Raquel Bryant, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Geosciences, Amherst, MA, United States, Nigel Allen Golden, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Environmental Conservation, Amherst, MA, United States, Christie LC Ellis, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Chemistry, Amherst, MA, United States, Cecile Florence Yezou, University of Massachusetts Amherst, W. E. B. DuBois Department of Afro-American Studies, Amherst, MA, United States, Abby Vander Linden, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Graduate Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Amherst, MA, United States and Joelle Labastide, American Association for the Advancement of Science Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States