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Improving public understanding of climate change by supporting weathercasters

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the US National Science Foundation (DLR-1713450, DLR-1422431, DUE-1043235, DRL-0917566). Additional support was received by the Schmidt Family Foundation, Robertson Foundation, Heising-Simons Foundation, ClimateWorks and Town Creek Foundation.

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  1. Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA

    Edward Maibach

  2. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Monterey, CA, USA

    Heidi Cullen

  3. Climate Central, Princeton, NJ, USA

    Bernadette Placky

  4. Aquent/JPL/NASA, Pasadena, CA, USA

    Joe Witte

  5. Columbia, SC, USA

    Jim Gandy

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All authors contributed to the development and operation of Climate Matters at various times over the past decade. E.M. and H.C. led the writing of the manuscript, drawing from the expertise and previous contributions of all authors. All authors reviewed, revised and approved the final version.

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Jim Gandy used to work for WLTX and is now retired.

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Maibach, E., Cullen, H., Placky, B. et al. Improving public understanding of climate change by supporting weathercasters. Nat. Clim. Chang. 12, 694–695 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01433-2

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