Figure 1.
Entropy and biodiversity are mathematically equivalent, making tropical forests the most entropic environments on Earth.
(Photograph: John Whitfield)
Figure 2.
If processes underlying life are explained as a tendency towards maximum entropy production, systems such as galaxies and hurricanes might be described as alive.
(A) Three dimensional cloud-top image of Hurricane Diana as it was strengthening from a Category III storm to a Category IV storm. Publication of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NOAA Central Library (Image ID: spac0289, NOAA in Space Collection) (B). The colorful demise of a sun-like star. [Photo credit: NASA, ESA, and K. Noll (STScI); acknowledgment: The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)]