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Large fractured limestone blocks at Cerro del Hierro, Seville, surrounded by reddish soil and sparse vegetation. The central rock shows several cracks and weathered surfaces. — The Unseen Work of Weathering Antonio Jordán

A small fern, Ceterach officinarum, growing along a narrow crack between two weathered rock surfaces. Its green fronds emerge from the fissure, surrounded by patches of lichen on the dark rock. — A Foothold in the Rock Antonio Jordán

View of the Sierra Nevada mountain range from Granada's Albaicín neighbourhood, with the snow-capped Mulhacén rising prominently above the surrounding peaks. — Where the Mountains Meet the Sky Antonio Jordán

Fingers hold a small moss-covered object against a blurred coastal backdrop. — Every Little Thing Counts Antonio Jordán

A rugged desert landscape features a layered rock formation with swirling patterns under a cloudy sky. — A series of seismites in the Lisan Formation, pre-Dead Sea lake deposits Shmulik Marco

Colourful hydrothermal pools and mineral deposits in the Dallol geothermal area of the Danakil Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia. The vivid yellow, orange, red and green surfaces reflect the unusual mineral-rich hydrothermal environment created by geother — Colourful hydrothermal pools at Dallol, Ethiopia Alex Coleman

Close-up of a cut brachiopod shell in rock: wavy dark grey and silvery layers rimmed with rusty orange, above a band of glassy brown grains and a striped shell fragment. — Altered Tremadocian brachiopod, Ülgase, Estonia Sophie Graul

Tree roots cling tightly to the rock, providing both physical support and access to scarce resources. Beyond anchoring the tree, roots explore the substrate for water and nutrients, allowing vegetation to survive even in challenging environments. — Holding on to the rock Antonio Jordán

Scanned cross-section of a small woody stem: pale wood with many fine concentric tree rings around a darker pinkish core, a crack at one side and a thin brown bark rim. — Tree rings through disc Devi Lal

Close-up of a gneiss with shiny black mica flakes in streaks, white and cream feldspar grains, pale gold metallic patches and silvery graphite flakes. — Sulphide and graphite-rich gneiss Sophie Graul

View from behind the shaggy brown head and long curved horns of a resting cow, looking towards a grey cow grazing on a meadow by a lake, with a wind turbine on the far shore. — World from the eyes of Cow Mahshad Forghanifar

Thin-section micrograph under crossed polarisers of a large pyroxene crystal split into orange, bright blue and white twin bands, in a dark speckled groundmass. — Clinopyroxene in tephrite David Günzler

Thin-section micrograph under crossed polarisers of a cluster of pyroxene crystals in vivid yellow, purple, blue and orange, set in a dark speckled groundmass. — Clinopyroxene accumulate David Günzler

Video of a rocky hillside path with dark boulders and patches of low green plants, overlooking a fjord packed with jumbled white ice under a hazy blue sky. — Hike around Ilulissat fjord - UNESCO Heritage Adam Ciesielski

Jagged grey sandstone towers rising out of dense green forest, joined by an arched stone bridge, with a flat-topped hill and rolling farmland on the horizon under a cloudy sky. — Unnatural, yet entirely real - Europe's erosion masterpiece Adam Ciesielski

Rugged brown mountain face cut by deep gullies and steep cliffs, lit warm gold, rising to a snow-capped summit and a sharp rocky peak against a clear deep blue sky. — The Architecture of Relief Debayan Chatterjee

Tiny person in red standing on a golden grassy ridge below a huge, steep, shadowed mountain wall with sharp snow-streaked peaks, a dark bird soaring in the blue sky above. — Across Scales: Life in the High Himalaya Debayan Chatterjee

Valley between steep bright red slopes streaked with green grass, a winding red track along the floor, framed by dark rocks and tussock grass under grey cloud. — El Valle Rojo: a jewel of colours in the Peruvian Andes Maxime Grandin

Tilted view of a wide heath covered in purple flowering heather, stretching to a line of green trees under a bright cloudy sky. — Perplexing purple - The Lüneburg Heath Kameswar Rao Modali

Portable gravimeter, a tall white cylinder, and stacked white equipment cases with a laptop and cables set up on bare rocky ground, with a broad expanse of jumbled ice behind. — Quantum Gravimetry meets a calving glacier in the Arctic Adam Ciesielski

Mountain valley with a white glacier high between rocky peaks, a waterfall below it feeding a pale gravel riverbed that runs into a turquoise lake framed by green larches. — Glacial landscape of the Palü Glacier Carmen Bizdadea

Pale blue sky with wispy cloud, scattered with many small fragments of black, blue, white and coloured plastic floating high in the air. — Air plastic pollution Sanoussi Abdou Amadou

Tilted view of a wide grassy meadow sloping to a line of broadleaf trees, with tall weed stalks in the foreground under a blue sky with white clouds. — The Boberg Dunes - Hamburg Kameswar Rao Modali

Empty conference hall filled with rows of blank white poster boards on light wooden stands, red signs reading A.1, A.2 and A.1 to A.6, under a geometric panelled ceiling. — And the science gets done David Schlaphorst

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