Dear Dr Skinner,

Thank you for your extremely interesting submission to Geoscience Communication, the subject area fits perfectly into this journal and the reviews of the article are very encouraging. I would also like to thank you for your thorough responses to the reviewers comments and the outline plan for amendments to the original article. I would agree that the anecdotal evidence you have collected is still valuable and could be used, if appropriate, in support of your findings from the two forthcoming events that you plan to collect data from.

Some additional minor comments about the original submission:
​​- A more robust outline of which methods have been used to generate data would be beneficial as would demographic information (where available) to give a better sense of where/who the findings are coming from.

- I recognise the challenges of handing out surveys during science festivals but if used in schools or similar settings, the findings could be evaluated through surveys? At science festivals, could observational methods be used? e.g. naturalistic observation, the results of which could then be analysed for themes. This is not a recommendation, just a suggestion.

I look forward to receiving your revised manuscript.


Best wishes,


Katharine

Dear Dr Skinner,
Thank you for submitting this revised manuscript. The manuscript has been re-reviewed by an original reviewer; as such, there are a number of minor revisions to make. Both myself and the reviewer note that the inclusion of the new data makes this a much stronger paper and I feel the final article will be a great addition to the journal.
I look forward to receiving the revised version.
Best wishes,
Katharine

Dear Dr Skinner,

Thank you for submitting a revised manuscript.

I think for consistency and clarity, it would be useful to show the response rate e.g. 66% (20/30 responses) throughout the paper rather than just within some of the sections as it is quite difficult without to follow how many responses there were for any given question. As such lines 503-505, 531-535 and 540-542 would benefit from this addition.

Beyond this minor revision, I would be happy to accept this manuscript for publication.

Thank you for submitting to Geoscience Communication and wishing you all the best for the festive season.

Kind regards,
Katharine

Dear Chris,
No problem at all. I am delighted to accept this manuscript for publication. Thank you for your hard work revising the manuscript and for choosing to submit to Geoscience Communication.
Very best wishes,
Katharine

Chris,

Thank you for submitting your manuscript to Geoscience Communication, and for engaging so thoroughly with the peer review process. We are delighted to publish your work in our journal, and invite you to consider us also for future publications.

Many Thanks,

Sam Illingworth
(On Behalf of the Geoscience Communication editorial team)