This is an emergency

Explore images that show the ways in which our precious planet is threatened by climate change and the impact of this on our historic environment.

Our climate has changed.

Faced with increasingly erratic and extreme weather, the places we know and love are threatened by climate change.

However, not all environments can weather the storm, and large swathes of Scotland will be at risk in the coming decades.

Alongside these places are flooded homes, villages in sudden isolation after landslides, and even the loss our very culture and traditions.

This is an emergency, but through careful monitoring, research and investigation, we can better understand how we can tackle climate change, take action and make a difference.

Before you enter the competition, why not browse the images below or explore submitted entries in the other climate heritage themes.

Photography

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Far off shot of snow covered trees with snowy hills further off in the distance There's snow way back by Gemma Davies A pile of rubbish within the steep walls of a quarry Quarry / rubbish tip on Luing, Argyll by Scottish Life Archive. Licensor www.scran.ac.uk A stormy high tide at the garden gate, Colintraive, early 2000s High tide at Colintraive by Graeme Ambrose Snow cannon on Cairngorm ski slopes to replace the receeding natural snow. Snow cannon on Cairngorm ski slopes by Neil Kitching Two abandoned wooden fishing boats resting on the beach and slowly rotting away. Abandoned fishing boats by William McLachlan A bird's eye view of a complicated motorway junction overlapping with itself. M8 Motorway, Townhead Interchange, Glasgow by Historic Environment Scotland A concrete block sitting high above the sand, with the base and supporting pillars exposed Drums Links Pillbox, Aberdeenshire by Historic Environment Scotland a small bird on the water passing under a plume of steam that resembles and atomic mushroom The Apocalypse by Phil McIntosh A large red sign reading "Danger. Erosion and falling rocks" Danger: Climate Change Impacts by Historic Environment Scotland A few trees left of the extensive woodlands that once covered Ardgour Hanging on for more neighbours by John Wilson A plastic mat covered in wet sand, sea weed and shells Sun, Sand and Plastic by Historic Environment Scotland Indented, sandy coastline on the Western Isles Western Isles sandy coast by Neil Kitching Ptarmigan in the Cairngorms - perfectly adapted to our climate Ptarmigan in the Cairngorms by Neil Kitching Colours in a muddy puddle on local walk but also looks like an amazing star, galaxy scene. Reality Illusions by Blanche Haddow Lowered profile of a Fulmar bird making 'eye' contact & perched on narrow cliff fissure, with it's back exposed to the biting North Sea elements. Ruining home by Colin Cooper

Mobile photography

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The foreground trees await the advancing burning mist. The Burning Mist by John Reid At New Lanark at the falls where it rained all day resulting in this wonderful fast fast flow Raging water by Maria Hendry Reflections of steam from cooling towers Industrial cloud reflections by Elaine McGregor Entrance to Dunure harbour with severe erosion Dunure Harbour by Rebecca Cadie A landscape shot of the sea and a smokey, industrial chimneys on the other side of the water We must do better by Tor Baldorf Pirso Plastic fish shaped container lays in the water portraying the plastic in our oceans Our Fish Are Made of Plastic by Morgan James A lane is flooded with sewage water as it seeps out the burn covering the path. The Flooded Path by Cerys James Huge waves crashing against the sea wall below Skara Brae. Waves crash at Skara Brae by Kerry Harris This image taken in Clydebank, shows how plastic waste has impacted the environment. Squirrel do use cups by Anya Hutchinson A thoroughly rusted trolley, on it's side, on a stone beach A Shop Too Far by Carson Haggart Reroofing badly decayed roof facing the Solway Firth St Joseph's Creetown by Rebecca Cadie Severe flooding in the Stirlingshire town of Callander has turned this kid’s play park into a water park. Water park? by Keith Wilson repair after the storm The repair after the storm by Tor Baldorf Pirso The image shows conservation repair of rowing boathouse timber frame on Glasgow Green. WEST BOATHOUSE by Rebecca Cadie High tide at sunset in winter, with Broughty Castle in background and boy silhouetted in foreground. Sunset for Broughty Castle? by Colin Tennant

Artwork

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Silhouettes of industrial towers spewing out fumes into the blazing sky, wearing away the ozone layer. This Is My Earth. by Moses Ojo This shows a rocky coastline at Silver sands beach, Aberdour which is being tarnished by the sea. Created in Tea stain, watercolour and gouache. Silver Sands by Connor Draycott Despair over environmental destruction...how, when, where to make change? If Not Now, When? by Kathy Bruce What about the Bees. The sign is shaped like a beehive. What about the bees by Scott Barden A woman, unable to breathe rushes into a landscape filled with oxygen-emitting flowers--with the awareness that Nature is what will save the planet. Transitory landscape Wh Ruins Grow by Kathy Bruce Beach Litter Beach Litter by Tor Baldorf Pirso The Grim Reaper takes holidaymaker's tickets at Kirkwall Airport. An announcement states "Last call for life on Earth." Last Call for Life on Earth by Martin Laird I drew a picture of what I think deforestation is and how it is affecting the animals in the forest. Stop Deforestation! by Claudia Hutchinson The unstoppable force of the river in flood destroying historic buildings. This is an Emergency by Gemma Lubbock Acrylic Painting with a woman submerged in water Out of Air by Ally Zlatar A painted wooden sign to raise awareness of habitat/animal/plant loss and climate change. Less cutting, less climate change by Scott Buchanan Barden Art Signage- painting on wood Highlight habitat and wildlife loss by Scott Barden This Monochrome Photograph features am image of a basketball engulfed around the Scottish countryside where it doesn't belong. silver sands by Connor Draycott Ozone layer and the harmful rays of the sun. Save My Planet by Moses Ojo A mixture of pen & ink drawing, photo-shop & collage, illustrating a Teams Meeting including an ‘all knowing character from Scottish folklore. The Uninvited Guest - Bean Nighe by Sandy Lightbody