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Technical Papers
Entangled climate risks: Interactions between permafrost thaw and wildfires
Roadmap
The relationship between wildfires, permafrost thaw, and permafrost carbon feedback in the context of accelerating climate change is ...
Prospecting for superhot rock energy
Superhot rock energy is attracting growing interest from governments, energy suppliers, and energy transition researchers due to its high power density and potential to provide large-scale, always-on electricity production. But to improve ...
Catastrophic Dehumanization: A formal model
A formal model draws on insights from conflict, critical-transition, and catastrophe theories to explain the causal mechanisms that ...
Impact 2024: How Donald Trump’s Reelection Could Amplify Global Inter-systemic Risk
The November 2024 federal election in the United States could mark an abrupt inflection point not only in ...
Drilling for Superhot Geothermal Energy: A Technology Gap Analysis
Research
This report reviews state-of-the-art deep geothermal drilling and well-construction technologies, identifies existing technology gaps, and suggests strategies to ...
Ultradeep Geothermal Research and Action Roadmap
This Roadmap outlines a plan to advance ultradeep geothermal power—that is, geothermal systems with depths greater than 5 ...