AdvertisementOh dear: Photos show what humans have done to the planetUpdated July 15, 2023Jonathan LambertfacebookEmailIn Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, oil bunkering — the practice of siphoning oil from pipelines — has transformed parts of the once-thriving delta ecosystem into an ecological dead zone, according to the U.N. Environment Programme. (Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco / Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto)This article was originally published on June 15, 2019.