OER collections which provide eTexts and eBooks on Environmental and Life Sciences include:
See the following OER Texts as examples. We also welcome your suggestions.
| Title | Author | Updated | Source | License |
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| All Things Flow: Fluid Mechanics for the Natural Sciences | Smyth | 2019 | Oregon State University | CC-BY-NC |
| Anatomical Variation: An Australian and New Zealand Context | Gregory, Kimmorley, and Reynolds | 2023 | Pressbooks | CC-BY-NC |
| Anatomy and Physiology 2e | Betts, Young, Wise et al. | 2022 | OpenStax | CC-BY |
| Anatomy and Physiology 2 Lab Manual | Shook | 2020 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY |
| Basic Cell and Molecular Biology: What We Know & How We Found Out - 4e | Bergtrom | 2018 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY |
| Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions | Ramanathan, Aines, and Auffhammer | 2019 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC-SA |
| Biochemistry: Free For All | Ahern, Rajagopal, and Tan | 2018 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC |
| Biology 2e | Clark, Choi, and Douglas | 2022 | OpenStax | CC-BY |
| Body Physics: Motion to Metabolism | Davis | 2018 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC-SA |
| Chemical Biology & Biochemistry Laboratory Using Genetic Code Expansion Manual | Mehl, van Zee, and Kean | 2019 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC |
| Chemistry - 2e | Flowers, Theopold, and Langley | 2022 | OpenStax | CC-BY |
| Chemistry: Atoms First - 2e | Flowers, Neth, and Robinson | 2022 | OpenStax | CC-BY |
| Chemistry of Cooking | Rodriguez-Velazquez | 2016 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC-SA |
| CLUE: Chemistry, Life, the Universe and Everything | Cooper and Klymkowsky | 2019 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC-SA |
| Coastal Landscapes of South Australia | Bourman, Murray-Wallace and Harvey | 20106 | University of Adelaide | Free PDF |
| Coastal Management in Australia | Harvey and Caton | 2010 | University of Adelaide | Free PDF |
| Concepts of Biology | Fowler, Roush, Wise et al. | 2022 | OpenStax | CC-BY |
| Concepts of Fitness and Wellness | Flynn, Jellum, Howard et al. | 2018 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC-SA |
| Cooperative Evolution: Reclaiming Darwin's Vision | Bryant and Brown | 2021 | ANU Press | CC-BY-NC-ND |
| Cycling Futures | Bonham and Johnson | 2015 | University of Adelaide | Free PDF |
| Earth, Space, and Environmental Science Explorations with ArcGIS Pro 2nd edition | Wing Cheung | 2022 | Wing Cheung | CC-BY |
| Engaging STEM: A Guide to Interactive Resources | Chudaeva et al. | 2021 | Pressbooks | CC-BY-NC-SA |
| Environmental Biology | Fisher | 2018 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY |
| Environmental Impact and Remediation of Heavy Metals | Saleh and Hassan, eds | 2022 | IntechOpen | CC-BY |
| Environmental Toxicology | van Gestel | 2020 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY |
| Essentials of Exercise and Sport Psychology | Zenko and Jones | 2021 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY |
| Evolution and Adaptation in the Monsoon Tropics | Charles Darwin University | n.d. | Charles Darwin University | CC-BY-SA |
| Food Product Development Lab Manual | Prusa and Gilbert | 2021 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC-SA |
| Foundations of Biomedical Science: Quantitative Literacy Theory and Problems | Pakay | 2023 | La Trobe eBureau | CC-BY-NC-SA |
| Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology - Australian Edition | Chruścik, Kauter, Whiteside et al. | 2021 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-SA |
| General Biology I: Survey of Cellular Biology | Bartee and Anderson | 2018 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY |
| General Biology II: Survey of Molecular Life and Genetics | Bartee and Anderson | 2018 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY |
| General Microbiology | Bruslind | 2020 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC |
| Genetics, Agriculture, and Biotechnology | Suza and Lee | 2021 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC-SA |
| Geological Structures: A Practical Introduction | Waldron and Snyder | 2020 | University of Alberta | CC-BY-SA |
| How to do science. Rev ed | Lexis and Julien | 2022 | USQ | CC-BY-NC-SA |
| Human Nutrition | Kainoa Fialkowski Revilla, Titchenal, and Draper | 2020 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY |
| Inanimate Life | Briggs | 2021 | Milne Open Textbooks | CC-BY-SA |
| Informal Calculus: With Applications to Biology and Environmental Science | Seacrest | 2022 | Pressbooks | CC-BY |
| Interactive Introduction to Organismal and Molecular Biology | Bierema | 2021 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC-SA |
| Introduction to Biosystems Engineering | Holden, Wolfe, Ogejo et al. | 2021 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY |
| Introduction to Earth Science | Neser | 2023 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC-SA |
| Introduction to Environmental Science, 2nd ed. | Zehnder et al. | 2018 | University System of Georgia | CC-BY-NC-SA |
| Introduction to Climate Science | Schmittner | 2022 | Oregon State University | CC-BY-NC |
| Introduction to Oceanography | Webb | 2021 | Roger Williams University | CC-BY |
| Kansas State University Human Nutrition Flexbook | Lindshield | 2018 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY |
| Key Elements of Green Chemistry | Lucia | 2018 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY |
| Laboratory Exercises in Microbiology | McLaughlin and Petersen | 2016 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC-SA |
| Little Cell Who Lost Its Way | Resai-Kashkooli and Leslie | 2019 | La Trobe University | CC-BY-NC-ND |
| Microbiology | Parker | 2022 | OpenStax | CC-BY |
| Microbiology: A Laboratory Experience | Ahern | 2018 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC-SA |
| Microbiomes: Health and the Environment | Parks | 2022 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY |
| Nutrition: Science and Everyday Application - beta v 0.1 | Callahan, Leonard, and Powell | 2020 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC |
| Open Climate Resources for Teachers | Tulloch-Nasir et al | 2023 | PressBooks | CC-0 |
| Liu | 2021 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC-SA | |
| Organic Chemistry Laboratory Techniques | Nichols | 2016 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC-ND |
| Organic Chemistry with a Biological Emphasis Volume I-II | Soderberg | 2016 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC-SA |
| Phylogenetic Comparative Methods | Harmon | 2019 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY |
| Plant Anatomy and Physiology: Images and diagrams to explain concepts | Bellairs | n.d. | Charles Darwin University | CC-BY-SA 4.0 |
| Plant detective's manual: A research-led approach for teaching plant science | Estavillo, Mathesius, Djordjevic, and Nicotra | 2014 | ANU Press | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| Qualitative Research – a practical guide for health and social care researchers and practitioners | Ayton, Tsindos, and Berkovic | 2023 | Pressbooks | CC-BY-NC |
| Quantitative Ecology: A New Unified Approach | Lehman, Loberg, and Clark | 2019 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC |
| Routledge Handbook of Ocean Resources and Management | Smith, Suárez de Vivero, and Agardy | 2015 | OAPEN | CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 |
| Renewable Energy in Marine Environment | Rusu | 2020 | MDPI Books | CC-BY |
| Science of Plants | Michaels, Hoover, and Iris | 2022 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC |
| A Student's Guide to Tropical Marine Biology | Zanga, Boraski, and Olendorf | 2019 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY-NC |
| Thermodynamics and Chemistry - 2nd edition | DeVoe | 2020 | Open Textbook Library | CC-BY |
| Threshold Concepts in Biochemistry | Pakay, Duivenvoorden, Shafee et al. | 2023 | Pressbooks | CC-BY-NC-SA |
| Toxic Cyanobacteria in Water | Chorus and Welker |
2021 | OAPEN | CC-BY-NC-ND |
| Understanding and Managing Irrigated Acid Sulfate and Salt-affected Soils:A handbook for the Lower Murray Reclaimed Irrigation Area | Fitzpatrick, Mosley and Cook | 2017 | University of Adelaide | Free PDF |
| Wallacea and Biogeography: Charles Darwin, Evolution and Tropical Australia | Charles Darwin University | n.d. | Charles Darwin University | CC-BY-SA |
| Title of Course / Lecture | Instructor | Year | Level | Source | License |
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| Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions | Emanuel, Cziczo and McGee | 2020 | UG | UCTV | Free |
| Earth Analytics Python Course | Wasser | 2022 | Graduate | Earth Lab UC | CC-BY-SA |
| Exploring the Earth Under the Sea: Over 50 Years of Scientific Seafloor Drilling | UCTV | 2019 | - | UCTV | Free |
| Fire, Extreme Rainfall, and Debris Flows: Cascading Disasters in a Changing Climate | UCTV | 2021 | - | UCTV | Free |
| Global Warming Science | Emanuel, Cziczo and McGee | 2020 | UG | MIT-OCW | MIT-OCW |
| Journey of the Little Blue Penguins | UCTV | 2022 | Graduate | UCTV | Free |
| Land, Water, Food, and Climate | McLaughlin | 2020 | Graduate | MIT-OCW | MIT-OCW |
| Oceans Out of Breath: Oxygen Minimum Zones in a Warming Climate | UCTV | 2020 | - | UCTV | Free |
| Our Warming Ocean | UCTV | 2020 | - | UCTV | Free |
| Sea Urchins and Sea Slugs | UCTV | 2022 | - | UCTV | Free |
| Water Diplomacy | Gain and Susskind | 2021 | Graduate | MIT-OCW | MIT-OCW |
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