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Image credits
Portfolio images identify the linked work and help readers scan the library. Rights remain with the named creators and publishers.
Workinman Interactive article images
The seven Workinman thumbnails come from the corresponding original articles: gamifying apps, digital board games, games for brands, Noovie Trivia, digital museum exhibits, trade show gamification, and Noovie Trivia 1v1. © Workinman Interactive or the respective rights holders. They are displayed at thumbnail size to identify Paul’s linked published work.
Open-license and public-domain images
- Freshwater harmful algal bloom — National Park Service, public domain.
- Duckweed — USFWS Midwest, public domain.
- Water hyacinth roots — Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Writer at a desk — unknown author, CC0.
- Bonn climate conference — Phinken, CC0.
- Genesee River in Rochester — Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Mars sunset — NASA/JPL/Texas A&M/Cornell, public domain.
- Pine forest — Tomas Sennett/NARA, public domain.
- Server racks — NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Slovinský, CC BY 4.0.
- Smart thermostat — Xynorath, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Clothing store — Steffen Mokosch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Space Shuttle Columbia launch — NASA, public domain.
- Ukrainian Independence Day — Cpl. Christopher Brecht/U.S. Army, public domain.
- Lake Erie harmful algal bloom — NASA Earth Observatory/NOAA, public domain.
- High water near Portland’s Steel Bridge — Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Service introduction photographs
The service pages reuse existing photographs as decorative backgrounds. The environmental writing page uses USFWS Midwest’s public-domain duckweed photograph; the technical writing page uses server racks by NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Slovinský (CC BY 4.0); the audit page uses Nik’s desk photograph under the Unsplash License; and the services overview uses Andre Carrotflower’s Genesee River photograph (CC BY-SA 4.0). Their source and license links appear in the lists on this page.
The SEO content page uses “Writing notes while using a laptop at a desk” by Nenad Stojković (Shixart1985), via Wikimedia Commons, under CC BY 2.0. It is also credited in my Backed by Science article. Backgrounds are cropped to fit and darkened with a CSS overlay.
Unsplash images
The following photographs are used under the Unsplash License. Each article uses a distinct image.
- Independent work and persistence — Nik.
- Freelance systems and planning — Keenan Beasley.
- Portfolio process and presentation — Daria Mamont.
- Spring seedlings — Eyoel Kahssay.
- Community tree planting — George Bakos.
- Reforestation seedling — Phil Desforges.
Images have been cropped, resized, and converted to WebP for this layout. Adapted Creative Commons images retain their stated licenses.
Environmental technology website review
The cover and four inline images for I Reviewed 20 Environmental-Tech Websites are reproduced from Paul Shannon’s original LinkedIn article at his request. The cover is PaulWrites artwork. The inline images retain the original captions identifying Joerss & Menger (2023), Flickr, Little Green Myths, and The-14. Copyright remains with the respective rights holders; no Creative Commons or public-domain status is asserted here.
EU greenwashing and product longevity
The cover is PaulWrites artwork from Paul Shannon’s original LinkedIn article. Inline photos retain their published captions: Profpcde and Karen Blakeman (CC0 1.0), Curtis Palmer (CC BY 2.0), and RaMa2016 (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons. The complete compositions are preserved in local WebP copies.
Biodiversity summit and COP17
The cover uses the songbird-banding photograph by George Gentry / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, identified by the agency as public domain. PaulWrites added the headline and cropped the cover photograph. The full photograph also appears within the article. The aerial photograph of San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge is credited to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and identified by the agency as public domain. Local copies were resized and converted to WebP. These photographs illustrate habitat and monitoring work; they do not depict COP17 or establish conservation outcomes.
Backed by Science
Cover: PaulWrites artwork; the original LinkedIn article captions it “Image Created With Canva.” Inline photos retain their published credits: CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology and David McClenaghan (CC BY 3.0), Alexander Bogatyrev (CC BY 4.0), and Nenad Stojković / Shixart1985 (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons. Local WebP copies preserve the complete composition.
Research-report figures
Every non-decorative figure and embedded research visual from the three supplied papers is included in the corresponding complete report page. The images were extracted from the PDFs and converted to WebP for accessible web presentation; each figure has its specific source directly beneath it.
- Regional climate/HAB report: USDA Web Soil Survey map and two analysis charts by Paul Shannon using NYSDEC report data.
- Water-hyacinth study: research abbreviation key; European Space Agency (2019) satellite image; AFP (2020) mechanical-removal photograph; Paul Shannon’s 2023 field photograph; and two experimental charts by Paul Shannon.
- Phytoremediation review: root-zone alpha-diversity table from Singh, Sodhi, and Singh (2024), plus the duckweed microbiome figure from Acosta et al. (2020).
Last reviewed: September 23, 2026.