and drain water from Lake Palcacocha in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range. Due to the increased volume of water, originating from melting glaciers around the lake, avalanches h...

A person rides a snow mobile across a fjord that would normally be completely frozen in winter but huge patches of unfrozen sea are visible. Temperatures in this region are warming faster than anywher...

Workers from the Nordic Genetic Resource Centre (NordGen) unloads seed samples for storage in the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permafr...

Workers from the Nordic Genetic Resource Centre (NordGen) unloads seed samples for storage in the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permafr...

Diving boats moored near a partially-submerged sandbag barrier wall erected to reduce the impact of coastal erosion from storm surges that have worsened environmental degradation in the region.

Diving boats moored near a partially-submerged sandbag barrier wall erected to reduce the impact of coastal erosion from storm surges that have worsened environmental degradation in the region.

Partially-submerged debris from structures destroyed by marine erosion.

Pipes used to siphon and drain water from Lake Palcacocha in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range. Due to the increased volume of water, originating from melting glaciers around the lake, avalanches h...

A worker from the Nordic Genetic Resource Centre (NordGen) unloads seed samples for storage in the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permaf...

The entrance tunnel to the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permafrost melt. Temperatures in this region are warming faster than anywhere...

The entrance door to the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permafrost melt. Temperatures in this region are warming faster than anywhere el...

Partially-submerged debris from structures destroyed by marine erosion.

Partially-submerged debris from structures destroyed by marine erosion in Ilha Comprida, along the southern coast of Sao Paulo state.