Global science outlook shifts as US faces funding cuts and Europe seeks strategy
A Nature survey shows scientists in China and India are more optimistic than those in the US, where researchers face funding cuts and legal challenges.
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| Time | Chance of yes |
|---|---|
| now | 70% |
| 22 Oct, 18:13 UTC | 70% |
| 21 Oct, 05:13 UTC | 69% |
| 17 Oct, 15:43 UTC | 70% |
| 15 Oct, 13:17 UTC | 63% |
| 9 Oct, 04:00 UTC | 70% |
| 4 Oct, 00:21 UTC | 62% |
| 2 Oct, 03:09 UTC | 70% |
| 29 Sept, 05:53 UTC | 69% |
| 26 Sept, 03:08 UTC | 62% |
| 25 Sept, 13:46 UTC | 63% |
| 25 Sept, 12:38 UTC | 62% |
| 24 Sept, 11:29 UTC | 63% |
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The story so far
1 publisher has covered this in 7 articles since 19 Oct 2026. Nature published first, on 19 October at 00:00 UTC. The most recent article, from Nature, appeared on 21 October at 00:00 UTC.
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- By 2030 — the market puts it at 70%, with $2 traded in the last 24 hours, closing 31 Dec 2031. The market resolves to Yes if India cuts the carbon emissions per unit of its GDP by at least 45% compared to 2005 levels by the year 2030. It resolves to No if that specific reduction target is not met within the deadline. Readers often mistake this for a total emissions cap rather than an intensity metric relative to economic output.
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- Nature‘Fiercely stubborn’: the US scientists continuing their research amid funding cuts70%
- NatureClimate scientists face deluge of public-records requests about fossil-fuel studies70%
- NatureExperienced researchers ‘disrupt’ less than rookie scientists — but their ideas last70%
- NatureVast new fossil record challenges story of Earth’s ‘big five’ mass extinctions70%
- NatureEurope and the rest of the world must come up with an answer to US science strategy70%
- NatureNature ’s job-satisfaction survey highlights the changing geography of science70%
- NatureHow a new wave of science philanthropists can have the greatest impact70%
- Current odds70%
Sources
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- How a new wave of science philanthropists can have the greatest impact Nature ·
- Vast new fossil record challenges story of Earth’s ‘big five’ mass extinctions Nature ·
- Europe and the rest of the world must come up with an answer to US science strategy Nature ·
- Nature ’s job-satisfaction survey highlights the changing geography of science Nature ·
- ‘Fiercely stubborn’: the US scientists continuing their research amid funding cuts Nature ·
- Climate scientists face deluge of public-records requests about fossil-fuel studies Nature ·
- Experienced researchers ‘disrupt’ less than rookie scientists — but their ideas last Nature ·
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