Understanding scientists’ communication challenges at the intersection of climate and agriculture

communication of uncertainty [63]. In addition to transparent communication, some research has shown simulations may be important tools in effective communication of uncertainty to non-science audiences [109]. Supporting information S1 File. NIFA climate portfolio climate professional survey. (DOCX) S1 Fig. Scientist/professional type. Survey question was “please specify the type of scientist/ professional you are (check all that apply):” Inset table indicates the frequency of respondents to select �1 value. (DOCX) S2 Fig. Stakeholders currently or previously worked with. Survey question was “please select the following stakeholders that you currently or previously worked with (check all that apply).” Inset table indicates the frequency of respondents to select �1 value. (DOCX) S1 Table. Scientist survey response rate. (DOCX) S2 Table. Scientists’ agreement with climate statements and their perspective on how stakeholders would respond. (DOCX) S3 Table. Scientists’ agreement with climate statements compared to producers and crop advisors’ agreement (Scientist perspectives 2017, Producer and Crop Advisor perspectives 20161). (DOCX) S4 Table. Climate scientists’ perspective of the stakeholder compared to producers’ and crop advisors’ agreement on climate statements (Scientist perspectives 2017, Producer and Crop Advisor perspectives 20161). (DOCX) S5 Table. Scientists’ likelihood of using terminology by stakeholder group sorted by overall decreasing likelihood ranking (mean). (DOCX) S6 Table. Communication challenges codes and examples (n = 227). (DOCX) Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the project’s advisory committee and Dr. Jerry Hatfield for their review of the survey. Author Contributions Conceptualization: Jackie M. Getson, Anders E. Sjo¨strand, Linda S. Prokopy. Data curation: Jackie M. Getson. Formal analysis: Jackie M. Getson, Sarah P. Church, Junyu Lu. PLOS ONE Understanding scientists’ communication challenges at the intersection of climate and agriculture PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269927 August 2, 2022 16 / 22