Sources
The real parts. Connected means a script downloads it when we build an edition. Nothing updates live, and no score depends on an LLM at runtime.
| Source | Used for | Connection | Role | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus C3S ERA5, Climate Pulse Copernicus license, attribution required | Climate | Connected by script | Scored. Daily anomalies become a ten-year mean. | 1940 to present, daily |
| UCDP 26.1: battle-related deaths, one-sided, non-state CC BY 4.0 | Conflicts | Connected by script | Scored. Deaths summed by year, numerator of the rate. | 1989 to 2025, annual |
| World Bank SP.POP.TOTL CC BY 4.0 | Conflicts | Connected by script | Scored. Denominator of the rate. | 1989 to 2025, annual |
| World Bank SN.ITK.DEFC.ZS, from FAO CC BY 4.0 for the World Bank; check FAO terms before redistributing in bulk | Food security | Connected by script | Scored. World prevalence of undernourishment. | 2001 to 2024, annual |
| USGS Earthquake Catalog US government data | Context | Connected by script | Context only. Count of M7 or above. | 2025 |
| SIPRI Yearbook 2026, chapter 8 and press release All rights reserved. Isolated figures cited with attribution. | Nuclear | Checked by hand | Rubric evidence and warhead facts, checked by hand. | January 2026 |
| Associated Press, via NBC News Cited with attribution | Nuclear | Checked by hand | Rubric evidence for level 80, checked by hand. Expires after 90 days. | 1 October 2026 |
| WHO Disease Outbreak News and Emergency Committee statements WHO terms. Isolated figures cited with attribution. | Biological | Checked by hand | Rubric evidence and case counts, checked by hand. | To 23 October 2026 |
| Global Report on Food Crises 2026 Cited with attribution | Food security | Checked by hand | Human-impact fact only. No longer scored. | 2025 |
| SOFI 2026, via EU Knowledge4Policy summary Cited with attribution | Food security | Checked by hand | Human-impact fact only. Secondary summary, not the report itself. | 2025 |
| Planetary Health Check 2026, International AI Safety Report 2026, WMO Cited with attribution | Context | Context, checked by hand | Context and good news, checked by hand. Never scored. | 2025 to 2026 |
Not sources
God, the aliens, the horsemen and the celestial board are fictional. They are never cited as evidence, and they did not return our emails.
Dates
This edition is dated 2026-11-01. Each observation records its own source date and retrieval date. Rubric evidence records an event date and a review date.