About the Authors

Christian E. H. Beaudrie

christian.beaudrie@alumni.ubc.ca

Affiliation Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Terre Satterfield

Affiliation Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Milind Kandlikar

Affiliations Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Barbara H. Harthorn

Affiliation National Science Foundation Center for Nanotechnology in Society, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CEHB TS MK. Performed the experiments: CEHB. Analyzed the data: CEHB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CEHB TS MK BHH. Wrote the manuscript: CEHB TS MK.