Nkechi Ogbonna, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin Republic., Cotonou, Benin

Michael Wu, Coolant Climate, San Francisco, United States and Stephen Crooks, Silvestrum Climate Associates, LLC, San Francisco, CA, United States

Hanwen Zhang and Hongsheng Zhang, The University of Hong Kong, Department of Geography, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Naima Iram, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore and Dan Friess, Tulane University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Orleans, United States

Jacob Bukoski¹, Radhika Bhargava Gajre², Iris Ford³, Adriana Gonzalez³, K M Ashraful Islam⁴, Joanna Acosta-Velázquez⁵, Dan Friess⁶ and Sylvia Wilson⁷, (1)Oregon State University, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, (3)Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States, (4)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, (5)Comisión Nacional Forestal, Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, (6)Tulane University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Orleans, United States, (7)Wilpa Capacity Development, Reston, United States

Kaley Smith and Brent A McKee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dafeng Zhang¹, Yan Yang², Nicholas Kwon³, Shuang Li³, Le Bienfaiteur Sagang Takougoum⁴, Fabien Wagner² and Sassan S Saatchi⁵, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)Ecosystem Research Team, CTrees.org, Pasadena, California, USA, Pasadena, United States, (3)CTrees, Pasadena, United States, (4)University of California, Los Angeles, United States, (5)JPL/NASA/Caltech, Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems/Earth Science, Pasadena, United States

Luzhen Chen, Peiyang Qiao Dr. and Xiaoxuan Gu Dr, Xiamen University, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen, China

Lydia Biri Nasimiyu, University of KwaZulu-Natal_, Geaography, Nairobi, Kenya, Michael Gebreslasie, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Geography, Durban, South Africa and Robert Masolele, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands

Suvarna Punalekar¹, Steven Canty², McKenzie Sime³, Qiongyu Huang¹, A. Justin Nowakowski², Craig Fergus¹, Robert E Kennedy⁴ and Grant M. Connette¹, (1)Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Conservation Ecology Center, Front Royal, United States, (2)Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, United States, (3)Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States, (4)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States

Linnea Norton^1,2, Jonathan Sanderman³, Matthew Jacques³, Phoebe Hagberg⁴, André Diatta⁵, Kristina Guild Douglass^2,6 and Dorothy M Peteet^2,7, (1)Columbia University, New York, United States, (2)Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States, (3)Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States, (4)University of California Irvine, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Irvine, United States, (5)Université Gaston Berger, Saint-Louis, Senegal, (6)Columbia University Climate School, Palisades, United States, (7)NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States

Lukas Lamb-Wotton, Tulane University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Orleans, United States, Maria Fernanda Adame, Griffith University, Centre for Marine and Coastal Research, Queensland, Australia, Janine Adams, Nelson Mandela University, South African Environmental Network (SAEON), Elwandle Coastal Node,, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Virni Budi Arifanti, National Research and Innovation Agency, Research Center for Ecology and Ethnobiology, Jakarta, Indonesia, Thomas G Bornman, Nelson Mandela University, South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), Elwandle Coastal Node, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Daniel Buttner, Nelson Mandela University, South African Environmental Network (SAEON), Elwandle Coastal Node, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Luzhen Chen, Xiamen University, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen, China, Daniel Epron, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto, Japan, Jorge Hoyos-Santillan, University of Eastern Finland, School of Forest Science, Kuopio, Finland, Lucienne Human, Nelson Mandela University, South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), Elwandle Coastal Node, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Naima Iram, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Guanghui Lin, Tsinghua University, Department of Earth Science, Beijing, China, Wataru Nakamura, University of Tokyo, Department of Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies, Chiba, Japan, Raghab Ray, Energy Resources Institute, Goa, India, Judith Rosentreter, Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry - Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia, Julio Salas Rabaza, Yucatan Scientific Research Center, Natural Resources Division, Merida, Mexico and Dan Friess, Tulane University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Orleans, United States

Annie Tamalavage¹, Steven Canty¹, Hannah Morrissette¹, Patrick Megonigal¹, Andre Rovai² and Flor Arcega-Cabrera³, (1)Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, United States, (2)Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Washington DC, Washington, United States, (3)National Autonomous University of Mexico, Sisal, Mexico

Sigal Abramovich¹, Sarit Ashckenazi-Polivoda², Gilad Antler¹, Yahel Eshed³ and Gidon Winters⁴, (1)Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Beer Sheva, Israel, (2)Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Hateva, Israel, (3)Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Earth and Environmental Sceinces, Beer Sheva, Israel, (4)Dead-Sea & Arava Science Center, Hazeva, Israel

Sujeewa Swarnamali¹, E.P.D.N. Thilakarathne² and Maheshi Danthurebandara¹, (1)University of Peradeniya, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, (2)Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, Department of Animal Science, Badulla, Sri Lanka

Katharine Ricke¹, Bernardo Bastien², Dillon J Amaya³, Octavio Aburto-Oropeza⁴, Fabio Favoretto⁵, Elmer Urbano⁵ and Luke Brander⁶, (1)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)UNAM National Autonomous University of Mexico, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)University of Colorado, Boulder, United States, (4)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, (5)University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States, (6)Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Annalisa Molini¹, Augustine Nwokoye¹ and Andre Rovai², (1)Tulane University, Department of River-Coastal Science & Engineering, New Orleans, United States, (2)Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Washington DC, Washington, United States

Lindsey Smart, The Nature Conservancy, Wake Forest, United States and The CariCAS Team: Johannes R. Krause, Denise Perez, Judith Ament, Mark Spalding, Steven R. Schill, Tania L. Maxwell, Emily Landis, James W. Fourqurean

Yudhishthra Nathan¹, Tanghua Li², Stephen Chua², Trina Ng³, Christabel Wan Jie Tan¹, Fang Yi Tan⁴, Dan Friess⁵, Aron J Meltzner⁴ and Benjamin Peter Horton⁶, (1)Nanyang Technological University, Asian School of the Environment, Singapore, Singapore, (2)Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore, (3)Nanyang Technological University, Asian School of the Environment, Centre for Climate Research Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, (4)Nanyang Technological University, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, (5)Tulane University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Orleans, United States, (6)City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Anubhav Das^1,2, Pratap Bhattacharyya² and Somnath Khaoash³, (1)Ravenshaw University, Odisha, India, Cuttack City, Odisha, INDIA, (2)ICAR-Central Rice Research Institute, Crop Production Division, Cuttack, India, (3)Ravenshaw University, Department of Geology, Cuttack, India

Mazharul Islam Alvi, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Narsingdi Sadar, BANGLADESH and A.F.M Arifur Rahman, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Fisheries and Marine Science, Maijdee, Bangladesh

Brad E Rosenheim, University of South Florida St. Petersburg, St Petersburg, FL, United States, Beatriz Alejandra Aguilar Enriquez, University of South Florida Tampa, College of Marine Science, Saint Petersburg, United States, Simone Schuster, Florida State University, Coastal and Marine Laboratory, Tallahassee, United States, Joseph Smoak, University of South Florida Tampa, School of Geosciences, Tampa, United States, Joshua Breithaupt, Univ of South Florida, St Petersburg, FL, United States, Kara Radabaugh, FL Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL, United States, Ryan P Moyer, TerraCarbon, LLC, Saint Petersburg, United States, Junnieska Gutierrez-Paiz, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States and Andrea Vazguez-Marrero, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, United States

Zoë Shribman¹, Jony Ramiro Torres Velázquez², Tannia Frausto-Illescas³, Lukas Lamb-Wotton⁴, Celeste Ortega-Trasviña³, Zulia Mayari Sanchez-Mejia⁵ and Dan Friess¹, (1)Tulane University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Orleans, United States, (2)Yaqui Valley Institute of Technology, Academy of Biology, Obregón, Mexico, (3)COSTASALVAJE / WILDCOAST, Ensenada, Mexico, (4)Tulane University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Orleans, United States, (5)Instituto Tecnologico de Sonora, Ciencias de Agua y Medio Ambiente, Cd. Obregon, Mexico

Claris Nyuysoni Sunjo, University of California Davis, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, CA, United States, Eliot A Atekwana, University of California Davis, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, United States, Henry M. Agbogun, Fort Hays State University, Department of Geosciences, Hays,KS, United States, Hendratta Ntalla Ali, Fort Hays State University, Department of Geosciences, Hays, United States and Isaac K Njilah, University of Yaounde 1, Department of Earth Sciences, Yaounde, Cameroon