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How biodiversity loss could raise borrowing costs and deepen debt risks worldwide
Nature-dependent economies face a hidden fiscal threat: new research finds that sovereign debt markets are failing to price in biodiversity loss, leaving $83 trillion in assets potentially mispriced. As ecosystems degrade, the economic output underpinning government revenues weakens, raising the specter of sovereign default in vulnerable nations. The findings add urgency to calls for financial regulators to integrate natural capital into credit risk frameworks.
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An underground detector in China unveils its first major findings about mysterious ghost particles
China's JUNO detector has released its first significant findings on neutrinos, the near-massless particles that pass through ordinary matter virtually undetected. The results mark a milestone for the ambitious underground facility, which ranks among the world's most sensitive neutrino observatories. Understanding these so-called ghost particles could reshape our knowledge of fundamental physics and the origins of the universe.
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Odds climb for record El Niño as 75% of models predict 2.5C warming
Global forecasters are raising the alarm on a potentially record-breaking El Niño, with 75% of climate models now predicting ocean surface temperatures 2.5 degrees Celsius above normal. Europe's Copernicus Climate Change Service confirmed Wednesday that confidence in a very strong event forming later this year is growing rapidly. A warming pattern of this magnitude would drive extreme weather disruptions across multiple continents, from devastating droughts to catastrophic flooding.
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