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The event adds to a growing body of evidence that climate change is producing non-linear, unpredictable effects. In a market already jittery about inflation and monetary policy, it reinforces the narrative for alternative assets like Bitcoin as a hedge against systemic environmental and fiscal risks, though the immediate crypto impact is muted.

An unprecedented hole opened up in Antarctic winter sea ice, with 'rivers in the sky' helping to keep an expanse of water roughly as big as Portugal ice-free.