About the Authors

Kristina A. Dahl

kdahl@alum.mit.edu

Affiliation Dahl Scientific, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Melanie F. Fitzpatrick

Affiliation Independent Consultant, South Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Erika Spanger-Siegfried

Affiliation Climate & Energy Program, Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author Kristina A. Dahl the sole proprietor of Dahl Scientific. There are no competing interests, including patents, products in development or marketed products, to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ESS KD MF. Data curation: KD. Formal analysis: KD. Funding acquisition: ESS. Investigation: KD MF ESS. Methodology: KD MF. Project administration: ESS KD. Software: KD. Validation: MF ESS. Visualization: KD. Writing – original draft: KD ESS MF. Writing – review & editing: KD ESS MF.