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RIGHTS AND PROVENANCE · REVIEWED 20 AUGUST 2026

Media and image credits

Research evidence and permission to republish an image are separate questions. This page records the public-media basis used by the current SCRIBE website.

SCRIBE original material

  • SCRIBE logo, wordmark, interface treatment and written editorial copy.
  • The social sharing card served at /scribe-v1-social-card, retained as editable SVG and rendered PNG in the controlled source package.
  • Editorial topic/navigation plates and V20 pillar illustrations used on the homepage, Topics hub and pillar pages. These are SCRIBE-original decorative navigation graphics, not evidence.
  • Current first-party investigation thumbnails served from SCRIBE art routes, including the SCR-069–SCR-077 Latest set, are SCRIBE-original editorial SVG illustrations. They are decorative/navigation artwork, explicitly labelled as not evidence.
  • SCR-008 carbon-mineralisation schematic: SCRIBE original editorial illustration, labelled illustrative and not direct evidence.

Investigation image credits

Responsive display may crop or scale an image without altering the source artwork. Where an open licence requires notice of changes, that responsive presentation is the only routine change unless a page says otherwise.

  • SCR-001 and SCR-010: Denmark drought satellite image — NASA Earth Observatory, public-domain US Government work. Source and file record ↗
  • SCR-002: Last Glacial Maximum vegetation map — Athusser, CC BY 3.0. Source file ↗
  • SCR-003 and SCR-009: Sahara orbital image ISS021-E-26475 — NASA / ISS Crew Earth Observations; factual editorial use with NASA acknowledgement and no endorsement. NASA image ↗
  • SCR-004: Bare-earth LiDAR image of the Nisqually River Delta — Daniel E. Coe, Washington Geological Survey / USGS, public domain. USGS source ↗
  • SCR-005: Global thermohaline-circulation illustration — NASA Earth Observatory / Robert Simmon, public domain. Used as a generic circulation illustration, not evidence that a specific collapse scenario is established. Source file ↗
  • SCR-006: Giza Plateau orbital image ISS032-E-009123 — NASA / ISS Crew Earth Observations; factual editorial use with NASA acknowledgement and no endorsement. NASA image ↗
  • SCR-007: Mesopotamia in the second millennium BC — Joeyhewitt, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source file ↗
  • SCR-008: Carbon capture → inject → store/mineralise schematic — SCRIBE original editorial illustration; illustrative, not direct evidence.
  • SCR-011: Baalbek quarry stone — SenemmTSR, public-domain dedication. Source file ↗
  • SCR-012: Gornaya Shoria formation — Василий Яр / source video via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0. Source file ↗
  • SCR-013: Aksum stelae — Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source file ↗
  • SCR-014: Poulnabrone portal tomb — Santiperez, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source file ↗
  • SCR-015: Jezero Crater PIA23239 — NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/JHU-APL; use under the JPL image-use policy with the exact agency credit and no endorsement. JPL source ↗
  • SCR-016: Deep-sea octopus — NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2025 Beyond the Blue, public domain with credit. NOAA source ↗
  • SCR-017: Doggerland map — Francis Lima, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source file ↗

SCR-018 through SCR-028

The live article bodies for SCR-018–SCR-028 were audited on 7 August 2026. They contain written research, CSS and source links but no republished third-party photographs, video or audio. Their shared public visual is the SCRIBE original social card.

Research Atlas

The Atlas is a SCRIBE searchable directory. It does not embed a live third-party map or load map tiles. Earth-location cards offer optional outbound links to Google Maps and Google Earth, which open only when a reader chooses them.

Sources, Search and Timeline

These tools present SCRIBE text, metadata and outbound source links. They do not republish the linked papers, scans or publisher media merely by citing them.

Rights enquiries or corrections

Use the Contact SCRIBE route for attribution, permission, takedown or correction requests. Include the exact page and asset concerned.