About the Authors

Maya Bach

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, United States of America

Loredana Loy

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, United States of America

Katharine J. Mach

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, United States of America

Sonali Shukla McDermid

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental Studies, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Jennifer Jacquet

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

jjacquet@miami.edu

Affiliations Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

None of the authors has served or currently serves on the editorial board of PLoS Climate nor has acted as expert witnesses in relevant legal proceedings. Since 2023, JJ has been Associate Research Director of the Climate Social Science Network (CSSN), headquartered at Brown University, which provides her with research grants. Since 2025, both JJ and SSM sit on the advisory board for the Center for Environmental and Animal Protection (CEAP) at New York University (and received a $2500 stipend for the 2025-2026 academic year). JJ is also on the advisory board for the Sea Around Us at the University of British Columbia and the National Food Museum (both unpaid). Maya Bach is now an employee at the non-profit group Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine but was not when the analysis was completed.