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Overview

Camilo Mora is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily contributes to the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Oceanography, and Plant Science.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control

Camilo Mora has published in several scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • HardwareX
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Science
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • PNAS Nexus

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by climate change," 2022, Nature Climate Change
  • "Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominated world," 2020, Science
  • "Shifts in global bat diversity suggest a possible role of climate change in the emergence of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Earth at risk: An urgent call to end the age of destruction and forge a just and sustainable future," 2024, PNAS Nexus
  • "Latitudinal patterns of species diversity on South American rocky shores: Local processes lead to contrasting trends in regional and local species diversity," 2020, Journal of Biogeography

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Camilo Mora include:

  • Renee O. Setter
  • Erik C. Franklin
  • Juan J. Cruz-Motta
  • Nicholas Stefanovic
  • Raquel Leão Orfali

Best Publications

  • How Many Species Are There on Earth and in the Ocean

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  • Global patterns and predictors of marine biodiversity across taxa

    Derek P. Tittensor;Camilo Mora;Walter Jetz;Heike K. Lotze

  • Global risk of deadly heat

    Camilo Mora;Bénédicte Dousset;Iain R. Caldwell;Farrah E. Powell

  • The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people

    Brett R. Scheffers;Luc De Meester;Tom C. L. Bridge;Tom C. L. Bridge;Ary A. Hoffmann

  • The projected timing of climate departure from recent variability

    Camilo Mora;Abby G. Frazier;Ryan J. Longman;Rachel S. Dacks

  • The interaction of human population, food production, and biodiversity protection

    Eileen Crist;Camilo Mora;Robert Engelman

  • Broad threat to humanity from cumulative climate hazards intensified by greenhouse gas emissions

    Camilo Mora;Daniele Spirandelli;Erik C. Franklin;John Lynham

  • Coral Reefs and the Global Network of Marine Protected Areas

    Camilo Mora;Camilo Mora;Serge Andrèfouët;Mark J. Costello;Christine Kranenburg

  • Management Effectiveness of the World's Marine Fisheries

    Camilo Mora;Ransom A. Myers;Marta Coll;Simone Libralato

  • Bright spots among the world’s coral reefs

    Joshua E. Cinner;Cindy Huchery;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;Nicholas A.J. Graham;Nicholas A.J. Graham

  • Ongoing global biodiversity loss and the need to move beyond protected areas: a review of the technical and practical shortcomings of protected areas on land and sea

    Camilo Mora;Peter F. Sale

  • Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2°C

    Camilo Mora;Randi L. Rollins;Katie Taladay;Michael B. Kantar

  • Patterns and processes in reef fish diversity.

    Camilo Mora;Paul M. Chittaro;Peter F. Sale;Jacob P. Kritzer

  • A Clear Human Footprint in the Coral Reefs of the Caribbean

    Camilo Mora

  • Major impacts of climate change on deep-sea benthic ecosystems

    Andrew K. Sweetman;Andrew R. Thurber;Craig R. Smith;Lisa A. Levin

  • Are populations of coral reef fish open or closed

    Camilo Mora;Peter F. Sale

  • Global Human Footprint on the Linkage between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Reef Fishes

    Camilo Mora;Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Arturo Ayala Bocos;Paula M. Ayotte;Paula M. Ayotte

  • Gravity of human impacts mediates coral reef conservation gains

    Joshua E. Cinner;Eva Maire;Eva Maire;Cindy Huchery;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil

  • Large-Scale Absence of Sharks on Reefs in the Greater-Caribbean: A Footprint of Human Pressures

    Christine A. Ward-Paige;Camilo Mora;Heike K. Lotze;Christy Pattengill-Semmens

  • Biotic and Human Vulnerability to Projected Changes in Ocean Biogeochemistry over the 21st Century

    Camilo Mora;Chih Lin Wei;Audrey Rollo;Teresa Amaro

  • Ecology of fishes on coral reefs

    Camilo Mora

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek P. Tittensor
Derek P. Tittensor Dalhousie University
David Mouillot
David Mouillot University of Montpellier
Nicholas A. J. Graham
Nicholas A. J. Graham Lancaster University
Christina C. Hicks
Christina C. Hicks Lancaster University
Joshua E. Cinner
Joshua E. Cinner James Cook University
Maria Beger
Maria Beger University of Leeds
Joseph Maina
Joseph Maina Macquarie University
Alan M. Friedlander
Alan M. Friedlander University of Hawaii at Manoa
Tim R. McClanahan
Tim R. McClanahan Wildlife Conservation Society

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