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π§ Tools & AI Use Applied Throughout
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Section 1
π΅ SECTION 1 MUSIC
βLionβ by Dyalla
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psgOwW3wK2o
βLionβ by Dyalla
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psgOwW3wK2o
π CHAPTER 1 CREDITS
Image: Olinguito species description. Public domain image by Mark Gurney. From Helgen K, Pinto C, Kays R, Helgen L, Tsuchiya M, Quinn A, Wilson D, Maldonado J (2013). βTaxonomic revision of the olingos (Bassaricyon), with description of a new species, the Olinguito.β ZooKeys 324: 1β83. CC BY 3.0. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olinguito_ZooKeys_324,_solo.jpg
Image: Historical photo (Thalidomide archive). Public domain. Uploaded by Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine. CC BY 2.0. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NCP14053.jpg
Image: Olinguito species description. Public domain image by Mark Gurney. From Helgen K, Pinto C, Kays R, Helgen L, Tsuchiya M, Quinn A, Wilson D, Maldonado J (2013). βTaxonomic revision of the olingos (Bassaricyon), with description of a new species, the Olinguito.β ZooKeys 324: 1β83. CC BY 3.0. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olinguito_ZooKeys_324,_solo.jpg
Image: Historical photo (Thalidomide archive). Public domain. Uploaded by Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine. CC BY 2.0. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NCP14053.jpg
π CHAPTER 2 CREDITS
π΅ Sound Effects:
Free sound effects sourced from Pixabay β Royalty-free license (no attribution required)
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/
π₯ Video Footage:
Big Bang animation β NASA Scientific Visualization Studio
Credit: NASAβs Goddard Space Flight Center / Conceptual Image Lab. Attribution required.
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov
Image: Supernova 1994D (SN1994D) in galaxy NGC 4526. NASA/Hubble Space Telescope. CC BY 3.0. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SN1994D.jpg
Figure: Periodic table of elements. Hardy, M. (n.d.). College Biology I. SLCC Open Educational Resources. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://slcc.pressbooks.pub/collegebiology1/
π΅ Sound Effects:
Free sound effects sourced from Pixabay β Royalty-free license (no attribution required)
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π₯ Video Footage:
Big Bang animation β NASA Scientific Visualization Studio
Credit: NASAβs Goddard Space Flight Center / Conceptual Image Lab. Attribution required.
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov
Image: Supernova 1994D (SN1994D) in galaxy NGC 4526. NASA/Hubble Space Telescope. CC BY 3.0. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SN1994D.jpg
Figure: Periodic table of elements. Hardy, M. (n.d.). College Biology I. SLCC Open Educational Resources. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://slcc.pressbooks.pub/collegebiology1/
π CHAPTER 3 CREDITS
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π CHAPTER 4 CREDITS
π΅ Sound Effects:
Free sound effects sourced from Pixabay β Royalty-free license (no attribution required)
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/
π₯ Video Footage:
Moon origin simulation β NASA (2022, October 4)
Source: NASA Image and Video Library
https://images.nasa.gov
π΅ Sound Effects:
Free sound effects sourced from Pixabay β Royalty-free license (no attribution required)
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π₯ Video Footage:
Moon origin simulation β NASA (2022, October 4)
Source: NASA Image and Video Library
https://images.nasa.gov
π CHAPTER 5 CREDITS
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Section 2
π΅ SECTION 2 MUSIC
βDrone Shotβ by Dyalla
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4QHg9Pfz3I
βDrone Shotβ by Dyalla
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4QHg9Pfz3I
π CHAPTER 6 CREDITS
Video: Volcanic gas footage. Pexels. Royalty-free license (no attribution required).
https://www.pexels.com/video/volcano-eruption-clouds-of-smoke-856298/
Image: Stromatolites. Photo by Robert Young. Clark, M. A., Douglas, M., & Choi, J. (2018). Biology 2e. OpenStax. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://openstax.org/books/biology-2e/pages/22-1-prokaryotic-diversity
Video: Volcanic gas footage. Pexels. Royalty-free license (no attribution required).
https://www.pexels.com/video/volcano-eruption-clouds-of-smoke-856298/
Image: Stromatolites. Photo by Robert Young. Clark, M. A., Douglas, M., & Choi, J. (2018). Biology 2e. OpenStax. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://openstax.org/books/biology-2e/pages/22-1-prokaryotic-diversity
π CHAPTER 7 CREDITS
Image: Atmospheric oxygen chart. Credit: Heinrich D. Holland (derivative by Loudubewe). CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oxygenation-atm.svg
Source: Organismal Biology, Georgia Tech. https://organismalbio.biosci.gatech.edu/
Image: Exxon Valdez spill cleanup. Modified work by NOAA. Clark, M. A., Douglas, M., & Choi, J. (2018). Biology 2e. OpenStax. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://openstax.org/details/books/biology-2e
Image: Oil spill damage to fauna. Credit: GOLUBENKOV, NGO: Saving Taman. Modified by OpenStax. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://openstax.org/books/biology-2e/pages/22-5-beneficial-prokaryotes
Image: Virus TEM composite figure. Credits: Dr. Fred Murphy, Sylvia Whitfield, Liza Gross, Dr. F. A. Murphy (CDC), USDA ARS, Linda Stannard (UCT), NASA. Scale-bar data by Matt Russell. From Biology 2e, OpenStax. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://openstax.org/books/biology-2e/pages/21-1-viral-evolution-morphology-and-classification
Image: Atmospheric oxygen chart. Credit: Heinrich D. Holland (derivative by Loudubewe). CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oxygenation-atm.svg
Source: Organismal Biology, Georgia Tech. https://organismalbio.biosci.gatech.edu/
Image: Exxon Valdez spill cleanup. Modified work by NOAA. Clark, M. A., Douglas, M., & Choi, J. (2018). Biology 2e. OpenStax. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://openstax.org/details/books/biology-2e
Image: Oil spill damage to fauna. Credit: GOLUBENKOV, NGO: Saving Taman. Modified by OpenStax. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://openstax.org/books/biology-2e/pages/22-5-beneficial-prokaryotes
Image: Virus TEM composite figure. Credits: Dr. Fred Murphy, Sylvia Whitfield, Liza Gross, Dr. F. A. Murphy (CDC), USDA ARS, Linda Stannard (UCT), NASA. Scale-bar data by Matt Russell. From Biology 2e, OpenStax. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://openstax.org/books/biology-2e/pages/21-1-viral-evolution-morphology-and-classification
π CHAPTER 8 CREDITS
Image: Nucleus. OpenStax (2022). Anatomy and Physiology 2. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://openstax.org/books/anatomy-and-physiology-2/pages/3-2-the-nucleus
Image: Golgi apparatus. OpenStax (2022). Anatomy and Physiology 2. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://openstax.org/books/anatomy-and-physiology-2/pages/3-4-the-endomembrane-system
Image: Mitochondrion. OpenStax (2022). Anatomy and Physiology 2. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://openstax.org/books/anatomy-and-physiology-2/pages/3-3-cellular-organelles
Image: TEM micrograph of chloroplasts from SunΒ etΒ al., 2020 (AgronomyΒ 10(4):488), CCΒ BYΒ 4.0. https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/4/488
Image: Nucleus. OpenStax (2022). Anatomy and Physiology 2. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://openstax.org/books/anatomy-and-physiology-2/pages/3-2-the-nucleus
Image: Golgi apparatus. OpenStax (2022). Anatomy and Physiology 2. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://openstax.org/books/anatomy-and-physiology-2/pages/3-4-the-endomembrane-system
Image: Mitochondrion. OpenStax (2022). Anatomy and Physiology 2. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://openstax.org/books/anatomy-and-physiology-2/pages/3-3-cellular-organelles
Image: TEM micrograph of chloroplasts from SunΒ etΒ al., 2020 (AgronomyΒ 10(4):488), CCΒ BYΒ 4.0. https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/4/488
π CHAPTER 9 CREDITS
Image: Snow surface at Dome C Station, Antarctica. Photo by Stephen Hudson. CC BY 2.5. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DomecSnow.jpg
Image: Snow surface at Dome C Station, Antarctica. Photo by Stephen Hudson. CC BY 2.5. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DomecSnow.jpg
π CHAPTER 10 CREDITS
Video: Solar flare activity (July 2016). NASA Image and Video Library. Credit: NASAβs Goddard Space Flight Center β Public domain.
https://images.nasa.gov/details/GSFC_20160728_Archive_e000893
Video: Solar flare activity (July 2016). NASA Image and Video Library. Credit: NASAβs Goddard Space Flight Center β Public domain.
https://images.nasa.gov/details/GSFC_20160728_Archive_e000893
π CHAPTER 11 CREDITS
Image: Deep-sea hydrothermal vent community. Rogers, A. D., Tyler, P. A., Connelly, D. P., Copley, J. T., James, R., et al. (2012). βThe Discovery of New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Communities in the Southern Ocean.β PLoS Biol 10(1): e1001234. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001234
Retrieved via Wikimedia Commons β CC BY 2.5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deep-sea_vent_community_by_Rogers_et_al.png
Image: Deep-sea hydrothermal vent community. Rogers, A. D., Tyler, P. A., Connelly, D. P., Copley, J. T., James, R., et al. (2012). βThe Discovery of New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Communities in the Southern Ocean.β PLoS Biol 10(1): e1001234. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001234
Retrieved via Wikimedia Commons β CC BY 2.5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deep-sea_vent_community_by_Rogers_et_al.png
Section 3
π΅ SECTION 3 MUSIC
βBrocken Glassβ by Dyalla
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βBrocken Glassβ by Dyalla
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π CHAPTER 12 CREDITS
Image: Spectral karyotype of human chromosomes. Public domain. National Human Genome Research Institute. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spectral_karyotype.jpeg
Image: Spectral karyotype of human chromosomes. Public domain. National Human Genome Research Institute. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spectral_karyotype.jpeg
π CHAPTER 13 & 14 CREDITS
Image: Human karyotype diagram. Public domain. National Human Genome Research Institute. Retrieved from http://www.genome.gov/glossary/resources/karyotype.pdf
Image: Gregor Mendel portrait. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gregor_Mendel_2.jpg
Image: Human karyotype diagram. Public domain. National Human Genome Research Institute. Retrieved from http://www.genome.gov/glossary/resources/karyotype.pdf
Image: Gregor Mendel portrait. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gregor_Mendel_2.jpg
π CHAPTER 15 CREDITS
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π CHAPTER 16 CREDITS
Image: Darwinβs finches. Public domain. John Gould (1804β1881), from Voyage of the Beagle. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1312513
Image: Darwinβs finches. Public domain. John Gould (1804β1881), from Voyage of the Beagle. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1312513
π CHAPTER 17 CREDITS
Text: Darwin and illustration from On the Origin of Species. Hardy, M. (n.d.). College Biology I. SLCC Open Educational Resources. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://slcc.pressbooks.pub/collegebiology1/chapter/3-1-darwin-and-natural-selection/
Image: Horseshoe crab. Amanda from Chicago, USA. CC BY 2.0. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9498688
Image: Five past mass extinction events. Philg88 (own work). CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Five_past_mass_extinction_events%E2%80%94periods.jpg
Text: Darwin and illustration from On the Origin of Species. Hardy, M. (n.d.). College Biology I. SLCC Open Educational Resources. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://slcc.pressbooks.pub/collegebiology1/chapter/3-1-darwin-and-natural-selection/
Image: Horseshoe crab. Amanda from Chicago, USA. CC BY 2.0. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9498688
Image: Five past mass extinction events. Philg88 (own work). CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Five_past_mass_extinction_events%E2%80%94periods.jpg
Section 4
π΅ SECTION 4 MUSIC
βLevelβ by The Grey Room
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βLevelβ by The Grey Room
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π CHAPTER 18 CREDITS
Image: Stoma on tomato leaf (colorized SEM). Public domain. Photo by Photohound. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tomato_leaf_stomate_1-color.jpg
Image: Miscellaneous pollen (SEM). Public domain. Dartmouth College EM Facility. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Misc_pollen.jpg
Figure: Green algae β Precursors of land plants. OpenStax, Biology 2e. CC BY 4.0. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-osbiology2e/chapter/green-algae-precursors-of-land-plants/
Image: Stoma on tomato leaf (colorized SEM). Public domain. Photo by Photohound. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tomato_leaf_stomate_1-color.jpg
Image: Miscellaneous pollen (SEM). Public domain. Dartmouth College EM Facility. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Misc_pollen.jpg
Figure: Green algae β Precursors of land plants. OpenStax, Biology 2e. CC BY 4.0. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-osbiology2e/chapter/green-algae-precursors-of-land-plants/
π CHAPTER 19 CREDITS
Image: SEM of Milnesium tardigradum. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milnesium_tardigradum_-_scanning_electron_micrograph.jpg
Image: Leech therapy treatment. Pixabay. Free for commercial use. https://pixabay.com/photos/leech-leech-therapy-therapy-3568140/
Image: Brown octopus. PickPik. Free for commercial use. https://www.pickpik.com/brown-octopus-animal-macro-mollusk-146694
Image: Polycarpa aurata (sea squirt). Public domain or CC BY-SA. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycarpa_aurata
Image: SEM of Milnesium tardigradum. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milnesium_tardigradum_-_scanning_electron_micrograph.jpg
Image: Leech therapy treatment. Pixabay. Free for commercial use. https://pixabay.com/photos/leech-leech-therapy-therapy-3568140/
Image: Brown octopus. PickPik. Free for commercial use. https://www.pickpik.com/brown-octopus-animal-macro-mollusk-146694
Image: Polycarpa aurata (sea squirt). Public domain or CC BY-SA. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycarpa_aurata
π CHAPTER 20 CREDITS
π₯ Video Footage:
Asteroid, Kite, Space β Pixabay β https://pixabay.com/videos/57786
Wildfire, Nature, Smoke β Pixabay β https://pixabay.com/videos/147736
License: Pixabay License β Free for commercial use, no attribution required
π Sound Effects / Music:
Nature Sounds β Ambient β https://pixabay.com/music/111104
Huge Explosion β https://pixabay.com/music/6205
π· Images:
Vertebrate embryos β G. J. Romanes (1892). Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Embryo_drawings_by_Haeckel_1892.jpg
River lamprey β Tiit Hunt. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JΓ΅esilmud2.jpg
Sea lamprey mouth β Drow_male. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sea_Lamprey_mouth.jpg
Great white shark β Terry Goss. CC BY 2.5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1561215
Megalodon tooth comparison β Parzi. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19039152
Discus fish β Anka Zolnierzak. Copyrighted free use. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=138091
Mudskipper β Partho72. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MUDSKIPPER.jpg
Paedophryne amauensis β Rittmeyer et al. (2012). CC BY 2.5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18014488
Milksnake β BillC. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2663201
Coral snake β Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=456892
Falcon illustration β Nilfanion. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39008622
Bird evolution tree β Plotnick et al. CC BY 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=113206582
Wild platypus β Klaus. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wild_Platypus_4.jpg
Spindle diagram β Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spindle_diagram.jpg
π₯ Video Footage:
Asteroid, Kite, Space β Pixabay β https://pixabay.com/videos/57786
Wildfire, Nature, Smoke β Pixabay β https://pixabay.com/videos/147736
License: Pixabay License β Free for commercial use, no attribution required
π Sound Effects / Music:
Nature Sounds β Ambient β https://pixabay.com/music/111104
Huge Explosion β https://pixabay.com/music/6205
π· Images:
Vertebrate embryos β G. J. Romanes (1892). Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Embryo_drawings_by_Haeckel_1892.jpg
River lamprey β Tiit Hunt. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JΓ΅esilmud2.jpg
Sea lamprey mouth β Drow_male. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sea_Lamprey_mouth.jpg
Great white shark β Terry Goss. CC BY 2.5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1561215
Megalodon tooth comparison β Parzi. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19039152
Discus fish β Anka Zolnierzak. Copyrighted free use. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=138091
Mudskipper β Partho72. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MUDSKIPPER.jpg
Paedophryne amauensis β Rittmeyer et al. (2012). CC BY 2.5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18014488
Milksnake β BillC. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2663201
Coral snake β Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=456892
Falcon illustration β Nilfanion. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39008622
Bird evolution tree β Plotnick et al. CC BY 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=113206582
Wild platypus β Klaus. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wild_Platypus_4.jpg
Spindle diagram β Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spindle_diagram.jpg
π CHAPTER 21 CREDITS
Image: Chimpanzee β Giles Laurent. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=134376867
Image: Neanderthal β Neanderthal Museum, Mettmann. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://epochaplus.cz/co-jsme-zdedili-po-neandrtalcich/
Image: Goosebumps β Ildar Sagdejev (Specious). CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4277167
Image: Chimpanzee β Giles Laurent. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=134376867
Image: Neanderthal β Neanderthal Museum, Mettmann. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://epochaplus.cz/co-jsme-zdedili-po-neandrtalcich/
Image: Goosebumps β Ildar Sagdejev (Specious). CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4277167
π CHAPTER 22 CREDITS
Image: Climate change impacts. Biology for Majors II. Lumen Learning (2019). CC BY 4.0. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wm-biology2/
Image: Climate change impacts. Biology for Majors II. Lumen Learning (2019). CC BY 4.0. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wm-biology2/
π CHAPTER 23 CREDITS
Image: Tarangire National Park β Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tarangire-Natpark800600.jpg
Image: Age structure diagram β Tweedle. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=128942570
Image: Carbon footprint world map β Footprint123. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carbon_footprint_world_map_per_capita.svg
Figure: Biodiversity hotspots β Biology for Majors II. Lumen Learning. CC BY 4.0. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wm-biology2/
Image: UN Sustainable Development Goals. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81280117
Image: Tarangire National Park β Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tarangire-Natpark800600.jpg
Image: Age structure diagram β Tweedle. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=128942570
Image: Carbon footprint world map β Footprint123. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carbon_footprint_world_map_per_capita.svg
Figure: Biodiversity hotspots β Biology for Majors II. Lumen Learning. CC BY 4.0. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wm-biology2/
Image: UN Sustainable Development Goals. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81280117
Simulation
π΅ SIMULATION SOUND EFFECT
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π¨ SIMULATION VISUALS
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ποΈ SIMULATION NARRATION
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The following images and videos were generously provided from private collections for use in this educational series:
β’ Alan Comer β Iceberg photo (Chapter 4) and boreal forest image (Chapter 22)
β’ Larry Helms β Giant barrel sponge photo (Chapter 19) and original dive footage (Chapter 22)
β’ Jean Kalb β Lyme disease image (Chapter 7)
We thank these contributors for supporting science education by sharing their original work.
We also extend our thanks to all individuals (Hannah Moore, Vasily Comer) who consented to be photographed or recorded for inclusion in this content.