The Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology (MPI‑GEA) was founded in the summer of 2022; it is a dynamically growing, highly international, and interdisciplinary research institution. The research focuses on modeling and analyzing the interrelationships between biophysical and human-made systems, looking from the deep past to the far future to examine how humanity has driven the emergence of the Anthropocene – the period in which human activities began significantly impacting our plan...