Reviewer 1 provided an excellent review of the paper and I've read your suggested response to the issues raised: they address the issues well and add valuable additional content to the paper. Please proceed with incorporating these changes into your revised paper.

I have a few very minor additional proofing notes:
Line 54: add the word "be" after "likely to"
Lines 174-175: the statement "we believe we have achieved diversity" seems a bit vague. What is the basis for this belief? Given that you didn't "formally gather demographic information"? Can you give a bit more information here, to be more precise and clear about what you are saying?
Line 204: Add a para break
Line 739: Given the small sample size, it is too much of a stretch to claim "quotes demonstrate that scientists are deeply concerned with ... "?

Thank you and we look forward to receiving your revised paper.
Rebecca

Thank you so much for this revision, which responds well to all the reviewer's comments and the queries I raised. I'm ready to accept, but just wondered, as I was reading again, if you knew of the Kindness in Science movement and if you wanted to mention it? It's up to you - it's fine without it, but in case you did want to mention it here's a couple of things you could look up:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-00482-y
http://www.kindnessinscience.org

There are no corrections required - this is just an opportunity for you to add a mention if you wanted to.

Best wishes
Rebecca

Thank you for choosing Geoscience Communication for your research and for engaging so thoroughly in the peer review process. Once you have considered the mention of the Kindness in Science movement that has been discussed by the Editor, we will be delighted to accept your manuscript for publication. As the Editor has noted this is not a pre-requisite for publication, but something to just consider.

Many Thanks,
Sam Illingworth
(Chief Executive Editor of Geoscience Communication)