High Tide Enters Home by SL Shanth Kumar, Mumbai
Environmental photographer of the year: A huge wave lashes at a shanty, throwing a fisherman out of his home in Bandra, Mumbai, India. He is pulled in by the strong currents but was rescued by fellow fishermen before the sea could swallow him. Mumbai is at risk of coastal flooding, a fallout of climate change. The city’s land and sea temperatures have been rising, causing an corresponding impact on the sea level
Photograph: SL Shanth Kumar/2019 Ciwem environmental photographer of the year
