The 2025 topical issue of Pure and Applied Geophysics (PAGEOPH) is the third iteration of the “Nuclear Explosion Monitoring and Verification” series. The first topical issue subtitled “Scientific and Technological Advances” appeared as volume 178 issue 7/2021 and highlighted presentations made at the CTBT: Science and Technology 2019 Conference (SnT2019). The second one with subtitle “Innovation in technology and scientific methods” followed SnT2021 and was publish as volume 180 issue 4/2023. The third topical issue aims at pursuing the trend to gather the latest technological and scientific advances and innovations in nuclear explosion monitoring and verification into a single repository. Papers on selected presenters at the CTBT: Science and Technology…