Earth Shots

The Cuyahoga River was so polluted it regularly went up in flames. Images of one dramatic blaze in 1952 shaped the US's nascent environmental movement, long after the flames went out.

The "Blue Marble" was the first photo of the whole Earth and the only ever taken by a human. Fifty years on, new images of the planet reveal visible changes to the Earth's surface.

A photographer's iconic shots of polar bears in abandoned buildings on a Russian island shine a spotlight on wider changes in their behaviour.

In 2019, climate scientist Steffen Olsen took a startling photo of huskies appearing to walk on water. The photo went viral as it revealed the reality of Greenland's melting ice.

The photo of two men standing on a mountain of bison skulls is well known as a symbol of hunting during colonisation of the US. But there's a more sinister story that lies behind it.

Scientists added a new shade to a graphical representation of global temperature change to keep up with our warming world.

In the 1970s, a small group of Greenpeace activists had a unique idea for how they could put an end to commercial whaling.

More than 50 years after it was shot, Earthrise continues to be seen as one of the most iconic environmental photographs ever taken.