Figures were provided by Mireille Ghoussoub except for the following:
Figure 2: Keeling Curve, showing atmospheric carbon dioxide, in parts per million, from the years 1700 to 2020. Courtesy of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, https://scripps.ucsd.edu/programs/keelingcurve/.
Figure 3: Volume equivalent to one tonne of CO2 in relation to the size of a London double-decker bus. Illustration courtesy of Dr. Chenxi Qian.
Figure 4: Global shares of primary energy. Illustration created by Geoffrey A. Ozin and Mireille Ghoussoub, using data taken from IEA World Energy Balances, 2019.
Figure 5: Emiliania huxleyi type A coccolithophore. Reproduced from Young, J. R. et al. A guide to extant coccolithophore taxonomy. Journal of Nannoplankton Research, special issue 1, 1–132 (2003) with permission from Dr. Jeremy Young, University College London.
Figure 8: Solar irradiance spectrum showing the spectral distribution of radiation emitted by the sun before the radiation enters the earth’s atmosphere (white line), and the spectrum upon the radiation’s reaching the earth’s surface (light-gray area). Illustration created by Geoffrey A. Ozin and Mireille Ghoussoub, using data from the ASTM G173-03 Reference Spectra, https://rredc.nrel.gov/solar//spectra/am1.5/.
Figure 10: Radiation spectrum of earth as seen from above the earth’s atmosphere. Illustration created by Geoffrey A. Ozin and Mireille Ghoussoub, using data obtained from Hanel, R. A. et al. The Nimbus 4 infrared spectroscopy experiment: 1. Calibrated thermal emission spectra. Journal of Geophysical Research (1896–1977) 77, 2629–2641 (1972).
Figure 17: Illustration of an all-in-one solar distillation system for producing fresh water from salt water. Illustration courtesy of Dr. Chenxi Qian.
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