About the Authors

Edward W. Maibach

emaibach@gmu.edu

Affiliation Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

Amy Chadwick

Affiliation The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Dennis McBride

Affiliation Milford Department of Health, Milford, Connecticut, United States of America

Michelle Chuk

Affiliation National Association of County & City Health Officials, Washington D. C., United States of America

Kristie L. Ebi

Affiliation ESS, LLC, Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America

John Balbus

Affiliation Environmental Defense, Washington D. C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EWM DM MC KLE JB. Performed the experiments: AC MC. Analyzed the data: EWM AC. Wrote the paper: EWM JB.