Shifting Sands
A worker carrying hay in the
Maowusu Desert in China. Barriers are being built to stabilize sand dunes and
prevent desertification
Bear Pause
Giant pandas eat at the China
Panda Protection and Research Center in Wolong, China
Smoke Signals
Exhaust from a factory in
Thailand. Scientists project a big rise in temperatures this century due to
greenhouse gases released by the use of fossil fuels
Melting Away
The LeConte Glacier in
southeast Alaska has retreated 2.5 miles since 1887.
Hazy Future
An Indonesian man burns coconut
shells to make charcoal. The government has announced a plan to rank cities
based on air quality.
Brilliant Swarm
Thousands of fusulier fish
swim on the edge of a coral reef in the Ras Mohammed protection area near Sharm
el-Sheikh in Egypt
Dry Land
A worker takes a rest on the
chapped land in a dried resevior in Minqin, in northwest China's Gansu
Province.
Visibility Decreasing
A gigantic cloud of
dust known as "Haboob" advances over Khartoum in April
2007.
Out of their Depth
One of two dolphins, who
are usually found in warmer waters, sighted in the Baltic Sea near Germany in
September
Piling Up
Garbage collectors at a dump in
China's Hainan province. Growing populations and booming economies are
threatening ecosystems throughout East Asia.
Barely Hanging on
One of an endangered
species, a Black and White Ruffed Lemur clings to a branch near Pletteberg Bay
in South Africa
Waiting for Rain
A dead tree stands on a
drought-ravaged property in the far west of New South Wales,
Australia
Wise Eye
Beaulah the elephant takes in the
surroundings at the Dutchess County Fair in Rhinebeck,
N.Y.
Tomorrow's Riviera
Climate activists
"sunbathe" on the edge of a frozen fjord in the Norwegian Arctic town of
Longyearbyen
Caps Off
A NASA satellite image from
September 16, 2007 shows Arctic summer sea ice at its lowest level, shattering a
record set in
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