Centering voices of scientists from marginalized backgrounds to understand experiences in climate adaptation science and inform action

• Meghna N. Marjadi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mmarjadi@umassd.edu

  Current address: School of Marine Sciences and Technology, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America

  Affiliations Graduate Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America, Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6961-5746

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• Rebecca A. Smith,

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

  Affiliations Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Hsin Fei Tu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Asha M. Ajmani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Addie Rose Holland,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Bianca E. Lopez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• Toni Lyn Morelli,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America, U.S. Geological Survey, Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Bethany A. Bradley

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

  Affiliations Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

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