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Food Without Agriculture: Food from CO2, Biomass and Hydrocarbons to Secure Hum…

This extensive literature review by García Martínez, Behr, and Denkenberger explores non-agricultural food production methods, emphasizing their potential to complement traditional agriculture and in…

Assessing Global Pandemic Risks from Emerging Infectious Diseases and High Cont…

Tieman et. al (2025) developed a model to assess the early spread of pandemics caused by Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) and lab leaks from high-containment biological laboratories (HCBLs), using…

Seaweed as a Resilient Food Solution After a Nuclear War

This study explores the potential of seaweed as a sustainable food source in an Abrupt Sunlight Reduction Scenario (ASRS), where sunlight is significantly reduced due to events such as a nuclear war…

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Global potential of integrated biorefineries for leaf protein and sugar: Producing sustainable food and preventing starvation in catastrophes

J. B. G. Martínez, J. Behr, T. A. Andrade, S. Blouin, J. Costa, D. Denkenberger

In this study, we model integrated biorefineries…

The Largest Crop Production Shocks: Magnitude, Causes and Frequency

F. U. Jehn, J. Mulhall, S. Blouin, Ł. G. Gajewski, N. Wunderling

Using 1961–2023 data, every country sees big crop…

Frost depth increase under a nuclear winter scenario projected to sever piped-water access in the Northern Hemisphere

J. E. Lamilla Cuellar, R. Palm, D. C. Denkenberger, F. U. Jehn

The study modelled a severe nuclear winter and sh…

It's time to consider Global Catastrophic Food Failures

N. J. Wescombe, J. García Martínez, F. U. Jehn, N. Wunderling, A. Tzachor, V. Sandström, M. Cassidy, R. Ainsworth, D. Denkenberger

We need a bold new discipline to ensure global fo…

Wood gasification in catastrophes: Electricity production from light duty vehicles

B. L. M. Williams, H. Croft, J. Hunt, J. Viloria, N. Sherman, J. Oliver, B. Green, A. Turchin, J. B. García Martínez, J. M. Pearce, D. Denkenberger

This study examines the feasibility of using modi…

Food System Adaptation and Maintaining Trade Could Mitigate Global Famine in Abrupt Sunlight Reduction Scenarios

M. Rivers, M. Hinge, K. Rassool, S. Blouin, F. U. Jehn, J. B. García Martínez, V. A. Grilo, V. Jaeck, R. J. Tieman, J. Mulhall, T. E. Butt, D.C. Denkenberger

After a major nuclear war, volcanic eruption or a…

Seaweed Cultivation: A Cost-Effective Strategy for Food Production in a Global Catastrophe

M. Hinge, V. A. Grilo, F. U. Jehn, J. B. García Martinez, F. J. Dingal, M. Y. Roleda, D. Denkenberger

Hinge et.al (2025) analyze the feasibility and co…

Resilient Foods for Preventing Global Famine: A Review of Food Supply Interventions for Global Catastrophic Food Shocks Including Nuclear Winter and Infrastructure Collapse

J. B. García Martínez, J. Behr, J. M. Pearce, D. C. Denkenberger

Global catastrophic threats like nuclear war, vol…

Repurposed Ovens for Space Heating Following Global Catastrophic Infrastructure Loss: Methods and Efficiency Calculations

L. Jose, M. Raxworthy, B. L. M. Williams, D. C. Denkenberger

The paper explores the feasibility of converting…

The Impact of Abrupt Sunlight Reduction Scenarios on Renewable Energy Production

A. R. Varne, S. Blouin, B. L. M. Williams, D. C. Denkenberger

This paper examines the impact of an Abrupt Sunli…

Assessing the Impact of Catastrophic Electricity Loss on the Food Supply Chain

S. Blouin, A. Herwix, M. Rivers, R. J. Tieman, D. C. Denkenberger

Using the 2019 Venezuelan blackouts as a case stu…

Food Trade Disruption After Global Catastrophes

F. U. Jehn, Ł. G. Gajewski, J. Hedlund, C. W. Arnscheidt, L. Xia, N. Wunderling, D. Denkenberger

Jehn et. al (2025) highlight the vulnerability of…

Food Without Agriculture: Food from CO2, Biomass and Hydrocarbons to Secure Humanity's Food Supply Against Global Catastrophe

J. B. García Martínez, J. Behr, D. C. Denkenberger

This extensive literature review by García Martín…

Wood Gasification: A Promising Strategy to Extend Fuel Reserves after Global Catastrophic Electricity Loss

D. Nelson, A. Turchin, D. Denkenberger

The paper investigates how to extend the global f…

Wood Chipper Design for Biofuel Production in a Global Catastrophic Loss of Infrastructure Scenario

H. Vennard, J. M. Pearce, D. Denkenberger

This research explores a novel wood chipper desig…

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