See some of the images up for the Earth Photo 2023 competition

EARTH’S fragility is laid naked on this collection of photos holding a lens as much as the problems affecting our planet. They kind among the shortlists for the Earth Photo 2023 competition, judged by a panel that included New Scientist’s image editor Tim Boddy and senior video producer David Inventory.

The principle picture is a shot of the Damodar river in West Bengal, India, by Sandipani Chattopadhyay, displaying how algae are thriving in these more and more heat waters. The expansion is proving disastrous for locals, who …