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Meteorologist Uses Siberia’s Snow Cover to Forecast Severity of U.S. Winters With 75% Accuracy

As winter sets in in the northern hemisphere, meteorologists are looking to the vast, snow-covered expanses of Siberia to forecast the upcoming winter in the United States. Judah Cohen, a meteorologist with Atmospheric and Environmental Research, has been pioneering a method that correlates October’s snow cover in Siberia with the severity of winter weather in the central and eastern U.S., […]
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Scientists Revive and Breed a 46,000 Year Old Worm Frozen in the Siberian Permafrost

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Scientists have successfully revived a 46,000-year-old nematode found in the Siberian permafrost, breaking the previous record of a few decades for a similar event. The female microscopic roundworm, a new species named Panagrolaimus kolymaensis, began reproducing after reanimation. This case highlights the phenomenon of cryptobiosis, like hitting the pause button on life (think Han Solo in the original Star Wars […]
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Microplastics Found in Snow in Siberia, Russia

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Researchers recently found microplastic pollution in Siberia, one of the world’s most remote areas. These recent findings are another example of human pollution permeating the environment. Related: USGS Report: “It’s Raining Plastic”: Microplastics in the Mountains? At Tomsk State University, researchers found airborne plastic fibers in snow samples taken from twenty different Siberian regions. Snow sampled from the Altai Mountains, […]
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Squaw Valley Conditions Report: 33″ in Past 7 Days + Siberia & Shirley Lake Open on Saturday

Squaw Valley ski resort in Lake Tahoe, CA opened last week on November 26th, 2014. They’ve had the Gold Coast chair open and nothing else and it’s been fun. Squaw has gotten 33″ of snow in the past 7 days on the upper mountain with 21″ of those inches falling on Tuesday and Wednesday. We had some fun out there on Gold Coast today. The new snow covered many of the rocks and logs that were laying around and made the off-piste coverage much more legit. The terrain is all […]
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Squaw Valley Files to Replace Siberia Chairlift in 2015

Siberia Chair, Squaw Valley, CA. photo: snowbrains.com

The Siberia chairlift at Squaw Valley, CA is the oldest detachable quad chairlift in the USA. Squaw has requested a Conditional Use Permit to replace the Siberia chair in 2015. If this permit is granted, Squaw would rip out the old Siberia chair and replace it with a high speed six-pack chairlift. This would be the first major lift replacement at Squaw since they put in the Big Blue chair in 2012. The advantages of the new chair: – It’ll likely get more skiers uphill per hour (2,400 skiers per hour) – Chairs will be heavier and more likely to run […]
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Classic Squaw Valley Powder Day Today | Palisades Photo Tour:

Today was a classic powder day at Squaw Valley USA. The line up for the Funitel was large. The rush into the Funitel building was chaotic. The cramming into the actual Funitel was sardine-like. Once freed from the heinous Funitel ride, things re-normalized. The ride up Siberia revealed a Palisades that was prime and ready for ski bases. The Reverse Traverse opened at 9am away along with the Palisades. […]
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