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11 Jun 2018

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Editorial: Geoscience Communication – Building bridges, not walls

Sam Illingworth, Iain Stewart, Jonathan Tennant, and Kirsten von Elverfeldt

Geosci. Commun., 1, 1–7, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-1-1-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-1-1-2018, 2018 | 10,706 views

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13 Aug 2019

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Taking a Breath of the Wild: are geoscientists more effective than non-geoscientists in determining whether video game world landscapes are realistic?

Rolf Hut, Casper Albers, Sam Illingworth, and Chris Skinner

Geosci. Commun., 2, 117–124, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-117-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-117-2019, 2019 | 9,956 views

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22 Sep 2020

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Impact of an educational program on earthquake awareness and preparedness in Nepal

Shiba Subedi, György Hetényi, and Ross Shackleton

Geosci. Commun., 3, 279–290, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-279-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-279-2020, 2020 | 9,709 views

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15 May 2020

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Rapid collaborative knowledge building via Twitter after significant geohazard events

Robin Lacassin, Maud Devès, Stephen P. Hicks, Jean-Paul Ampuero, Remy Bossu, Lucile Bruhat, Daryono, Desianto F. Wibisono, Laure Fallou, Eric J. Fielding, Alice-Agnes Gabriel, Jamie Gurney, Janine Krippner, Anthony Lomax, Muh. Ma'rufin Sudibyo, Astyka Pamumpuni, Jason R. Patton, Helen Robinson, Mark Tingay, and Sotiris Valkaniotis

Geosci. Commun., 3, 129–146, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-129-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-129-2020, 2020 | 9,448 views

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08 Jul 2022

Geology uprooted! Decolonising the curriculum for geologists

Steven L. Rogers, Lisa Lau, Natasha Dowey, Hinna Sheikh, and Rebecca Williams

Geosci. Commun., 5, 189–204, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-189-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-189-2022, 2022 | 9,343 views

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31 Mar 2025

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Climate denial and the classroom: a review

Gerald Kutney

Geosci. Commun., 8, 81–105, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-8-81-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-8-81-2025, 2025 | 8,797 views

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04 Feb 2021

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Volcanoes in video games: the portrayal of volcanoes in commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) video games and their learning potential

Edward G. McGowan and Jazmin P. Scarlett

Geosci. Commun., 4, 11–31, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-11-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-11-2021, 2021 | 8,316 views

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10 Oct 2018

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Building a Raspberry Pi school magnetometer network in the UK

Ciarán D. Beggan and Steve R. Marple

Geosci. Commun., 1, 25–34, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-1-25-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-1-25-2018, 2018 | 8,174 views

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15 Jan 2019

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Demystifying academics to enhance university–business collaborations in environmental science

John K. Hillier, Geoffrey R. Saville, Mike J. Smith, Alister J. Scott, Emma K. Raven, Jonathon Gascoigne, Louise J. Slater, Nevil Quinn, Andreas Tsanakas, Claire Souch, Gregor C. Leckebusch, Neil Macdonald, Alice M. Milner, Jennifer Loxton, Rebecca Wilebore, Alexandra Collins, Colin MacKechnie, Jaqui Tweddle, Sarah Moller, MacKenzie Dove, Harry Langford, and Jim Craig

Geosci. Commun., 2, 1–23, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-1-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-1-2019, 2019 | 8,132 views

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29 May 2019

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Telling the boiling frog what he needs to know: why climate change risks should be plotted as probability over time

Simon Sharpe

Geosci. Commun., 2, 95–100, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-95-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-95-2019, 2019 | 7,989 views

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02 Oct 2024

Planning virtual and hybrid events: steps to improve inclusion and accessibility

Aileen L. Doran, Victoria Dutch, Bridget Warren, Robert A. Watson, Kevin Murphy, Angus Aldis, Isabelle Cooper, Charlotte Cockram, Dyess Harp, Morgane Desmau, and Lydia Keppler

Geosci. Commun., 7, 227–244, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-7-227-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-7-227-2024, 2024 | 7,551 views

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11 May 2023

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Paleontology-themed comics and graphic novels, their potential for scientific outreach, and the bilingual graphic novel EUROPASAURUS – Life on Jurassic Islands

Oliver Wings, Jan Fischer, Joschua Knüppe, Henning Ahlers, Sebastian Körnig, and Arila-Maria Perl

Geosci. Commun., 6, 45–74, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-45-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-45-2023, 2023 | 7,354 views

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29 May 2019

Communicating climate change in a “post-factual” society: lessons learned from the Pole to Paris campaign

Erlend M. Knudsen and Oria J. de Bolsée

Geosci. Commun., 2, 83–93, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-83-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-83-2019, 2019 | 7,205 views

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06 Mar 2020

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“This bookmark gauges the depths of the human”: how poetry can help to personalise climate change

Sam Illingworth

Geosci. Commun., 3, 35–47, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-35-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-35-2020, 2020 | 6,763 views

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15 Aug 2019

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Seismic risk: the biases of earthquake media coverage

Maud H. Devès, Marion Le Texier, Hugues Pécout, and Claude Grasland

Geosci. Commun., 2, 125–141, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-125-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-125-2019, 2019 | 6,575 views

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21 Apr 2020

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The benefits to climate science of including early-career scientists as reviewers

Mathieu Casado, Gwenaëlle Gremion, Paul Rosenbaum, Jilda Alicia Caccavo, Kelsey Aho, Nicolas Champollion, Sarah L. Connors, Adrian Dahood, Alfonso Fernandez, Martine Lizotte, Katja Mintenbeck, Elvira Poloczanska, and Gerlis Fugmann

Geosci. Commun., 3, 89–97, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-89-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-89-2020, 2020 | 6,424 views

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10 Oct 2018

Representing the majority and not the minority: the importance of the individual in communicating climate change

Sam Illingworth, Alice Bell, Stuart Capstick, Adam Corner, Piers Forster, Rosie Leigh, Maria Loroño Leturiondo, Catherine Muller, Harriett Richardson, and Emily Shuckburgh

Geosci. Commun., 1, 9–24, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-1-9-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-1-9-2018, 2018 | 6,277 views

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13 Mar 2020

Communicating complex forecasts: an analysis of the approach in Nepal's flood early warning system

Mirianna Budimir, Amy Donovan, Sarah Brown, Puja Shakya, Dilip Gautam, Madhab Uprety, Michael Cranston, Alison Sneddon, Paul Smith, and Sumit Dugar

Geosci. Commun., 3, 49–70, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-49-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-49-2020, 2020 | 6,274 views

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20 Dec 2024

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The Gannon Storm: citizen science observations during the geomagnetic superstorm of 10 May 2024

Maxime Grandin, Emma Bruus, Vincent E. Ledvina, Noora Partamies, Mathieu Barthelemy, Carlos Martinis, Rowan Dayton-Oxland, Bea Gallardo-Lacourt, Yukitoshi Nishimura, Katie Herlingshaw, Neethal Thomas, Eero Karvinen, Donna Lach, Marjan Spijkers, and Calle Bergstrand

Geosci. Commun., 7, 297–316, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-7-297-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-7-297-2024, 2024 | 6,095 views

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20 Feb 2019

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Identifying and improving AGU collaborations using network analysis and scientometrics

Tom Narock, Sarah Hasnain, and Ronie Stephan

Geosci. Commun., 2, 55–67, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-55-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-55-2019, 2019 | 5,908 views

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23 Nov 2022

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Exploring TikTok as a promising platform for geoscience communication

Emily E. Zawacki, Wendy Bohon, Scott Johnson, and Donna J. Charlevoix

Geosci. Commun., 5, 363–380, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-363-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-363-2022, 2022 | 5,765 views

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11 Jun 2021

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Fracking bad language – hydraulic fracturing and earthquake risks

Jennifer J. Roberts, Clare E. Bond, and Zoe K. Shipton

Geosci. Commun., 4, 303–327, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-303-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-303-2021, 2021 | 5,572 views

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28 Feb 2020

Flash Flood!: a SeriousGeoGames activity combining science festivals, video games, and virtual reality with research data for communicating flood risk and geomorphology

Chris Skinner

Geosci. Commun., 3, 1–17, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-1-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-1-2020, 2020 | 5,547 views

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13 Aug 2020

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Open weather and climate science in the digital era

Martine G. de Vos, Wilco Hazeleger, Driss Bari, Jörg Behrens, Sofiane Bendoukha, Irene Garcia-Marti, Ronald van Haren, Sue Ellen Haupt, Rolf Hut, Fredrik Jansson, Andreas Mueller, Peter Neilley, Gijs van den Oord, Inti Pelupessy, Paolo Ruti, Martin G. Schultz, and Jeremy Walton

Geosci. Commun., 3, 191–201, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-191-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-191-2020, 2020 | 5,493 views

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08 Nov 2019

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Geo-locate project: a novel approach to resolving meteorological station location issues with the assistance of undergraduate students

Simon Noone, Alison Brody, Sasha Brown, Niamh Cantwell, Martha Coleman, Louise Sarsfield Collins, Caoilfhionn Darcy, Dick Dee, Seán Donegan, Rowan Fealy, Padraig Flattery, Rhonda McGovern, Caspar Menkman, Michael Murphy, Christopher Phillips, Martina Roche, and Peter Thorne

Geosci. Commun., 2, 157–171, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-157-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-157-2019, 2019 | 5,398 views

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15 Dec 2020

A portrait of central Italy's geology through Giotto's paintings and its possible cultural implications

Ann C. Pizzorusso

Geosci. Commun., 3, 427–442, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-427-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-427-2020, 2020 | 5,301 views

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17 Nov 2020

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Earth Girl Volcano: characterizing and conveying volcanic hazard complexity in an interactive casual game of disaster preparedness and response

Isaac Kerlow, Gabriela Pedreros, and Helena Albert

Geosci. Commun., 3, 343–364, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-343-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-343-2020, 2020 | 5,273 views

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06 Dec 2018

Can seasonal hydrological forecasts inform local decisions and actions? A decision-making activity

Jessica L. Neumann, Louise Arnal, Rebecca E. Emerton, Helen Griffith, Stuart Hyslop, Sofia Theofanidi, and Hannah L. Cloke

Geosci. Commun., 1, 35–57, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-1-35-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-1-35-2018, 2018 | 5,272 views

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11 Oct 2022

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The potential for using video games to teach geoscience: learning about the geology and geomorphology of Hokkaido (Japan) from playing Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Edward G. McGowan and Lewis J. Alcott

Geosci. Commun., 5, 325–337, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-325-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-325-2022, 2022 | 5,193 views

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06 Nov 2020

ElectroMagnetic Music: a new tool for attracting people's interest in Geosciences, while sensitizing them to planet sustainability

Antonio Menghini, Stefano Pontani, Vincenzo Sapia, and Tiziana Lanza

Geosci. Commun., 3, 329–341, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-329-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-329-2020, 2020 | 5,087 views

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11 Sep 2020

Earth system music: music generated from the United Kingdom Earth System Model (UKESM1)

Lee de Mora, Alistair A. Sellar, Andrew Yool, Julien Palmieri, Robin S. Smith, Till Kuhlbrodt, Robert J. Parker, Jeremy Walton, Jeremy C. Blackford, and Colin G. Jones

Geosci. Commun., 3, 263–278, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-263-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-263-2020, 2020 | 4,979 views

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19 Jul 2019

The Met Office Weather Game: investigating how different methods for presenting probabilistic weather forecasts influence decision-making

Elisabeth M. Stephens, David J. Spiegelhalter, Ken Mylne, and Mark Harrison

Geosci. Commun., 2, 101–116, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-101-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-101-2019, 2019 | 4,962 views

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29 Oct 2021

Clear, transparent, and timely communication for fair authorship decisions: a practical guide

Shahzad Gani, Lukas Kohl, Rima Baalbaki, Federico Bianchi, Taina M. Ruuskanen, Olli-Pekka Siira, Pauli Paasonen, and Hanna Vehkamäki

Geosci. Commun., 4, 507–516, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-507-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-507-2021, 2021 | 4,902 views

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26 Mar 2020

In my remembered country: what poetry tells us about the changing perceptions of volcanoes between the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries

Arianna Soldati and Sam Illingworth

Geosci. Commun., 3, 73–87, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-73-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-73-2020, 2020 | 4,743 views

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22 Feb 2021

Web-based macroseismic intensity study in Turkey – entries on Ekşi Sözlük

Deniz Ertuncay, Laura Cataldi, and Giovanni Costa

Geosci. Commun., 4, 69–81, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-69-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-69-2021, 2021 | 4,728 views

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24 Jan 2019

Building bridges between experts and the public: a comparison of two-way communication formats for flooding and air pollution risk

Maria Loroño-Leturiondo, Paul O'Hare, Simon J. Cook, Stephen R. Hoon, and Sam Illingworth

Geosci. Commun., 2, 39–53, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-39-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-39-2019, 2019 | 4,705 views

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17 Aug 2021

Breaking the Silos: an online serious game for multi-risk disaster risk reduction (DRR) management

Marleen Carolijn de Ruiter, Anaïs Couasnon, and Philip James Ward

Geosci. Commun., 4, 383–397, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-383-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-383-2021, 2021 | 4,604 views

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16 Mar 2021

A flexible, open, and interactive digital platform to support online and blended experiential learning environments: Thinglink and thin sections

Adam J. Jeffery, Steven L. Rogers, Kelly L. A. Jeffery, and Luke Hobson

Geosci. Commun., 4, 95–110, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-95-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-95-2021, 2021 | 4,580 views

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19 Aug 2020

“Are we talking just a bit of water out of bank? Or is it Armageddon?” Front line perspectives on transitioning to probabilistic fluvial flood forecasts in England

Louise Arnal, Liz Anspoks, Susan Manson, Jessica Neumann, Tim Norton, Elisabeth Stephens, Louise Wolfenden, and Hannah Louise Cloke

Geosci. Commun., 3, 203–232, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-203-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-203-2020, 2020 | 4,518 views

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08 May 2020

Training citizen scientists through an online game developed for data quality control

Barbara Strobl, Simon Etter, H. J. Ilja van Meerveld, and Jan Seibert

Geosci. Commun., 3, 109–126, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-109-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-109-2020, 2020 | 4,479 views

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20 Jul 2022

Virtual field trips utilizing virtual outcrop: construction, delivery and implications for the future

Jessica H. Pugsley, John A. Howell, Adrian Hartley, Simon J. Buckley, Rachel Brackenridge, Nicholas Schofield, Gail Maxwell, Magda Chmielewska, Kari Ringdal, Nicole Naumann, and Joris Vanbiervliet

Geosci. Commun., 5, 227–249, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-227-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-227-2022, 2022 | 4,429 views

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20 Sep 2022

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GC Insights: Diversifying the geosciences in higher education: a manifesto for change

Caitlyn A. Hall, Sam Illingworth, Solmaz Mohadjer, Mathew Koll Roxy, Craig Poku, Frederick Otu-Larbi, Darryl Reano, Mara Freilich, Maria-Luisa Veisaga, Miguel Valencia, and Joey Morales

Geosci. Commun., 5, 275–280, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-275-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-275-2022, 2022 | 4,359 views

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23 Dec 2020

Creative practice as a tool to build resilience to natural hazards in the Global South

Anne F. Van Loon, Imogen Lester-Moseley, Melanie Rohse, Phil Jones, and Rosie Day

Geosci. Commun., 3, 453–474, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-453-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-453-2020, 2020 | 4,302 views

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30 Apr 2020

Ozone measurement practice in the laboratory using Schönbein's method

Ignacio Arturo Ramirez-Gonzalez, Juan Antonio Añel, and Antonio Cid Samamed

Geosci. Commun., 3, 99–108, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-99-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-99-2020, 2020 | 4,243 views

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18 Jun 2020

Space Sound Effects Short Film Festival: using the film festival model to inspire creative art–science and reach new audiences

Martin O. Archer

Geosci. Commun., 3, 147–166, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-147-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-147-2020, 2020 | 4,226 views

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26 Nov 2019

Interdisciplinary pressure cooker: environmental risk communication skills for the next generation

Lydia Cumiskey, Matthew Lickiss, Robert Šakić Trogrlić, and Javed Ali

Geosci. Commun., 2, 173–186, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-173-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-173-2019, 2019 | 4,110 views

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09 Mar 2022

V3Geo: a cloud-based repository for virtual 3D models in geoscience

Simon J. Buckley, John A. Howell, Nicole Naumann, Conor Lewis, Magda Chmielewska, Kari Ringdal, Joris Vanbiervliet, Bowei Tong, Oliver S. Mulelid-Tynes, Dylan Foster, Gail Maxwell, and Jessica Pugsley

Geosci. Commun., 5, 67–82, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-67-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-67-2022, 2022 | 4,110 views

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11 Oct 2019

Education and public engagement using an active research project: lessons and recipes from the SEA-SEIS North Atlantic Expedition's programme for Irish schools

Sergei Lebedev, Raffaele Bonadio, Clara Gómez-García, Janneke I. de Laat, Laura Bérdi, Bruna Chagas de Melo, Daniel Farrell, David Stalling, Céline Tirel, Louise Collins, Sadhbh McCarthy, Brendan O'Donoghue, Arne Schwenk, Mick Smyth, Christopher J. Bean, and the SEA-SEIS Team

Geosci. Commun., 2, 143–155, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-143-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-143-2019, 2019 | 4,068 views

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