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On s-ink.org we craft, where #science takes hold,
A canvas of truth in #graphics bold.

On #Bluesky, we now soar to share the #art,
Making complex #ideas a breeze to impart!

🤍🩶🖤
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I wrote a piece for @egu.eu about academic evaluation and how the resulting incentives for academics are destructive.

I think it can be done better. 🕸️

But only if you want it, too. 🫶

blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm...
#Academia #AcademicEvaluation #ScienceMetrics #ProAc
Surviving the Ranking Madness: A Geoscientist’s Guide to Keeping Your Academic Soul Intact
The Academic Identity Crisis Ever googled yourself to check if your h-index went up? Compared your publication statistics to a peer? Published in a paywall journal while cursing the system? – Same. We...
blogs.egu.eu
July 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Planets show their public-domain dance,
from the Sun to the Kuiper’s icy expanse.

Even the Oort Cloud’s a sketch away,
feel free to remix, reprint, or simply display!

🔭 The #SolarSystem:
s-ink.org/outer-solar-...
Outer Solar System - s-Ink · accessible science graphics
Illustration of the outer Solar System, including the Sun, rocky planets, asteroid belt, gas planets, Kuiper Belt, and the Oort Cloud.
s-ink.org
July 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Over 5,000 worlds we’ve seen beyond our sky,
Some could host life, some just float by! 🌍🪐
Gas giants, lava lands, icy charms,
The universe is full of alien farms! 👽✨

#Exoplanets!

s-ink.org/known-exopla... 🔭
Exoplanets
The collection of known Exoplanets represented based on their date of detection and their relative size to scale.
s-ink.org
June 10, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Over 5,000 worlds we’ve seen beyond our sky,
Some could host life, some just float by! 🌍🪐
Gas giants, lava lands, icy charms,
The universe is full of alien farms! 👽✨

#Exoplanets!

s-ink.org/known-exopla... 🔭
Exoplanets
The collection of known Exoplanets represented based on their date of detection and their relative size to scale.
s-ink.org
June 10, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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A #map unfolds, where #data intertwines,
#Earth's stories told through vibrant, clear designs.
#Accessible, #intuitive, and #true,
A world revealed in every shaded hue.

s-ink.org/plate-tecton...
Plate tectonic map
Visually accessible and scientifically accurate global map of key plate tectonics characteristics on the Earth.
s-ink.org
January 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Sprichst du Deutsch?! …🇩🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭

🇲🇽🇨🇴🇪🇸🇦🇷… Hablas español?

The scientific graphic design guideline is now also available in #German and #Spanish !

s-ink.org/science-grap...
Graphic design guideline
Supporting guideline for designing a science figure that has a clear purpose from Crameri and Perez-Diaz (2025).
s-ink.org
January 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A #map unfolds, where #data intertwines,
#Earth's stories told through vibrant, clear designs.
#Accessible, #intuitive, and #true,
A world revealed in every shaded hue.

s-ink.org/plate-tecton...
Plate tectonic map
Visually accessible and scientifically accurate global map of key plate tectonics characteristics on the Earth.
s-ink.org
January 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Do you make scientific figures? Then check out this handy little guide that @fabiocrameri.ch and I have put together for our editorial piece in the newest volume of @wearetektonika.bsky.social

✏️ The figure is available from @s-ink.org - download it, share it, use it!
Graphic design guideline
Supporting guideline for designing a science figure that has a clear purpose from Crameri and Perez-Diaz (2025).
s-ink.org
January 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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🆕 #Tektonika Volume 2 Issue 2 is now complete and online !

A great editorial by @fabiocrameri.ch and @drlperezdiaz.bsky.social "The Evolving Role of Science Visuals in Geoscience: From Simple Illustrations to Storytelling Tools", and 9 papers on various subjects. ⚒️

tektonika.online/index.php/ho...
January 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In terms of effective poster design…
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It me!!! Come find me to learn more about BARBIE :)
December 13, 2024 at 6:33 AM
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I wrote a short piece for @geolsoc.bsky.social Geoscientist Magazine 🌋 🌍 ✏️

Learn how to draw audiences into your science through illustration > geoscientist.online/sections/une...
Draw them in - GEOSCIENTIST
They say a picture speaks louder than a thousand words, and it might… but what if it is speaking in a foreign language? When communicating geoscience through graphics, are we favouring our own needs t...
geoscientist.online
December 12, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Beneath the waves, where secrets sleep,
#Geomagnetic whispers their patterns keep.
Through spreading crust, #Earth's story's told,
#Art and #science shared, a treasure bold.

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🐡 📊 #earth-science
Magnetic Seafloor Anomalies
Global map of magnetic anomalies imprinted onto the seafloor of the Earth in form of characteristic stripes and other patterns.
s-ink.org
December 4, 2024 at 1:18 PM
In verdant fields, where #knowledge grows,
Each #crop 's design its wisdom shows.
Shared in graphics, clear and free,
Seeds of progress for all to see.
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I am a soil ecologist 🦠🧬🖤
But design is also one of my passions!

Here is my collection of crops and cover crops 🌱
s-ink.org/crops-and-co...

The collection is available under CC BY_NC_SA 4.0 licence via @s-ink.org
Crops and cover crops
A schematic collection of common crops and cover crops by Schroeder (2022).
s-ink.org
December 4, 2024 at 9:21 AM
#Pangea, the jigsaw #Earth so grand,
Once fit together, all hand in hand!
Now we puzzle the pieces with tectonic flair,
Rebuilding a world that's no longer there…

s-ink.org/pangea
#earth-science 📊
Pangea
Reconstruction of the supercontinent Pangea (or Pangaea) that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
s-ink.org
December 2, 2024 at 7:27 PM
While #Earth's crust is shifting during continental #rifting,
doesn’t #sharing this animation makes the #science uplifting?! 🤩

The amazing model animation by Sascha Brune and Derek Neuharth has been updated with clear annotations for easier understanding:
s-ink.org/continental-...
Continental rift evolution (animation)
Continental rift evolution—from inception to breakup—accounting for surface processes and tectonic deformation.
s-ink.org
November 27, 2024 at 11:15 AM
What says more than one accurate & accessible #science #graphic?

– Multiple ones!

s-ink.org/series
#SciArt #DataViz 📊
s-ink Series
The more the merrier: entire series of accurate and accessible graphics for science projects and initiatives.
s-ink.org
November 26, 2024 at 6:21 PM
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New on s-ink.org:
Big clumps of our Solar System.
All radii to scale.

Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth & Moon
Mars
Jupiter & Ganymede & Callisto & Io & Europa
Saturn & Titan & Rhea
Uranus & Titania
Neptune & Triton
Pluto & Charon
Eris
Naumea
Makemake
Gonggong

s-ink.org/planetary-bo...
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.
s-ink.org
October 9, 2023 at 3:26 PM
On s-ink.org we craft, where #science takes hold,
A canvas of truth in #graphics bold.

On #Bluesky, we now soar to share the #art,
Making complex #ideas a breeze to impart!

🤍🩶🖤
November 17, 2024 at 11:48 AM