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Arctic blast of Midwest cold, snow disrupts holiday travel | Travel

Arctic blast of Midwest cold, snow disrupts holiday travel | Travel

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Bloomberg | | Posted by Tapatrisha Das Dec 02, 2024 02:59 PM IST The cold front, which has dumped feets of snow and plunged temperatures below -30F, has battered the region during one of the busiest US travel weekends. An arctic blast of severe cold and snow is creating hazardous conditions across the Great Lakes region over the next two days, according to the US Weather Prediction Center, potentially disrupting the plans of millions traveling the roads and skies. The cold front, which has dumped several feet of snow and plunged temperatures in some areas below -30F (-34C), with the wind chill, has battered the region during one of the busiest US travel weekends. Snowfall hit 46 inches in Barnes Corner and Copenhagen, New York by Saturday morning. Also read | US travelers forced to plan very short holiday trips because of this reason A record-setting 80 million people were forecast to travel between Nov. 26 and Dec. 2, mostly by car and plane, according to the auto association AAA. Winter storm warnings were in …

Study Warns Melting Arctic Ice Could Disrupt Ocean Currents in Europe

Study Warns Melting Arctic Ice Could Disrupt Ocean Currents in Europe

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Scientists from UiT The Arctic University of Norway have raised concerns about Arctic sea-ice melt affecting global ocean circulation. The study shows that melting ice in the Arctic is sending large amounts of freshwater into the Nordic Seas, a key area for ocean heat transfer, which could lead to a drop in temperatures across northern Europe. Lead researcher Mohamed Ezat from the iC3 Polar Research Hub explained that past climate records indicate that significant ice melt likely disrupted ocean currents and caused northern Europe to experience cooling. Ezat’s team examined sediment cores from the Nordic Seas, which contain information about ocean conditions from over 100,000 years ago, during a period called the Last Interglacial. They found that during this time, rising temperatures caused ice to melt, releasing freshwater into the ocean and disrupting the usual flow of currents. Future Risks to Climate Stability The research highlights that similar changes could happen today as the Arctic continues to warm. Ezat warns that the climate system is highly sensitive to changes in ice cover and temperature. As …

Lakshya Sen Bows Out; Indian Challenge Ends In Arctic Open

Lakshya Sen Bows Out; Indian Challenge Ends In Arctic Open

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File photo of Lakshya Sen.© AFP Star Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen squandered a one-game advantage to lose to Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in the pre-quarterfinals of the Arctic Open badminton tournament in Vantaa, Finland on Thursday. The 23-year-old toiled hard for one hour 10 minutes before going down 21-19 18-21 15-21 to his seventh seeded opponent in the second round of the Super 500 tournament. It was a tough day for India, as all the country’s shuttlers lost their matches, ending their challenge. Indian qualifier Kiran George, who had defeated World No. 25 Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei on Wednesday, was brushed aside 17-21 8-21 by fifth seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in the men’s singles event. Malvika Bansod meekly surrendered 15-21 8-21 to Ratchanok Intanon in the women’s singles contest. Unnati Hooda and Aakarshi Kashyap also lost their respective round of 16 games. Unnati went down 10-21 19-21 to Canada’s Michelle Li, while Aakarshi lost 9-21 8-21 to second seed Han Yue of China. The mixed doubles pair of …

Lakshya Sen Enters 2nd Round Of Arctic Open After Opponent Concedes Match

Lakshya Sen Enters 2nd Round Of Arctic Open After Opponent Concedes Match

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Lakshya Sen missed out on an Olympic medal in Paris after defeat in the bronze medal match.© AFP India’s star shuttler Lakshya Sen progressed to the men’s singles round of 16 at the Arctic Open Super 500 tournament after his opponent Rasmus Gemke withdrew from the opening round match in Finland on Wednesday. Sen, who lost out on a maiden Olympic medal in Paris after defeat in the bronze medal play-off contest, will be up against the winner between seventh seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei and qualifier Arnaud Merkle of France in the next round. Qualifier Kiran George is the only other Indian in action on Wednesday. He will take on Tzu Wei Wang of Chinese Taipei later in the day. Earlier on Tuesday, rising Indian shuttler Malvika Bansod continued her impressive form this year, pulling off a stunning upset against world No 23 Sung Shuo Yun of Chinese Taipei to advance to the women’s singles pre-quarterfinals. The 23-year-old southpaw, who clinched her first title in over two years at the …

Arctic Open: PV Sindhu Exits, Malvika Bansod Stuns World No. 23 Sung To Make Pre-quarterfinals

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File photo of PV Sindhu© AFP Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu suffered an early exit but rising Indian shuttler Malvika Bansod continued her impressive form by pulling off a stunning upset against world No. 23 Sung Shuo Yun to enter the women’s singles pre-quarterfinals of Arctic Open Super 500 tournament on Tuesday. Sixth seed Sindhu lost 16-21 10-21 to Canada’s Michelle Li in her round of 32 match. The 23-year-old southpaw, who clinched her first title in over two years at the Azerbaijan International in February, showed her resilience in a hard-fought match, winning 21-19, 24-22 in 57 minutes. Bansod’s victory, against the player from Chinese Taipei, is a testament to her growing prowess on the international stage. However, the challenge will intensify in the next round as the Nagpur shuttler prepares to face a former world champion. Bansod will take on the winner of the match between Ratchanok Intanon, the 2013 world champion from Thailand and tournament top seed, and Wang Zhi Yi, the 2022 world champion from China. Sindhu was returning …

PV Sindhu to resume BWF World Tour campaign at Arctic Open

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PV Sindhu, who has been away from international events since her pre-quarterfinal exit from the Paris Olympics 2024 on August 1, will begin her campaign in the new Olympic cycle at the Arctic Open Super 500 (October 8-13) in Finland, said the shuttler’s father PV Ramana. The two-time Olympic medal-winning shuttler is currently training in Hyderabad under Anup Sridhar, having moved out of Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy in Bengaluru. “She is back in practice at the Gachibowli stadium in Hyderabad, and will start with the Arctic Open in Finland,” Ramana told Indian Express, adding that the shuttler aims to win a medal at the 2026 Asian Games. Sindhu decided to take a break from international events since she lost to He Bing Jiao in the pre-quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics. “Regarding my future, I want to be clear; I will continue, albeit after a small break. My body and more importantly, my mind need it. However, I plan to carefully evaluate the journey ahead finding more joy in playing the sport I love so very …

Snowflake Arctic, a New AI LLM for Enterprise Tasks, is Coming to APAC

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Data cloud provider Snowflake has launched an open source large language model, Arctic LLM, as part of a growing portfolio of AI offerings helping enterprises leverage their data. Typical use cases include data analysis, including sentiment analysis of reviews, chatbots for customer service or sales, and business intelligence queries, like the extraction of revenue information. Snowflake’s Arctic is being offered alongside other LLM models from Meta, Mistral AI, Google and Reka in its Cortex product, which is only available in select regions. Snowflake said Cortex will be available in APAC in Japan in June via the AWS Asia Pacific (Tokyo) region. The offering is expected to roll out to customers around the world and the rest of APAC over time. Arctic will also be available via hyperscaler Amazon Web Services, as well as other model gardens and catalogs used by enterprises, which include Hugging Face, Lamini, Microsoft Azure, NVIDIA API catalog, Perplexity, Together AI and others, according to the company. What is Snowflake Arctic? Arctic is Snowflake’s new “state-of the art” LLM, launched in April …

Soon, station managers to be deployed all year at India’s Arctic research base Himadri | India News

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India has decided to deploy full-time station managers at its northernmost permanent research facility, the Himadri, in the Arctic. The decision comes soon after the country successfully completed its first winter research expedition to the Arctic, thus expanding its research footprint throughout the year. India had launched its maiden winter research expedition to the Arctic in December 2023. Officials at the Goa-based National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) said that a total of 15 scientists in four separate batches participated in the first winter expedition which concluded recently. During an expedition of 30 to 45 days, the scientist who is appointed as the station leader by default discharges the duties of a station manager and interacts with the local Norwegian agencies. The station leader, representing his/her country, is expected to attend daily meetings with other station leaders and expedition organising authorities, coordinate and plan the use of research and support facilities, and is the single-point contact for sharing of information and instructions, being the hosts and the visitors. Some countries have employed station …

Alexei Navalny’s death: When Putin’s fiercest critic flagged his Arctic prison | World News

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Alexei Navalny, one of the harshest critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has died in an Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence. This photo taken from video released by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service via SOTAVISION shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny via a video link from the Arctic penal colony in Kharp on Feb. 15.(AP) His death was announced by Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service which said that Navalny felt sick after a walk on Friday and lost consciousness at the penal colony. Discover the thrill of cricket like never before, exclusively on HT. Explore now! The prison, notorious for long and severe winters, is located in the town of Kharp, in the Yamalo-Nenets region, about 1,900 kilometers northeast of Moscow. Navalny, who was sentenced on charges of extremism, was moved here in December. On January 10, Navalny appeared through a video link from Kharp for the first time. Russian news outlets release images of him in black prison garb and with a buzz cut. Addressing the Supreme Court in Moscow, …