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Integrating environmental and Earth sciences into education is vital for cultivating ecological literacy and fostering sustainable behaviour. Digital learning through serious educational games (SEG) offers an interactive, immersive environment that allows students to explore and understand complex environmental systems in a global context, in an engaging, dynamic, and risk-free manner. This paper focuses on the use of SEG to improve conceptual understanding of natural processes and climate responsibility. It outli...

The methodological assessment of the geological phenomena (geotopes, geosites) is an important step in judging their geoconservation significance. The present Expert Card provides a tentative test for assessment based on 16 common criteria: aesthetic, scientific, research, educational, ecological, entertainment, ethnographic, social and spiritual values, sense of place, possibility for inclusion in geopark, sensitivity, degree of study, preservation, exposure and access. The first 7 criteria are considered importa...