All publications - existential risk

Global Catastrophic Biological Risks: Toward a Working Definition

2017

Schoch-Spana M., Nuzzo J.B., Adalja A., Watson C., Shearer M.P., Ravi S., Inglesby T., Kirk Sell T., Toner E., Meyer D., Gronvall G., Cicero A., Watson M. (2017) Global Catastrophic Biological Risks: Toward a Working Definition, in Health Security 15, 323-328.

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The far future argument for confronting catastrophic threats to humanity: Practical significance and alternatives

2015

Baum S.D. (2015) The far future argument for confronting catastrophic threats to humanity: Practical significance and alternatives, in Futures 72, 86-96.

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A Critical Look at Risk Assessments for Global Catastrophes

2004

Kent A. (2004) A Critical Look at Risk Assessments for Global Catastrophes, in Risk Analysis 24, 157-168.

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Planet doom: Nine scenarios for imminent apocalypse-only one is global warming

2010

Plumer B. (2010) Planet doom: Nine scenarios for imminent apocalypse-only one is global warming, in New Republic 241.0, 23-25.

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On Defining Global Catastrophic Biological Risks

2017

Palmer M.J., Tiu B.C., Weissenbach A.S., Relman D.A. (2017) On Defining Global Catastrophic Biological Risks, in Health Security 15, 347-348.

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Risk and Response to Biological Catastrophe in Lower Income Countries

2019

Luby S., Arthur R. (2019) Risk and Response to Biological Catastrophe in Lower Income Countries, in Current topics in microbiology and immunology 424, 85-105.

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Extraterrestrial impacts on earth: the evidence and the consequences

1998

Grieve R.A.F. (1998) Extraterrestrial impacts on earth: the evidence and the consequences, in Geological Society Special Publication 140, 105-131.

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Exclusion of black hole disaster scenarios at the LHC

2009

Koch B., Bleicher M., Stöcker H. (2009) Exclusion of black hole disaster scenarios at the LHC, in Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 672, 71-76.

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Extraterrestrial impact events: The record in the rocks and the stratigraphic column

1997

Grieve R.A.F. (1997) Extraterrestrial impact events: The record in the rocks and the stratigraphic column, in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 132, 5-23.

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How feasible is the rapid development of artificial superintelligence?

2017

Sotala K. (2017) How feasible is the rapid development of artificial superintelligence?, in Physica Scripta 92, [pages not available].

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