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Category: Data visualisations

Data visualisations are graphical representations of scientific data, using tools like axes, scales, and colour gradients to quantify and display information. Through charts, graphs, and plots, they help users spot patterns, trends, and insights, making complex data easier to interpret, understand, and communicate effectively.

Periodic Table of Elements (poster)

Nice and beautiful design of the Periodic Table of Elements suitable for poster prints.

Nice and beautiful pink Periodic Table of Elements labeled with atomic numbers, element symbols and names, atomic mass, and period and group. This graphic design by Fabio Crameri is also provided in a high-resolution format suitable for poster print.

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Planetary body sizes

Artistic compilation of the sun, planets, dwarf planets, and the largest moons of our solar system. All planetary radii are to scale.

Artistic compilation of planetary bodies, including the sun, and the planets, dwarf planets, and the largest moons of our solar system. All planetary radii are to scale. Shown are the sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth with the Moon, Mars, Jupiter with Ganymede, Callisto, Io, and Europa, Saturn with Titan and Rhea, Uranus with Titania, Neptune with Triton, and Pluto with Charon, Eris, Naumea, Makemake, and Gonggong.

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Global monthly precipitation (2022)

Amount of monthly accumulated precipitation for global land surfaces animated for the year 2022.

Amount of monthly accumulated precipitation for global land surfaces animated for the year 2022. Data is openly shared by TerraClimate: WorldClim v2.0 (2.5m), CRU Ts4.0, JRA-55. The Scientific colour map ‘navia‘ is used to represent data accurately and to all readers.

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Global precipitation climatology

Global map of the the average amount of precipitation that falls in the world each year.

Global map of the the average amount of precipitation that falls in the world each year. These long-term averages can be compared to short-term precipitation events to see how much they deviate, which allows to quantify the severity of extreme precipitation events and droughts. Departures from the climatology are a key way of understanding our changing weather patterns. Data is based on NASA’s IMERG Grand Average Climatology and given in millimetres per year, spanning the time period between June 2000 and May 2019. The Scientific colour map ‘navia‘ is used to represent data accurately and to all readers.

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Paleotopography

Reconstruction of the Earth’s surface paleotopography and paleobathymetry between present day and 540 Million years ago as still images.

Reconstruction of the Earth’s surface paleotopography and paleobathymetry between present day and 540 Million years ago as still images. Shown is the Scotese & Wright (2018) paleo-digital elevation model (PaleoDEMS) based on tectonic plate reconstruction. The Scientific colour map ‘bukavu‘ is used to represent data accurately and to all readers.

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Paleotopography (animated)

Animated reconstruction of the Earth’s surface paleotopography and paleobathymetry between present day and 540 Million years ago.

Animated reconstruction of the Earth’s surface paleotopography and paleobathymetry between present day and 540 Million years ago. Shown is the Scotese & Wright (2018) paleo-digital elevation model (PaleoDEMS) based on tectonic plate reconstruction. The Scientific colour map ‘bukavu‘ is used to represent data accurately and to all readers.

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Oceanic plate age

Colour-blind friendly global oceanic plate age maps with plate boundaries.

Colour-blind friendly global oceanic plate age maps with subdution zones (wide black lines), other plate boundaries (thin black lines), and volcanoes (grey triangles). The ages vary between 0 and around 200 Ma due to ongoing plate motion and recycling (i.e., ocean-plate tectonics). The global oceanic plate age data from Müller et al. (1997) visualised on a custom Interrupted Mollweide map projection from Crameri et al. (2020a) focussing on the World’s oceans. The Scientific colour map ‘batlow‘ is used to represent data accurately and to all readers (Crameri et al., 2020b).

  • Creator: Fabio Crameri
  • This version: 03.09.2023
  • License: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Specific citation: This graphic by Fabio Crameri using data from Müller et al. (1997) is available via the open-access s-ink.org repository.
  • Related references:
    Müller, R. D., et al. (1997). “Digital isochrons of the world’s ocean floor.” J. Geophys. Res. 102(B2): 3211-3214.
    Crameri, F., V. Magni, M. Domeier, G.E. Shephard, K. Chotalia, G. Cooper, C. Eakin, A.G. Grima, D. Gürer, A. Király, E. Mulyukova, K. Peters, B. Robert, and M. Thielmann (2020a), A transdisciplinary and community-driven database to unravel subduction zone initiation, Nature Communications, 11, 3750. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17522-9
    Crameri, F., G.E. Shephard, and P.J. Heron (2020b), The misuse of colour in science communication, Nature Communications, 11, 5444. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19160-7
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Elementary particles

Colour-blind friendly representation of the standard model of elementary particles.

Colour-blind-friendly representation of the standard model of elementary particles including their mass, charge, spin, and names. Coloured are the two groups of elementary fermions (Quarks and Leptons) representing matter, and elementary bosons (Gauge bosons and Scalar bosons) representing interactions and carrying the force. Alternate figure versions are provided with and without their anti-particles forming the antimatter, and features such as “Dark Stars”.

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Chlorophyll concentration

Global chlorophyll concentration in the oceans reflecting phytoplankton biomass.

Global map of chlorophyll concentration in the oceans reflecting phytoplankton biomass. Ocean phytoplankton chemically fix carbon through photosynthesis and capture about an equal amount of carbon as land vegetation. The data is derived via the NASA MODIS instrument measuring ocean color (here over 1 month in March 2023) and converting it to concentration via an empirical relationship. Chlorophyll concentration is also used to monitor global climate change. The custom-made Scientific colour map ‘breda‘ is used to represent data accurately and to all readers.

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