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Executive editors: Sam Illingworth, John K. Hillier, Solmaz Mohadjer & Kirsten v. Elverfeldt
eISSN: GC 2569-7110, GCD 2569-7439

Geoscience Communication (GC) is a not-for-profit journal to help share knowledge and give more "traditional" recognition to science communication in the geosciences. Science communication is used as an umbrella term by GC to cover all aspects of outreach, public engagement, widening participation, knowledge exchange, and any other initiatives within the scope of the journal. It can be thought of as any initiative which seeks to communicate an aspect of geoscience to a wider audience than the experts within that particular field.

An editorial written by the executive editors, and which explains in detail how to prepare a manuscript for Geoscience Communication, can be found here: https://www.geosci-commun.net/1/1/2018/

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News

07 May 2026 Temporary unavailability of article and preprint PDFs due to technical issues

Since Tuesday, 5 May, 06:30 CET, we have been experiencing technical issues caused by high demand on our systems, which have significantly affected our journal libraries. To maintain platform stability and ensure continued access to critical services, all preprint and journal article PDFs were temporarily restricted, while HTML full-text content and XML files remained available. Since Thursday, 7 May, 08:30 CET, we have made the preprint PDFs available again; however, journal article PDFs remain restricted until the technical issues have been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we work to restore full PDF access as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

07 May 2026 Temporary unavailability of article and preprint PDFs due to technical issues

Since Tuesday, 5 May, 06:30 CET, we have been experiencing technical issues caused by high demand on our systems, which have significantly affected our journal libraries. To maintain platform stability and ensure continued access to critical services, all preprint and journal article PDFs were temporarily restricted, while HTML full-text content and XML files remained available. Since Thursday, 7 May, 08:30 CET, we have made the preprint PDFs available again; however, journal article PDFs remain restricted until the technical issues have been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we work to restore full PDF access as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

28 Apr 2026 Bringing so-called 'negative' results into interactive open access publications

EGU has today introduced a new manuscript type: LESSONS – Limitations, Errors, Surprises, Shortcomings and Opportunities for New Science. Please read more.

28 Apr 2026 Bringing so-called 'negative' results into interactive open access publications

EGU has today introduced a new manuscript type: LESSONS – Limitations, Errors, Surprises, Shortcomings and Opportunities for New Science. Please read more.

13 Feb 2026 University of Western Ontario partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new agreement with Western Libraries at the University of Western Ontario, providing a 50% APC reduction for eligible corresponding authors submitting from 1 January 2026. Please read more.

13 Feb 2026 University of Western Ontario partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new agreement with Western Libraries at the University of Western Ontario, providing a 50% APC reduction for eligible corresponding authors submitting from 1 January 2026. Please read more.

Recent papers

21 May 2026
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Increasing earthquake awareness: seismo-at-school Switzerland
Maren Böse, Nadja Valenzuela, György Hetényi, Romain Roduit, Irina Dallo, Kerstin Bircher, John Clinton, Urs Fässler, Florian Haslinger, Tanja Jaeger, Michèle Marti, Roman Racine, Anne Sauron, Shiba Subedi, and Stefan Wiemer
Geosci. Commun., 9, 223–237, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-9-223-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-9-223-2026, 2026
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20 May 2026
Satellite Ownership and Sustainable Space Exploration: Responsibility-Embedded Polycentric Governance Model (RE-PGM)
Zeljana Zmire
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1150,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1150, 2026
Preprint under review for GC (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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20 May 2026
Pokémon Trading Cards reveal visual stereotypes of natural minerals
Cheng Hung Chen
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2574,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2574, 2026
Preprint under review for GC (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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20 May 2026
Gamified Disaster Education. A Systematic Review of Serious Games on Dealing with Natural Hazards and of their Impacts and Outcomes for Users
Anna Heidenreich, Thomas Kox, Franziska Wankmüller, and Lars Gerhold
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2372,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2372, 2026
Preprint under review for GC (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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06 May 2026
Framing the Orbital Commons: Public Discourse and LEO Sustainability After the Starlink Gen2 Approval
Mbus Mbock Masse Melvin
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1286,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1286, 2026
Preprint under review for GC (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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Highlight articles

21 May 2026
Increasing earthquake awareness: seismo-at-school Switzerland
Maren Böse, Nadja Valenzuela, György Hetényi, Romain Roduit, Irina Dallo, Kerstin Bircher, John Clinton, Urs Fässler, Florian Haslinger, Tanja Jaeger, Michèle Marti, Roman Racine, Anne Sauron, Shiba Subedi, and Stefan Wiemer
Geosci. Commun., 9, 223–237, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-9-223-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-9-223-2026, 2026
Short summary Editorial statement
21 Apr 2026
Multi-hazard risk assessment and management: pathways for the Sendai Framework and beyond
Timothy Tiggeloven, Colin Raymond, Marleen C. de Ruiter, Jana Sillmann, Annegret H. Thieken, Sophie L. Buijs, Roxana Ciurean, Emma Cordier, Julia M. Crummy, Lydia Cumiskey, Kelley De Polt, Melanie Duncan, Davide M. Ferrario, Wiebke S. Jäger, Elco E. Koks, Nicole van Maanen, Heather J. Murdock, Jaroslav Mysiak, Sadhana Nirandjan, Benjamin Poschlod, Peter Priesmeier, Nivedita Sairam, Pia-Johanna Schweizer, Tristian R. Stolte, Marie-Luise Zenker, James E. Daniell, Alexander Fekete, Christian M. Geiß, Marc J. C. van den Homberg, Sirkku K. Juhola, Christian Kuhlicke, Karen Lebek, Robert Šakić Trogrlić, Stefan Schneiderbauer, Silvia Torresan, Cees J. van Westen, Judith N. Claassen, Bijan Khazai, Virginia Murray, Julius Schlumberger, and Philip J. Ward
Geosci. Commun., 9, 185–221, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-9-185-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-9-185-2026, 2026
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15 Oct 2025
How frames and narratives in press releases shape newspaper science articles: the case of ocean plastic pollution
Aike Vonk, Mark Bos, and Erik van Sebille
Geosci. Commun., 8, 297–317, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-8-297-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-8-297-2025, 2025
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07 Oct 2025
Place-based science from Okinawa: 18th-century climate and geology recorded in Ryukyuan classical music
Justin T. Higa, June Y. Uyeunten, and Kenton A. Odo
Geosci. Commun., 8, 251–266, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-8-251-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-8-251-2025, 2025
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17 Jul 2025
GC Insights: Breaking the silos – leveraging natural language processing (NLP) to encourage interdisciplinary interaction at the European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Jan Sodoge, Taís Maria Nunes Carvalho, and Mariana Madruga de Brito
Geosci. Commun., 8, 191–196, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-8-191-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-8-191-2025, 2025
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