HOW HEAT PUMPS WORK - Visualizing Science

HOW HEAT PUMPS WORK

View the original story published in The Seattle Times on March 6, 2023.

Illustration explaining how heat pumps work, including the cycle of refrigerant in indoor and outdoor units, as well as the cooling mode and boiling points of various refrigerants.

Related

Latest

HOW FORESTS STORE CARBON

Illustration: Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into sugars, using the food to grow. This process, called photosynthesis, allows plants to make their own food, storing the carbon in their tissues as they grow roots, branches and leaves. In this way, forests help fight climate change by absorbing and storing carbon pollution that is heating the planet. Big trees store the most carbon because of their mass, and long-lived species such as Douglas fir and red cedar can lock carbon away for centuries. Trees absorb carbon dioxide gas through openings in leaves or needles called stomata. Chloroplasts within leaves and needles use the energy of the sun to split water molecules drawn up through tree roots into hydrogen and oxygen, released through their stomata. Trees and other green plants create the air we breathe, and shelter and nourish life as we know it.

HOW FORESTS STORE CARBON

Illustrations, Infographics

HUMPBACK WHALES REBOUND

HUMPBACK WHALES REBOUND

Data Viz, Design, Illustrations

Illustration of lion fish

CORAL REEFS

Data Viz, Illustrations, Infographics, Maps

GREEN GOLD

Illustrations