Terry Whittaker / Man sorting seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge) into egg boxes, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Jeff Rotman / Fishermen sorting Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Pollock (Pollachius) and Dogfish (Squalidae) from net, Georges Bank off Massachusetts, New England, USA, May 2015. Model released.

Solvin Zankl / Research scientist Dr. Anne von Philipsborn sorting a laboratory culture of Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) at the Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austri...

Solvin Zankl / Sorting Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture embryos for DNA injection at the Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria.

Jurgen Freund / Women sorting cultured Golden South Sea Jewelmer pearls in Manila, Philippines, April 2010

Jurgen Freund / Sorting of cultured Golden South Sea pearls at Jewelmer pearls, Manila, Philippines, April 2010

Edwin Giesbers / Entomologist sorting through tray of collected insects. Long-term monitoring by the Entomological Society Krefeld has revealed a 75% decline in insect biomass over 27 years. Germany, May 2018.

Edwin Giesbers / Entomologist sorting through tray of collected insects. Long-term monitoring by the Entomological Society Krefeld has revealed a 75% decline in insect biomass over 27 years. Germany, May 2018.

Edwin Giesbers / Entomologist sorting through tray of collected insects. Long-term monitoring by the Entomological Society Krefeld has revealed a 75% decline in insect biomass over 27 years. Germany, May 2018.

Edwin Giesbers / Entomologist sorting through Insect sample in tray, reference books in background. Long-term monitoring has revealed a 75% decline in insect biomass over 27 years. Entomological Society Krefeld, Germa...

Fred Olivier / Group of scientists and volunteers sorting the specimens collected during a deep benthic trawl off the coast of Antarctica, Southern Ocean, 2015 February 2015.

Fred Olivier / Group of scientists and volunteers sorting the specimens collected during a deep benthic trawl off the coast of Antarctica, Southern Ocean, 2015 February 2015.

Philippe Clement / Shrimpers sorting catch from shrimp drag net / dragnet on the beach caught along the North Sea coast at dusk, Belgium. June

Philippe Clement / Shrimper sorting catch from shrimp drag net on the beach caught along the North Sea coast, Belgium. June

Terry Whittaker / Men sorting seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge) into egg boxes, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Fishermen sorting Albacore / Longfin tuna (Thunnus alalunga) fish catch on dock in early morning. Santona, Cantabria, Spain. August 2011.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Fishermen sorting Albacore / Longfin tuna (Thunnus alalunga) fish catch on dock in early morning. Santona, Cantabria, Spain. August 2011.

David Woodfall / Sorting and grading wool for spinning in woollen mill. North Uist, Scotland, UK, July.

David Woodfall / Sorting and grading wool for spinning in woollen mill. North Uist, Scotland, UK, July.

David Woodfall / Sorting and grading wool for process of spinning for commercial use in woollen mill, North Uist, Outer Hebrides. Scotland, UK, July 2016.

David Woodfall / Sorting and grading wool for process of spinning for commercial use in woollen mill, North Uist, Outer Hebrides. Scotland, UK, July 2016.

Tony Heald / Woman sorting through rubbish on landfill site, many other people in background. Guwahati, Assam, India. 2009.

Tony Wu / People sorting through the morning fish catch. Futo Harbour, Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. June 2010.

Tony Wu / Fishermen on boat sorting through catch of Giant isopods (Bathynomus doederleinii) for use in foods such as senbei rice crackers or for display in aquaria. Suruga Bay, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Jap...

Kirkendall-Spring / Men sorting and counting shrimp caught in the Puget Sound near the City of Edmonds, Washington, USA, May 2018.

Ashley Cooper / Patterned ground and stone circles formed above permafrost in the high Arctic on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The patterns are formed by frost heave and freeze thaw cycles which pushed the large rocks out f...

Ashley Cooper / Patterned ground and stone circles formed above permafrost in the high Arctic on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The patterns are formed by frost heave and freeze thaw cycles which pushed the large rocks out f...

Ashley Cooper / Patterned ground and stone circles formed above permafrost in the high Arctic on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The patterns are formed by frost heave and freeze thaw cycles which pushed the large rocks out f...

Ashley Cooper / Patterned ground and stone circles formed above permafrost in the high Arctic on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The paaterns are formed by frost heave and freeze thaw cycles which pushed the large rocks out f...

Ashley Cooper / Victorian promenade shelter destroyed by severe storm, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK. January 2014

Ashley Cooper / Victorian promenade shelter destroyed by severe storm, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK. January 2014

Ashley Cooper / Paving slabs which have been ripped up and tossed 30 feet across the street after severe storm, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK. January 2014

Gerrit Vyn / Rakhine children sorting through fisherman catch an ephemeral barrier island in the Bengal Sea, Rakhine State, Myanmar, 2012

Orsolya Haarberg / Two charcoal burners sorting charcoal, Transylvania, Romania, June 2015.

Orsolya Haarberg / Charcoal burner sorting through charcoal, Transylvania, Romania, June 2015.

Orsolya Haarberg / Charcoal burner sorting through charcoal, Transylvania, Romania, June 2015.

Jeff Rotman / Fishermen sorting Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Pollock (Pollachius) and Dogfish (Squalidae) from net, Georges Bank off Massachusetts, New England, USA, May 2015. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Fishermen sorting Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Pollock (Pollachius) and Dogfish (Squalidae) from net, Georges Bank off Massachusetts, New England, USA, May 2015 Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Sorting catch of Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Dogfish (Squalidae) and Pollock (Pollachius) on deck of offshore trawler. Georges Bank, Massachusetts, New England, USA, May 2015. Model released...

Tony Heald / Rag-picker women sorting through rubbish at landfill site, Guwahti, Assam, India, March 2009.

Jeff Rotman / Fishermen sorting catch of Yellowtail Flounder (Limanda ferruginea) on deck of fishing dragger. Stellwagen Banks, New England, United States, North Atlantic Ocean Model released.

Terry Whittaker / Commercial fishermen unloading and sorting Cod (Gadus morhua) Grindavik harbour, Iceland, March 2014.

Jeff Rotman / Fishermen sorting catch of Yellowtail flounders (Limanda Ferruginea) and Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) on the deck of fishing dragger. Stellwagen Banks, New England, United States, North Atlantic Ocean,...

Jeff Rotman / Fishermen sorting catch of Yellowtail flounders (Limanda Ferruginea) and Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) on the deck of fishing dragger. Stellwagen Banks, New England, United States, North Atlantic Ocean,...

TJ Rich / Miners sorting gravel while panning for gemstones, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans drying on trays outside after fermentation, washing and sorting. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Women sorting Maize (Zea mays) cobs, removing rejects before the cobs are shelled. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa. October 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Workers sorting Nectarines (Prunus persica) by size in the packing shed on Suikerbossie farm, Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region, Western Cape, South Africa. February 2014.