About the Authors

Michael L. Mann

mmann1123@gwu.edu

Affiliations Department of Geography, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States of America

Enric Batllori

Affiliations CEMFOR—CTFC, InForest Joint Research Unit, CSIC-CTFC-CREAF, Solsona, E-25280, Spain, CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, E-08193, Spain

Max A. Moritz

Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States of America

Eric K. Waller

Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Western Geographic Science Center, Menlo Park, CA, United States of America

Peter Berck

Affiliation Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States of America

Alan L. Flint

Affiliation US Geological Survey, California Water Science Center, Sacramento, CA, United States of America

Lorraine E. Flint

Affiliation US Geological Survey, California Water Science Center, Sacramento, CA, United States of America

Emmalee Dolfi

Affiliation Department of Geography, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLM EB MAM EKW PB. Analyzed the data: MLM EB MAM EKW ALF LEF ED. Wrote the paper: MLM EB MAM EKW ALF LEF ED.