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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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Assessing Global Pandemic Risks from Emerging Infectious Diseases and High Containment Laboratory Leaks: A Country Level Spatial Network SIR Model Analysis

R. J. Tieman, P. A. Oliboni, S. Campos

Tieman et. al (2025) developed a model to assess…

Can Foraging for Earthworms Significantly Reduce Global Famine in a Catastrophe?

H. Miller, J. Mulhall, L. A. Pfau, R. Palm, D. C. Denkenberger

Earthworms could potentially provide protein in a…

Seaweed Rope Testing: Open-Source Flexible Material Tensile Testing Apparatus

M. C. Woods, N. Nauta, J. M. Pearce

The paper presents an open-source design for low-…

Soluciones Alimentarias Resilientes para Evitar la Hambruna Masiva Durante un Invierno Nuclear en Argentina

M. A. Ulloa Ruiz, J. A. Torres Celis, M. Rivers, D. C. Denkenberger, J. B. García Martínez

This study explores the potential of seaweed as a…

Seaweed as a Resilient Food Solution After a Nuclear War

F. U. Jehn, F. J. Dingal, A. Mill, C. S. Harrison, E. Ilin, M. Y. Roleda, S. C. James, D. C. Denkenberger

This study explores the potential of seaweed as a…

The Fragile State of Industrial Agriculture: Estimating Crop Yield Reductions in a Global Catastrophic Infrastructure Loss Scenario

J. Moersdorf, M. Rivers, D. C. Denkenberger, B. Lutz, F. U. Jehn

Moesdorf et al. (2023) examine the vulnerability…

Methane Single Cell Protein: Potential to Secure a Global Protein Supply Against Catastrophic Food Shocks

J. B. García Martínez, J. M. Pearce, J. Throup, J. Cates, M. Lackner, D. C. Denkenberger

García Martínez et al. (2022) explores the use of…

Nutrition in Abrupt Sunlight Reduction Scenarios: Envisioning Feasible Balanced Diets on Resilient Foods

A. Pham, J. B. García Martínez, V. Brynych, R. Stormbjorne, J. M. Pearce, D. C. Denkenberger

Pham et al. (2022) examined potential diets durin…

Long-term Cost-effectiveness of Interventions for Loss of Electricity/Industry Compared to Artificial General Intelligence Safety

D. C. Denkenberger, A. Sandberg, R. J. Tieman, J. M. Pearce

Loss of electricity/industry and artificial gener…

Long Term Cost-effectiveness of Resilient Foods for Global Catastrophes Compared to Artificial General Intelligence Safety

D. C. Denkenberger, A. Sandberg, R. J. Tieman, J. M. Pearce

A catastrophe that blocks the sun for a long time…

Potential of Microbial Protein from Hydrogen for Preventing Mass Starvation in Catastrophic Scenarios

J. B. García Martínez, J. Egbejimba, J. Throup, S. Matassa, J. M. Pearce, D. C. Denkenberger

Single-cell protein (SCP) is a high-quality prote…

Rapid Repurposing of Pulp and Paper Mills, Biorefineries, and Breweries for Lignocellulosic Sugar Production in Global Food Catastrophes

J. Throup, J. B. García Martínez, B. Bals, J. Cates, J. M. Pearce, D. C. Denkenberger

A global catastrophe on the scale of a major nucl…

Feeding Everyone if the Sun is Obscured and Industry is Disabled

D. C. Denkenberger, D. D. Cole, M. Abdelkhaliq, M. Griswold, A. Hundley, J. M. Pearce

Sun-blocking catastrophes can cause agricultural…

Synthetic Fat From Petroleum as a Resilient Food for Global Catastrophes: Preliminary Techno-economic Assessment and Technology Roadmap

J. B. García Martínez, K. A. Alvarado, D. C. Denkenberger

García Martínez et al. (2022) shows the potential…

Food Without Sun: Price and Life-saving Potential

D. C. Denkenberger, J. M. Pearce, A. R.Taylor, R. Black

Denkenberger et al. (2019) estimates that in an e…

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