Supplementary information To accompany a Comment published in Nature 586, 496–499 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02939-5 Protect the Antarctic Peninsula — before it’s too late

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Number Name Position Affiliation Address Field of Expertise 1 Carolyn J. Hogg Senior Research Manager Australasian Wildlife Genomics Group, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Conservation biologist The Australia 2 Mary-Anne Lea Associate Professor Institute for Marine and Antarctic Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Antarctic Science Studies, University of Tasmania Australia 3 Marga Gual Soler Founder SciDipGLOBAL and Advisor to the EU Madrid, Spain Science Diplomacy Science Diplomacy Cluster 4 Váleri N. Vásquez PhD Candidate Energy and Resources Group, University Energy and Resources Computational Biology of California Berkeley Group, 310 Barrows Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 5 Ana Payo Payo Academic fellow University of Aberdeen Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, Ecology Reino Unido 6 Marissa L. Parrott Reproductive Biologist, Zoos Victoria Zoos Victoria, Parkville, Conservation biologist Wildlife Conservation & VIC 3052, Australia Science 7 M. Mercedes Santos National Director of Administracion de Parques Naciones & Buenos Aires, Argentina Antarctic Science Marine Protected Areas Instituto Antártico Argentino 8 Justine Shaw Senior Research Fellow School of Earth & Environmental Brisbane, Queensland, Antarctic Science Sciences, The University of Queensland Australia 9 Cassandra M. Brooks Assistant Professor Environmental Studies Program, Boulder, Colorado, USA Antarctic Science University of Colorado at Boulder 10 Melissa Cristina Marquez PhD Candidate Curtin University Perth, WA 6000, Australia Shark behavioural ecologist 11 Anna Vinkhiyzen Honorary Research The University of Queensland / Brisbane, QLD, 4000 Statistical genetics & Fellow / Principal Policy Queensland Health health research policy Officer 12 Hinemoa Elder Māori Strategic Leader, Brain Research NZ, University of Auckland, Psychiatry / Indigenous MBCHB, PHD, FRANZCP Auckland 1142, New Health Zealand 13 Andrea Parisi Medical Epidemiologist, Australian Institute of Health and Canberra, ACT, 2914, Epidemiology and Public MD, PhD Welfare/Australian National University Australia Health 14 Anne B. Christianson PhD Candidate University of Minnesota Washington, DC USA Environmental 20009 Conservation 15 Stephanie G. Gardner Postdoctoral Research University of Sydney, NSW, 2052, Microbial ecologist Associate Australia 16 Amanda Davies Professor, Head of School The University of Western Australia c/- School of Social Geography of Social Sciences Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009 17 Betty Trummel Owner (Education The Science Roadshow Harwich, MA 02645 Outreach Specialist) 18 Bianca Das PhD Candidate The University of Queensland St Lucia, Brisbane QLD Biogeochemistry and agricultural systems

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19 Heidi Steltzer Professor Environment & Fort Lewis College Durango, CO 81301 Mountain and polar Sustainability scientist, lead author IPCC special report on oceans and cryosphere in a changing climate 20 Frances Separovic Redmond Barry Melbourne, VIC 3010, Biophysical chemist Distinguished Professor Australia Emeritus 21 Janina E. E. Tirnitz-Parker Associate Professor, Curtin University School of Pharmacy and Chronic liver disease and Laboratory Head Biomedical Sciences, cancer Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Perth 6102 WA, Australia 22 Sarah Anderson Director Visibility Co Barwon Heads, VIC 3227 Communications 23 Jill Sewell Senior Paediatrician, Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne , Victoria Developmental Centre for Community Behavioural Paediatrics Child Health 24 Mita Brierley Chief Business Officer Astronomy Australia Ltd Marsfield, Sydney NSW Astrophysics/ 2122 Australia Management 25 Sophie Adams Director of Clinical Orygen Parkville, Australia Psychiatry Services 26 Dr. Nicole Hellessey Postdoctoral researcher Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332, USA Antarctic Marine Scientist (Ecologist) 27 Ingrid Albion Manager Discovery Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Zoologist - interpretation Ranger Program Australia and environmental education 28 Melissa Haeffner Assistant Professor, Portland State University Portland, Oregon, USA Environmental Justice Environmental Science and Management 29 Melania Guerra Adjunct Professor UN University for Peace San José, Costa Rica 30 Fabian Dattner CEO & Founder Homeward Bound Projects Eltham, Victoria , Leadership, women Australia in STEMM, women leading with a STEMM background 31 Karen Alexander Research Fellow University of Tasmania Hobart, 7001 TAS, Marine social science Australia 32 Jana Schniete Postdoctoral researcher Edge Hill University St Helens Road, Ormskirk, Microbiology, microbial L39 4QP, UK evolution, microbial physiology 33 Yvonne Avaro Consumer Researcher Ynsights.org Konstanz, Germany Behavioral Economics, Consumer Research 34 Anna Cabré research consultant University of Pennsylvania Munchen, Germany Climate scientist, oceanographer, cosmologist 35 Katja Ovchinnikova computer scientist European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg, Germany computer science, artificial intelligence 36 Karen Aitken Principal Research CSIRO St Lucia, QLD, 4067, Crop genetics and Scientist Australia genomics 37 Adriana Humanes Postdoctoral Research Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 Marine Ecologist Associate 7RU, United Kingdom 38 Anna Colucci Environmental and social IPC GmbH Frankfurt am Main, Sustainability and management expert Germany Environmental and social management systems 39 Andrea Mangel Raventos PhD Candidate TU Delft Delft, Netherlands Renewable energy 40 Amie Figueiredo HB5 participant Homeward Bound Projects Geneva, Switzerland Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy 41 Madeleine Brasier Junior Research Fellow University of Tasmania Hobart, 7001 TAS, Marine and Antarctic Australia Scientist 42 Roshni Sharma Project Manager and FrontierSI Green Valley, NSW 2168, Geospatial information Analyst Australia and technology 43 Beth Strain Research Fellow IMAS/University of Tasmania Private Bag 49, Hobart, 7001 TAS 44 Teresa Jump President TJ Insights, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 46220 Education-STEMM, leadership development, evaluation, strategy 45 Fern Hames Science Manager Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Heidelberg, Vic 3084, Research Australia

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274 Nina Earl Homeward Bound Homeward Bound Projects Lindfield, Australia Science Communication Participant HB2 275 Samantha Cridland Chemical Engineer CSIRO Pullenvale, Australia Energy 4069 276 Karin Verspoor Professor and Homeward The University of Melbourne Melbourne, VIC 3010, Computer Science and AI Bound Participant HB3 Australia in Biomedicine 277 Bharathi Boppana Homeward Bound Homeward Bound Projects Singapore Fluid Dynamics Participant HB5 278 Amanda Kirk Environmental Engineer WSP New Zealand Whakatāne, New Zealand Environmental engineering, water infrastructure 279 Natalie Meiklejohn Homeward Bound Homeward Bound Projects Brisbane, Queensland, Ecological Science Participant HB5 Australia 280 Laurie LaPat-Polasko Homeward Bound Homeward Bound Projects Scottsdale, AZ, USA Environmental Participant HB5 Engineering, Bioremediation 281 Philista Malaki Homeward Bound National Museums of Kenya Nairobi, Kenya Bird Ecology, Biodiversity Participant HB5 conservation, Environmental Impact Assessment 282 Songqiao Yao Founder and Chief WildBound.earth Beijing, China Environmental education, Explorer biodiversity, antarctica conservation and tourism impact 283 Aditi Gupta Technology Consultant Accenture India ERP Solutions, Renewable Energy 284 Mia Urem Homeward Bound Homeward Bound Projects Leiden, The Netherlands Biochemistry, (molecular) Participant HB5 microbiology, biorecycling and biotechnology 285 Danielle A. Nembhard Environmental Homeward Bound Projects Kingston, Jamaica Natural Resource Consultant and Management Homeward Bound Participant HB5 286 Jeanette McConnell Homeward Bound Homeward Bound Projects San Diego, CA, USA Chemistry, Education Participant HB4 287 Paloma Corvalan Program Manager, Sea Homeward Bound Projects Vancouver, BC, Canada Ecology Smart; HB2 288 Michelle Adamson Homeward Bound Homeward Bound Projects Canberra, Australia Neuroscience, policy, Participant HB4, HB technology adoption Fundraising Committee Co-Chair

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