A lovely, whimsical paper. The spread, depth and longevity of interest in Pokémon across the world give this paper a rare opportunity to broadcast our interest as geoscientists in the minerals that make up our planets. It may stimulate interest about the Earth in young minds and perhaps even feed back into design within the Pokémon world.

The findings in this excellent article reach well beyond the cloud physics community. They concern all geoscience, indeed all science. It should be read by every geoscientist worth their salt and wishing to help improve the disciplne from the inside and its image in the world.

Th editorial is of high interest to the wider geoscience community. It provides a valuable article type to EGU journals and contributes to open and transparent science.

This manuscript gives insight into barriers and difficulties faced by parents in academia wanting to participate in conferences, laying the foundation for dialogue between parents and conference organizers.

This manuscript, and the excellent teaching resources and classroom materials within, effectively raises awareness of earthquake risk and should be disseminated to a wider audience. The hands-on, engaging DIY seismometer kit could also be commercially viable thereby allowing the initiative to reach its full potential.

This paper addresses the current shortcomings in international disaster risk reduction (DRR) frameworks and contributes meaningfully to shaping the next generation of global DRR frameworks. With the Sendai Framework approaching its conclusion, the contributions it makes could have considerable value.

This paper will be of particular interest to both the broader geoscience community and the media. It explores how press releases influence the framing, narratives, and actors represented in subsequent newspaper articles, using ocean plastic pollution as a case study. The authors shed light on the critical role press releases - and, by extension, research institutions - play in shaping how ocean plastic research is communicated to the public. These findings, along with others presented in the paper, offer valuable insights to help inform and guide future geoscience research communication.

The paper compares indigenous Ryukyuan music from the 18th centrury and climate and geological history of the Ryukyu Islands. It is proving that Ryukyuan songs can be used in climate and geoscience education, offering not only valuable insights but also opening up new collaboration options between cultural practitioners and researchers.

Breaking silos is key to science. A tool as investigated by this work, to show interesting related abstracts across silos could have considerable value. In the editorial team's anecdotal and personal view, the tool implemented at EGU's recent General Assembly in 2025 is was very valuable. So, this work is of interest to the organisers of larger conferences in all fields.

This work highlights the importance of visualization in hazard mapping and decision making. It provides a set of examples and concrete recommendations for creating intuitive and accessible fire progression maps, supporting wildland fire operations, research and public information.

Intercultural research and education is a topic of interest to many, and questions such as diversity have recently (Jan 2025) become highly topical.

This review is topical and of potential interest to a broad audience

This work highlights the importance of data collected through citizen science for studying extreme geomagnetic storms. The Gannon storm was an unprecedented opportunity to test the limitations of citizen science data collection and to offer solutions to enable similar studies in the future. This study has great potential to be of interest to the wider public.

This paper creates a visual physically plausible causal chain to communicate long-term changes in local climate risk, using flooding in a UK river basin as an example. This chain places local hazards, such as flooding, within the broader context of global climate change, including factors like global carbon dioxide emissions and temperature changes. It relies exclusively on observations, thereby avoiding the additional uncertainties associated with climate scenarios that might hinder understanding in certain situations. This causal chain idea has the potential to be a powerful communication tool for clearly communicating risks and the contributing factors, engaging with local communities, and addressing common misconceptions like the “Myth of Dry Feet” - a Dutch expression implying that extreme events such as floods only happen elsewhere, and won't happen "here" or "to me". While this chain is created for flood risk in the UK, it has the potential for broader application in various geoscience fields.

Engaging a broad public in climate sciences is crucial for educating and motivating action. In turn, assessing communication initiatives can contribute to improving these activities for all involved. Through a systematic literature review, the authors emphasise the scarcity of peer-reviewed publications evaluating the outcomes of scientists' science communication efforts. The paper underscores the need to transparently assess these activities, whether successful or not, in order to advance the field. Although the focus of this paper is on public engagement in climate science, the implications extend to various geoscience domains.

This paper is timely because of its focus on going beyond interdisciplinary to transdisciplinary - which is a hot topic for the field and in academia. This would be of interest to the broader public because explicitly described transdisciplinary approaches to decision-making are appearing in national and international conversations (e.g., at the 2023 United Nations General Assembly).

This is an invited review article to accompany the EGU's Katia and Maurice Kraft Award 2023, an EGU medal to highlight Dr Illingsworth's work. The article offers practical recommendations for successful geoscience communication and delivers valuable insights for researchers, educators, communicators, and policymakers interested in engaging with diverse audiences.