Renee O. Setter, Ph.D.

Publications

  1. Tavares, K.-D., Setter, R.O., Dreizin, T., Clinton, A., Summers, A., Coffman, M. Just beach. Climate Risk Management 100790 (2026). [PDF]
  2. Pearce-Kelly, P., Altieri, A.H., Bruno, J.F., Cornwall, C.E., McField, M., Muñiz-Castillo, A.I., Rocha, J., Setter, R.O., Sheppard, C., Roman-Cuesta, R.M., Yesson, C. Considerations for determining warm-water coral reef tipping points. Earth System Dynamics 16, 275-292 (2025). [PDF]
  3. Setter, R.O., Han, R.X., Tavares, K.-D., Newfield, C., Terry, A., Roberson, I.M., Tarui, N. & Coffman, M. Managing retreat for sandy beach areas under sea level rise. Scientific Reports 13, 11920 (2023). [PDF]
  4. Carlson, K.M., Mora, C., Xu, J., Setter, R.O. , Harangody, M., Franklin, E.C., Kantar, M.B., Lucas, M., Menzo, Z.M., Spirandelli, D., Schanzenbach, D., Warr, C.C., Wong, A.E., Businger, S. Global rainbow distribution under current and future climates. Global Environmental Change 77, 102604 (2022). [PDF]
  5. Setter, R.O., Franklin, E.C., Mora, C. Co-occurring anthropogenic stressors reduce the timeframe of environmental viability for the world’s coral reefs. PLOS Biology 20, e3001821 (2022). [PDF]
  6. Mora, C., McKenzie, T., Gaw, I.M., Dean, J.M., von Hammerstein, H., Knudson, T.A., Setter, R.O., Smith, C.Z., Webster, K.M., Patz, J.A. & Franklin, E.C. Over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by climate change. Nature Climate Change 12, 869–875 (2022). [PDF]
  7. von Hammerstein, H., Setter, R.O., van Aswegen, M., Currie, J.J. & Stack, S.H. High-Resolution Projections of Global Sea Surface Temperatures Reveal Critical Warming in Humpback Whale Breeding Grounds. Frontiers in Marine Science 9, 837772 (2022). [PDF]

1a. Stack, S.H., von Hammerstein, H., Setter, R.O., van Aswegen, M. & Currie, J.J. Why Warmer Oceans are a Problem for Humpback Whales. Frontiers for Young Minds 14, 1581310 (2026). [PDF]