Bubbles form from the polluted water of the Bagmati River as it is processed at the Guheswori Wastewater Treatment Plant before it reaches the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, June 3, 2022. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Sargassum seaweed colors the water brown and covers the beach in the Bay of Soliman, north of Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, where workers hired by local residents remove it by hand, Wednesday, August 3, 2022. (Eduardo Verdugo/AP Photo)





A dead fish lies in the shallow water of the German-Polish border river Oder in Lebus, Germany, Thursday, August 18, 2022. Germany says several substances seem to have contributed to a massive fish die-off in the Oder River that forms much of the country’s border with Poland. (Photo by Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP Photo)





In an aerial view, hundreds of dead fish are seen floating in the waters of Lake Merritt, a tidal lagoon of the San Francisco Bay, on August 30, 2022 in Oakland, California. Tens of thousands of dead fish, including sharks, sturgeon and large striped bass, are showing up on the shores of the San Francisco Bay and its waterways as a widespread algal bloom continues more than a month after first being detected. The algae is not believed to be immediately harmful to humans but could be fatal to fish and other marine life if exposed in high concentrations. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)





In this photo provided by the Gibraltar government and taken on Thursday September 1, 2022, a leak of heavy fuel oil, a small amount of which has escaped the perimeter of the boom sits on the surface of the sea by the Tuvalu-registered OS 35 cargo ship that collided with a liquid natural gas carrier in the bay of Gibraltar on Tuesday. Gibraltar authorities say they have beached a cargo ship to prevent it from sinking after it collided with a liquefied natural gas carrier in the Bay of Gibraltar. A government spokesman said that the situation was under control and the cargo ship was not in danger. He said there has been no environmental impact so far. (Photo by HM Government of Gibraltar via AP Photo)





Workers of the Authority for the Sustainable Management of the Amatitlan Basin and Lake (AMSA) collect waste washed away by rains and held by a barrier installed in one of the tributaries of the lake in Amatitlan, Guatemala, on September 14, 2022. (Photo by Johan Ordonez/AFP Photo)





Farmland inundated with saltwater, gradually eats away the soil in the Mediterranean town of Mutubes, in Kafr el-Sheikh province, Egypt, Friday, September 9, 2022. The impact of climate change has long been obvious to farmers, in the creeping salt that eats away roots and cakes their fields, turning them barren. (Photo by Nariman El-Mofty/AP Photo)





A dead fish floats in the Mediterranean Sea in Gador sea reserve, Hadera, northern Israel, Saturday, October 29, 2022. Climate change, invasive species and explosive human activity are threatening what remains of the eastern Mediterranean's severely impacted ecosystems. (Photo by Ariel Schalit/AP Photo)





The environmental activist Modou Fall, who many simply call “Plastic Man”, poses for a photo at the Yarakh Beach littered by trash and plastics in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, November 8, 2022. As he walks, plastics dangle from his arms and legs, rustling in the wind while strands drag on the ground. On his chest, poking out from the plastics, is a sign in French that says, “No to plastic bags”. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP Photo)





Trash and plastics litter the sand of Yarakh Beach in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, November 8, 2022. In 2020, Senegal passed a law that banned some plastic products. But if the mountains of plastic garbage on this beach are any indication, the country is struggling with enforcement. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP Photo)





A sea turtle swims over corals on Moore Reef in Gunggandji Sea Country off the coast of Queensland in eastern Australia on November 13, 2022. The Great Barrier Reef, battered but not broken by climate change impacts, is inspiring hope and worry alike as researchers race to understand how it can survive a warming world. (Photo by Sam McNeil/AP Photo)





Plastic bottles and rubbish float on El Cerrón Grande reservoir in Potonico, El Salvador on November 23, 2022. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)





This shot, which was announced the winner by the on December 2, 2022 came top in the People and Nature category of the British Ecological Society’s Capturing Ecology photography competition. (Photo by British Ecological Society)





A general view of the surroundings of the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 01 January 2023. With an AQI (Air Quality Index) of 174, which is labeled as 'unhealthy', the Bosinan capital is among the most polluted cities in the world, ranking in 5th place on 01 January 2023. (Photo by Fehim Demir/EPA/EFE)





People enjoy a sunny day on the mountain near village of Kuckovo, over the smog and pollution-covered capital Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia, 02 January 2023. For the last ten days, several Macedonian cities have been among the 50 most polluted in the world. The capital city of Skopje has been covered in fog, smog and extreme pollution for several days. Many airplane flights have been canceled, especially morning flights. According by IQAir, a Swiss air quality technology company, last ten days, North Macedonian capital was three times ranked between most polluted cities in the world. The levels of toxic PM10 and PM 2.5 particles in the air measured by IQAir in Skopje were about 28 times higher than the safety threshold established by the World Health Organization. (Photo by Georgi Licovski/EPA/EFE)