I created these carbon macromolecules for Scientific American several years ago (and am just getting around to posting now 🤣 )

The fullerenes (the buckyballs, C70 and C60) were extremely fun to map out and render.

#scienceillustration #education #physics #sciencefigures #carbon #buckyball

Carbon is exchanged with the atmosphere at the ocean's surface, but it is stored long-term in its depths. Getting it there involves many paths, one that we are just starting to begin to comprehend is turbidity currents.

#MassTransport #Carbon #Ocean

Link: https://thesedimentaryrecord.scholasticahq.com/article/159298-carbonate-turbidity-currents-play-an-underappreciated-role-in-the-global-carbon-cycle