Earth Photo is an annual competition awarding photographers and filmmakers for work that showcases the issues affecting the climate and life on our planet. Taylor Roades’ photo of Tukpahlearick Creek in Alaska flowing rust-red was among 2024's winning images. 2023 was the hottest year on global record and permafrost is thawing at an unprecedented rate, <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2024%2F05%2F29%2Fclimate%2Forange-rivers-permafrost-alaska%2Findex.html">releasing toxic metals that are changing waterways</a>. <strong>Scroll through the gallery to see more. </strong>
Earth Photo is an annual competition awarding photographers and filmmakers for work that showcases the issues affecting the climate and life on our planet. Taylor Roades’ photo of Tukpahlearick Creek in Alaska flowing rust-red was among 2024's winning images. 2023 was the hottest year on global record and permafrost is thawing at an unprecedented rate, releasing toxic metals that are changing waterways. Scroll through the gallery to see more. 
Taylor Roades
Photographers Jean-Marc Caimi and Valentina Piccinni won the main prize for their series “Tropicalia” which documents the methods employed by Sicilian farmers as a response to climate change. Some are giving up their land for solar energy systems, whereas others, such as Elena Giorgianni (right) are starting to grow exotic fruits that suit the new climate.
Photographers Jean-Marc Caimi and Valentina Piccinni won the main prize for their series “Tropicalia” which documents the methods employed by Sicilian farmers as a response to climate change. Some are giving up their land for solar energy systems, whereas others, such as Elena Giorgianni (right) are starting to grow exotic fruits that suit the new climate.
Jean-Marc Caimi and Valentina Piccinni
Jennifer Adler was recognized for her “Corals of the Future” series, which aims to make ocean science more accessible. Here, scientist Roxane Boonstra examines a “tree” of healthy elkhorn coral at the Coral Restoration Foundation’s Tavernier nursery, Florida, the world’s largest underwater coral nursery.
Jennifer Adler was recognized for her “Corals of the Future” series, which aims to make ocean science more accessible. Here, scientist Roxane Boonstra examines a “tree” of healthy elkhorn coral at the Coral Restoration Foundation’s Tavernier nursery, Florida, the world’s largest underwater coral nursery.
Jennifer Adler
Fourteen-year-old Raymond Zhang, a student from Shanghai, China, was awarded the future potential award for his photograph of a farmer walking along terraces in southern China.
Fourteen-year-old Raymond Zhang, a student from Shanghai, China, was awarded the future potential award for his photograph of a farmer walking along terraces in southern China.
Raymond Zhang
Marilene Ribeiro’s photographs of forests in her home country of Brazil also received an award. After developing the film, she burned it, representing the process that is also being endured by the landscape.
Marilene Ribeiro’s photographs of forests in her home country of Brazil also received an award. After developing the film, she burned it, representing the process that is also being endured by the landscape.
Marilene Ribeiro
A gargantuan western cedar in British Columbia, Canada, measuring over 17 feet wide and 151 feet tall. The winning photograph was taken by TJ Watt, co-founder of The Ancient Forest Alliance which protects ancient trees in the region.
A gargantuan western cedar in British Columbia, Canada, measuring over 17 feet wide and 151 feet tall. The winning photograph was taken by TJ Watt, co-founder of The Ancient Forest Alliance which protects ancient trees in the region.
TJ Watt
The competition also gives awards to films, such as “The Border” by Zula Rabikowska, which explores how nature and landscapes can bear the brunt of human conflict and war.
The competition also gives awards to films, such as “The Border” by Zula Rabikowska, which explores how nature and landscapes can bear the brunt of human conflict and war.
Zula Rabikowska
The winning images alongside shortlisted works will be available to view in the Earth Photo 2024 exhibition that is running at the Royal Geographical Society in London from June 18 to August 21. Shortlisted images include Alex Cao’s photo of mangrove forests in Quang Ngai province of Vietnam, which provide an important shield against typhoons.
The winning images alongside shortlisted works will be available to view in the Earth Photo 2024 exhibition that is running at the Royal Geographical Society in London from June 18 to August 21. Shortlisted images include Alex Cao’s photo of mangrove forests in Quang Ngai province of Vietnam, which provide an important shield against typhoons.
Alex Cao
Anna Korbut’s image shows how glaciers in Switzerland are covered by sheets to stop them from melting.
Anna Korbut’s image shows how glaciers in Switzerland are covered by sheets to stop them from melting.
Anna Korbut
Damith Osuranga Danthanarayana’s photograph of elephants eating garbage in Ampara, Sri Lanka, shows the threat of plastic waste.
Damith Osuranga Danthanarayana’s photograph of elephants eating garbage in Ampara, Sri Lanka, shows the threat of plastic waste.
Damith Osuranga Danthanarayana
An image of an English oak tree in the Forest of Dean, UK, was also shortlisted. It was part of a series of photographs by Mark Adams that showed the diverse woodland landscape through the different seasons.
An image of an English oak tree in the Forest of Dean, UK, was also shortlisted. It was part of a series of photographs by Mark Adams that showed the diverse woodland landscape through the different seasons.
Mark Adams
A Hindu man makes the Chhath Puja pilgrimage along Delhi’s Yamuna River. The sacred water is polluted, jeopardizing both human and aquatic health.
A Hindu man makes the Chhath Puja pilgrimage along Delhi’s Yamuna River. The sacred water is polluted, jeopardizing both human and aquatic health.
Sandipani Chattopadhyay