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Biodiversity Loss: An Existential Risk Comparable to Climate Change
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The following article was originally posted in the Bulletin…

Climate Change for the Impatient: A Nuclear Mini Ice Age
Everyone has heard about climate change caused by fossil…

Research and Communication to Help Avert Global Environmental Catastrophe
Actions may speak louder than words, but research and communication…

X-risk News of the Week: Ocean Warming and Nuclear Protests
X-risk = Existential Risk. The risk that we could accidentally…

X-risk News of the Week: Nuclear Winter and a Government Risk Report
X-risk = Existential Risk. The risk that we could accidentally…

The Wisdom Race Is Heating Up
There’s a race going on that will determine the fate of humanity.…

2015: An Amazing Year in Review
Just four days before the end of the year, the Washington Post…

Were the Paris Climate Talks a Success?
An interview with Seth Baum, Executive Director of the Global…

The World Has Lost 33% of Its Farmable Land
https://soundcloud.com/futureoflife/grantham_centre_12_7_15
During…

Mealworms Bring Good News for Recycling
Summary from fusion.net:
Current estimates indicate that it…

A Resurgence of Utopian Thinkers
In an article titled “The New Utopians,” Jeet Heer reflects…

Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach New Milestone
There is new evidence that the concentration of greenhouse…

Momentum to Address Climate Change Increases: Is It Enough?
From the New York Times: Reports from the Paris climate talks…

From NASA: Oceanic Phytoplankton Declines
"The world's oceans have seen significant declines in certain…

From UW Today: Oceans Releasing Frozen Methane
Bubble plumes off Washington, Oregon suggest warmer ocean may…

FHI: Putting Odds on Humanity’s Extinction
Putting Odds on Humanity’s Extinction
The Team Tasked With…

GCRI: Aftermath
Aftermath
Finding practical paths to recovery after a worldwide…

GCRI News Summaries
Here are the July and August global catastrophic risk news summaries,…

GCRI News Summary June 2015
Here is the June 2015 global catastrophic risk news summary,…

Feeding Everyone No Matter What
Dr David Denkenberger is a research associate at the Global Catastrophic…
