Exclusive OnePlus Nord 5 : 1.5K 120Hz flat oled Dimensity 9400e ~7000mAh100W 50MP OIS + 8 UW 16MP IR BERLIN — One of Germany's leading social democrats said Thursday that a potential U.S. move to ease sanctions on Russian energy could be justified in the interests of securing peace in Ukraine sanctions [on Nord Stream 2 AG] were unlawful from the start,” the Social Democrats' energy spokesperson Nina Scheer said in a statement to POLITICO “Lifting them would be in line with international law In the interest of pursuing diplomatic paths to peace and ending the war of aggression against Ukraine steps that could potentially support this process should be encouraged.” Scheer — who comes from the center-left SPD which is set to join conservative Friedrich Merz's coalition government as the junior partner — emphasized that this stance does not alter Germany’s commitment to renewable energy “We must accelerate the transition to renewable energy This remains true no matter how sanctions on Nord Stream 2 are handled,” she added Her comments come after POLITICO reported that Donald Trump’s envoy advocates lifting sanctions on Russian energy infrastructure including the Nord Stream 2 Russia-to-Germany gas pipelines The move reflects a broader effort by Trump’s team to reset relations with Moscow Witkoff has held multiple rounds of talks with Russian officials excluding Ukraine from the negotiation table The discussions have focused on easing tensions and reopening economic ties while rushing a ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine the proposal has raised concerns in Germany where reliance on Russian gas has been significantly reduced following Moscow's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine Germany’s Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action dismissed the idea of reactivating the pipeline “The Nord Stream 2 pipeline is not certified and has not been legally approved using the pipeline is not even under consideration,” a spokesperson told POLITICO foreign policy spokesperson for the European People’s Party group in the European Parliament warned against such a move by the White House “We are deeply concerned that the Trump administration appears willing to abandon international law “A new German government would also not allow Nord Stream to be reactivated As Germany’s next government takes shape conservative negotiators are weighing whether Russian gas could still have a role in the country’s energy future Once written off as a party in terminal decline Die Linke is defying expectations with a youth-driven resurgence The industry anticipates that no matter what the new U.S Musk “endangers the democratic development of Europe,” Scholz raged Looking to access paid articles across multiple policy topics Interested in policy insights for EU professional organisations The resumption of flows from Gazprom has become a matter of “economic considerations” rather than an energy security issue either observed and verified directly by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources [Stefan Sauer/picture alliance via Getty Images] OnePlus Nord CE 5 ( CPH2717 ) has listed on BIS CertificationLaunch ~ June in IndiaGets : Dimensity 8350 FHD+ 120Hz flat oled 50MP OIS + 8 UW 16MP 7100mAh80W IR , In-display FS, Hybrid slot Single speaker pic.twitter.com/BJUi2pQPzb Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application When she was 10 the family moved to Glyndon MN and Darlene graduated from Glyndon High School in 1954 In 1955 Darlene married Roger Nord and they moved to Roger’s family farm in Hitterdal She was a dedicated farm wife and always had fresh donuts and buns ready when the kids came home from school After selling the farm they moved to Tucson AZ where Darlene worked at the University of Arizona on their grounds crew for nearly 12 years Darlene loved gardening and grew and sold raspberries every summer She loved entertaining family at the lake and very much enjoyed an evening S’more by the campfire In 2013 Roger and Darlene moved into Viking Manor assisted living Roger passed away in November of 2022.  and Eric (Suzette) Nord; 12 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and sisters She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and son-in-law from 4-6 PM with a memorial service beginning at 6:00 at Wright Funeral Home Final resting place will be in Highland Grove Lutheran Cemetery Wright Funeral Home and Cremation Service- Hawley and Lake Park Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors 'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing We gather data from the best available sources including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or service Neither ZDNET nor the author are compensated for these independent reviews we follow strict guidelines that ensure our editorial content is never influenced by advertisers OnePlus Nord N30 Midrange smartphones like the OnePlus Nord N30 are a nice alternative to high-end devices like the OnePlus 13 They provide a premium experience without the exorbitant cost this already affordable phone is even cheaper Also: Why I recommend this OnePlus phone over most Android flagships - especially at its price you can head over to OnePlus' digital store and enter the code "HELLOMAY" at checkout to receive this $70 discount Be aware that the device only comes in a single configuration If the nearly 25% discount wasn't enough the company is also offering a free gift with purchase You can choose between a pair of Half In-Ear Wired Digital Type-C Earphones or a Sandstone Bumper Case OnePlus' Nord N30 is a top-notch midrange smartphone that launched in 2023. In his review ZDNET's Matthew Miller praised the mobile device's features The N30 sports a high-resolution 6.72-inch AMOLED touchscreen with an adaptive refresh rate of 120Hz All this tech ensures the display consistently outputs vibrant images and fluid videos for immersive media consumption Also: I tested out the premium dumbphone everyone's talking about - my buying advice a month later which isn't the most powerful chipset in the world when combined with the "fairly stock OxygenOS UI," it delivers a smooth performance Phone calls sound "perfect," as noted by Miller and the camera system is decent for its price range Just don't expect it to compete with flagship smartphones The free earphones mentioned earlier plug directly into the Nord N30's USB-C port the phone does have a 3.5 mm audio jack for accepting other headphones.  Joining OnePlus' trade-in program can net you even more savings. 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Get expert reviews and editor favorites with ZDNET Recommends Integration is now available within NordLayer Nord Security and SentinelOne have partnered with the aim to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) conquer cybersecurity challenges across endpoint and network security NordLayer is one of the best business VPNs thanks to its great range of features and you can now add SentinelOne integration to that list SentinelOne is an AI-powered cybersecurity platform which "uses machine learning" to analyze security data and identify potential threats responding automatically if a threat is detected SentinelOne will automatically alert NordLayer of any malicious devices attempting to connect to the network It then ensures they're disconnected before the network can be compromised strategic partnerships with players like SentinelOne is essential to address the full range of cyber threats," said Justas Morkunas Chief Commercial Officer for B2B at Nord Security Technology Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives at SentinelOne highlighted that this partnership delivers "greater value to businesses seeking comprehensive log into the NordLayer Control Panel and click the "Integrations" tab on the left hand side and toggle SentinelOne on Copy the URL and secret code that pops up and continue to the SentinelOne dashboard keeping the NordLayer window open – don't click "Finish setup" just yet head to "Marketplace" and search for the "Singularity Webhook" automation Then install the automation and select "add configuration." 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These supply cuts sent EU gas prices spiraling to over €340 per megawatt hour by August 2022 explosions ruptured three of the pipelines leaving only Nord Stream 2A intact.  The EU responded first by providing social protection for its consumers and businesses and funding gas purchases This cost the EU and member states approximately €500 billion the EU significantly diversified its gas market increasing pipeline supplies from Norway and LNG from the United States The EU plans to prohibit all Russian pipeline gas by April 2027 With the end of Russia’s Ukrainian transit contract in December 2024 the only Russian pipeline gas arriving in the EU is the 15 bcm which flows via the Turk Stream 2 pipeline principally to Hungary and non-EU Serbia.  The major US figure pushing for a restart is investment banker Stephen Lynch, who has focused particularly on the still-intact Nord Stream 2B pipeline. Lynch has also suggested that repairing the other NS2 pipeline would cost less than $700 million.   It is natural that one would start with the intact pipeline the fundamental regulatory problem is that neither Nord Stream 2 pipeline has been authorized under German or EU law The 2024 Gas Directive imposes two key requirements on pipeline owners the owner must demonstrate that it is not also the supplier of the gas a non-EU owner person must show that certification will not risk the energy or overall security of any member state or the EU itself.  One can see how the Lynch proposal could work with the EU law provisions A US-owned pipeline would be far more likely than Gazprom to obtain certification under the supply security test given Gazprom’s behavior during the energy crisis as the US investors would own the pipeline but not provide the gas they would be able to pass the separation of ownership and supply test.  the sale would need to be at full arm’s length—at market prices and with no Russian money or Russian state connections on the US side The 2024 Gas Directive imports a very broad definition of control from the EU Merger Regulation Any below-market-price transaction or Russian participation could raise the prospect of a legal challenge against the certification of the new non-EU owner—some EU member states would certainly launch a challenge if there were any suspicion of Russian involvement on the US side.  One also must ask whether Gazprom—which has never willingly sold one of its long-distance pipeline systems—would be prepared to do so now Gazprom ran a half-decade campaign to get Nord Stream 2 authorized so it could run the pipeline and it would be unprecedented for Gazprom to surrender it.  A further problem is that in response to the prospect of Nord Stream 2 restarting the EU could seek to deauthorize Nord Stream 1 which was authorized under an older assessment regime which did not include the supply security test As both Nord Stream 1 pipelines are ruptured and have not been repaired in over two years the European Commission could propose amending legislation to the 2024 Gas Directive which could provide that any significant and lengthy rupture to a major piece of gas infrastructure would require the application of the supply security test.   Adopting such legislation would potentially strengthen US investors’ hands with Gazprom It would mean the only way that Russian gas could flow through the pipelines would be if they were sold Gazprom would probably be even more reluctant to surrender all of its pipelines to outside hands would mean that Nord Stream 1 could never be revived.  Perhaps the most formidable barrier to US investment in the Nord Stream pipelines is the fact that Gazprom would have difficulty selling its gas in the European Union stemming from its behavior during the 2021–2022 energy crisis.   From spring 2021—presumably as a means to weaken Europeans’ resolve to assist Ukraine once the full-scale invasion got underway—Gazprom progressively cut gas flows to the EU This started with a failure to respond to demand for more gas on the European spot market as COVID restrictions lifted Gazprom did not fill its own European-based gas storages and indeed drew from them as the winter heating season began some of Gazprom’s EU storages were as little as 5 percent full.   Following the invasion in February 2022, Moscow went much further. In March, the Kremlin issued a presidential decree requiring all of Gazprom’s long-term customers to pay in rubles rather than in euros or dollars as per their contracts Because it was difficult to be sure that payments would be cleared Gazprom began systematically cutting off its long-term customers starting with Poland in May and finishing with Italy in October Gazprom progressively cut gas flows via Nord Stream 1 reducing supplies even for those continuing customers it was nominally still supplying.   The problem for Gazprom is that such awards create a major barrier to returning to the EU market Gazprom will face seizures of its gas as it enters the EU market or more likely its customers payments will be seized to satisfy outstanding arbitration awards such as that handed down to Uniper.  it is not only the long-term customers of Gazprom who have claims Gazprom was the dominant gas supplier in most of Central and Eastern Europe and parts of Western Europe Given that refusal to supply is an antitrust abuse of dominance under EU law and indirect purchasers (including energy-intensive industrial users) as well as consumers are able to bring claims the potential scale of damages against Gazprom may be enormous.  Gazprom could potentially offer very cheap gas as a means of compensation It could adopt a divide-and-conquer strategy by doing similar low-price compensation deals with high-volume users while seeking to contest consumer cases as to whether the scale of compensation that Gazprom may have to pay undermines the economic case for entry to the EU market—and thereby the economic case for US investors to acquire one two or all of the Nord Stream pipelines.  With the imposition of Chinese tariffs on US LNG US gas shipments are already being redirected toward the European market then US producers will want to maximize access to alternative markets This then raises the question as to whether the US government would be willing to support any Russian gas flows returning to the EU.    Chinese tariffs may give Beijing greater incentive to finally consent to a version of the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline bring natural gas from the Western Siberian gas fields—the main supply fields for the EU—to China.   one can see the potential reshaping of global gas markets Russia would increase its gas flows to China while the United States—via long-term LNG contracts—would supply the EU market In such a world there would only be a limited role—if any—for the Nord Stream pipelines restarting Nord Stream may simply be one pipe dream too far.   Alan Riley is a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center and a Professor at the College of Europe EnergySource is the Global Energy Center’s (GEC) online publication providing commentary and analysis on developments in the energy and climate sector from a wide-array of thought leaders The resumption of Russian gas supplies to Europe as part of a potential cease-fire agreement in Ukraine is under discussion but any such flows would need to transit through Ukraine rather than Nord Stream or other routes and the US must enforce strict safeguards to avoid renewed dependency and prevent Russia from once again weaponizing its energy exports Washington’s potential reset with Moscow has revived discussions on the future of Nord Stream 2 Whether the Trump administration would cede its LNG market in Europe to Russian pipeline exports remains to be seen reopening the pipeline would be a costly mistake As the Trump administration outlines its energy priorities strengthening the US nuclear industry remains a point of bipartisan agreement Revitalizing this sector will lead not only to domestic economic growth but also a reduction in Russia’s dominance in global nuclear markets and its geopolitical leverage The Global Energy Center develops and promotes pragmatic and nonpartisan policy solutions designed to advance global energy security and accelerate pathways to net-zero emissions Image: Pipes for Nord Stream 2 pipeline are seen onboard the Allseas' deep sea pipe laying ship Solitaire in the Baltic Sea September 13 Sign up to receive expert analysis from our community on the most important global issues © 2025 Atlantic CouncilAll rights reserved If refreshing the page doesn't resolve the issue you could try clearing the sites browser cache from kidney failure and other complications at The Meadows Nursing Home in Fargo.  She grew up and resided in Moorhead until 2022 when she moved into The Meadows in Fargo She graduated from Shanley High School in 1988 and attended Valley City State for one year later earning a certificate in bookkeeping from Northwest Technical College in Moorhead.  Teresa lived a very difficult life suffering from significant mental and physical health challenges but her defining characteristic was her sweet and kind nature along with her ability to endure her struggles with grace and optimism She worked various part-time jobs over the years that suited her abilities and (to her family's dismay) ordering stuff online.  She was preceded in death by her father and grandparents She is survived by her mother; brother Jason Nord; sister Brenda Paikowski; brother-in-law Paul Paikowski; and nieces Emily Anne Nord and Paige Paikowski.  followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 A.M. A livestream of the service will be available here on Teresa's webpage Final resting place will be in the columbarium at St Joseph's Catholic Cemetery Columbarium OnePlus Nord CE 5 Tipped for June Launch in India, Expected Price Around Rs 25,000 On the Nord CE 5 camera side, the phone could have a dual rear camera setup with a 50-megapixel main sensor (Sony's LYTIA LYT-600) and an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens (Sony IMX355). There should be a 16-megapixel selfie and video calling camera. Leaked images indicate that the Nord CE 5 may come with a fresh design, featuring a pill-shaped camera module reminiscent of some of the iPhone variants. The device may also release in a new Pink color variant, providing a new look in the Nord series. 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As President Donald Trump tries to secure peace in Ukraine, reports have emerged that negotiations are taking place to open the Nord Stream 2 pipeline with the backing of US investors The subsea pipeline was suspended by the German government on the eve of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine before it had delivered a single molecule of gas.  It’s an open question whether the United States whose natural gas producers now rely on European liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales to boost profits and support investments would ultimately cede that market—and the political influence that comes with it—to Russian pipeline exports Perhaps Washington will concede its newfound dominance in Europe’s energy system as a cost of attaining peace in Ukraine—and extricating itself from the continent to focus on the Indo-Pacific theater.   allowing Russia back into its gas market through Nord Stream would be a costly mistake It would furnish the Russian war machine with an additional $5 billion open the temptation for German manufacturers to extract a 1.5 percent competitive advantage over other Europeans and leave 100 million Europeans in geopolitical limbo.  the cost of dependence amounted to more than €1 trillion.    Europe can neither forget the lessons learned from Russia’s weaponization of gas supply in the lead up to and during the war; nor can it ignore the new geopolitical realities that define its relationship with Russia.   This has profound implications for Russia’s ability to wage war in Ukraine—and elsewhere. If Gazprom were to attain an additional $15 billion from Nord Stream 2 sales—based on a pre-war estimate of the pipeline’s potential revenue generation—and another $15 billion from restarting the damaged Nord Stream 1 pipeline one might assume that half would go to Russia’s state budget based on the proportion of Russia’s 2025 budget dedicated to defense This would mean $5 billion more to Russia’s military a 4 percent increase in the Russian war chest.  making Germany the primary entry point for Russian gas into Europe would provide German industry with a temptation to take advantage over its neighbors constantly threatening European unity at a trying time A primary reason why other Western European countries had opposed Nord Stream 2 even before the war was fear that Germany monopolizing Russian gas flows would give it a competitive advantage over manufacturers in Italy and France.  potentially allowing it to overcharge five Central European member states—countries which paid even more than France and Italy.   For the most energy-intensive sectors in Europe, energy can account for over 10 percent of manufacturing costs—so if German industry gets a 15 percent discount the country gains up to 1.5 percent advantage in profitability over the European average.   Nord Stream 2 would deliver Russian gas in a route that bypasses most of the Central European transit states allowing Russia to leverage energy supplies to these countries separately from Western Europe and leaving 100 million Europeans in geopolitical limbo.   Whereas Moscow’s disputes with Kyiv in the 2000s over gas supply meant that cutting off Ukraine would cut off the rest of Europe Nord Stream 2’s reopening would allow Russia to more effectively divide and conquer the continent In a new era of full-scale war to readjudicate the political borders of Europe this would leave substantial portions of the EUand NATO at the mercy of the Kremlin’s imperial whims.  regardless of how Washington decides to proceed on Nord Stream 2 Europe must take responsibility for its own decisions on whether to buy gas from the pipeline or not it must remember three key numbers: $5 billion in additional money for the Russian military; 1.5 percent of additional profitability for German industry over its EU neighbors; and 100 million Europeans left vulnerable to renewed Russian aggression.  Michał Kurtyka is a distinguished fellow with the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center and was formerly Poland’s minister of energy Atlantic Council experts share their analysis on the EU’s new industrial policy its implications for European energy security and how key partners may respond to the bloc’s evolving regulatory landscape Three years of Russia’s senseless aggression in Ukraine have caused monumental unnecessary human suffering but also an irreversible impact on Russia’s energy sector Sanctioning Russian LNG at the source is the most effective way to prevent future supply blackmail from Moscow Image: Unused pipes for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline from Russia to Germany lie on the site of the port in the municipality of Sassnitz Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Eric and Jane Nord and their family have made an impact through decades of philanthropy that can be seen across Case Western Reserve University from student stipends and faculty awards to the 15-acre Nord Family Greenway connecting the university’s main and west campuses CWRU announced the family’s latest commitment of $15 million “We deeply appreciate the Nord family’s continued support for initiatives and programs that advance our institutional priorities,” said President Eric W “This most recent commitment certainly will propel our students and faculty to academic excellence within the humanities and beyond help to expand our research enterprise and further enhance our engagement with the surrounding community.”  art education) have given back generously to their alma mater over the years through personal donations and foundation grants continues her parents’ legacy by serving on the university’s Board of Trustees other Case Western Reserve alumni within the Nord family include Gini’s husband Randy “I’m heartened to see today’s students and researchers are keen to bring a socially conscious approach to a rapidly evolving technological landscape,” said Gini Barbato “My family is pleased to support these endeavors as part of our ongoing mission to build knowledge and capacity within our local communities.”  Eric and Jane Nord funded the launch of the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities through endowment and capital support for the renovation of the center’s home The family’s latest $4 million endowment commitment will elevate the center to an institute broadening its scope and reach across multiple academic disciplines in order to promote collaboration and enable innovation.  The expanded Baker-Nord Institute will help integrate various aspects of the Nords’ commitment it will be home to some of the institute’s programs such as interdisciplinary research that incorporates the humanities with science and technology and internship training sessions for humanities-focused Nord Family Emerging Scholars the Emerging Scholars Program (ESP) helps first-generation college students primarily graduates of Cleveland-area high schools connect with the campus community and reach graduation Entering ESP students participate in the program’s summer bridge session—a six-week residential experience that includes two credit-bearing courses and a series of workshops on how to succeed in college ESP provides these students with academic support and intensive advising for the rest of their undergraduate careers the Nord family’s new $3 million commitment will increase the program’s annual cohort of entering students by 25%—from 12 to 15 students—and help sustain ESP for years to come “This generous commitment touches a variety of areas that are core to Case Western Reserve’s values and priorities,” said Provost and Executive Vice President Joy K “In addition to bolstering our research capabilities and interdisciplinary collaborations on a large scale the Nord family’s support will make a very tangible impact on our local community and our students for generations to come.” Interested in participating in a research study Looking for an upcoming event in your department Subscribe to The Daily Items that appear in the Community Postings section are submitted by visitors Posts are reviewed to ensure they are appropriate for our audience but typically are not edited by University Marketing and Communications Case Western Reserve University is committed to academic freedom and promoting diversity of thought The views of those who speak on our campus do not necessarily reflect 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boarded up and surrounded by barbed wire Du Nord Social Spirits is the first Black-owned distillery in the country Chris Montana watched arsonists burn his warehouse the sprinkler system activated flooding palettes of spirits and beginning the process of reclaiming his home base The Du Nord Cocktail Room is the first step of a two-pronged effort inside the historic Coliseum Building—a more refined New Orleans-style restaurant Lagniappe (pronounced LAN-YAP) will open on Oct We really enjoyed a riff on a Bees Knees that had a hint of red pepper as well as a light and balanced coffee Negroni The apple liqueurs are perfectly timed for fall: They give major apple pie and cinnamon vibes Interesting balance provided by the Chicken Hawk cocktail that featured chicken broth—savory cocktails are a bit of a trend (pho flavors It’s a cocktail room—have fun and experiment and there were some standouts in the soft opening The Montanas befriended New Orleans chef Brad McGehee and brought him to town to open these two concepts McGehee’s cocktail room menu is heavy on po’ boy sandwiches—nice bread from St I liked the Fried Green Tomato po’ boy ($15) with cold shrimp—gave a nice hot/cold contrast but the servers were telling everyone about it I loved the charbroiled oysters ($18 for 4) bathed in garlic-lemon butter and topped with romano cheese Gulf oysters are big and plump and sort of rare around here Boudin balls ($14) cajun sausage breaded and fried have a cheese curd in the center—Minnesota meets NOLA they do have beer and wine and spirits they don’t produce—the focus is on “brands owned by historically-excluded communities.” I think we’re all cheering for Lake Street to come back and we’re certainly cheering for Montana and his efforts with Du Nord Du Nord Cocktail Room, 2700 E. Lake St., Minneapolis, dunordcocktailroom.comTuesday-Thursday 5 p.m.-10 p.m. The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) will host its first rare disease scientific symposium in hopes of advancing rare disease research The NORD Rare Disease Scientific Symposium will be held June 2-3 in Washington. Online registration is available The symposium “offers a rare opportunity to bring together clinicians, researchers, and thought leaders from across specialties to share ideas, address challenges, and celebrate breakthroughs, all in one room,” NORD said in an organization announcement “It’s a space for connecting the dots across disease areas and research methods united by a shared mission to drive progress in rare disease science as a whole.” Rare diseases like aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency pose unique challenges for researchers and clinicians who are hoping to develop treatments and improve patient care and the rarity of these diseases means it’s difficult to run clinical trials that can generate statistically meaningful results “many of these challenges are shared across disease areas,” NORD said ‘Untapped opportunities’ for rare disease research collaboration The idea behind the symposium is to get researchers from different specialties together allowing experts to learn from each other’s experiences “The Scientific Symposium is built on the belief that bringing researchers together to share their experiences can help the entire field move faster “There are many untapped opportunities for cross-disease collaboration we hope to spark new ideas for collaborative research that crosses traditional boundaries.” The symposium will feature topics such as how to run rigorous clinical trials when participant numbers are limited cutting-edge approaches for collecting and analyzing rare disease data and advocacy organizations can work cooperatively to advance research There will also be opportunities for researchers to connect and network with each other NORD said it hopes the event will be “a catalyst for stronger research networks and a shared commitment to tackling the toughest challenges in rare disease research.” “We want researchers and clinicians to leave this meeting not only with new knowledge but also with new collaborators and new energy for the work ahead,” the organization said NORD also hosts a Rare Diseases and Orphan Products Breakthrough Summit each October, which focuses on sharing patients’ lived experiences and highlighting how advocacy can help advance rare disease treatments. 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Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website. leaving one line intact.A Swiss court in January extended the deadline for Nord Stream 2 to restructure its debt to May 9 the business would be declared bankrupt.The partly damaged Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline is not certified and therefore could not be used a German government spokesperson had said earlier adding that certification was in the purview of the economy ministry.Reporting by Christian Kraemer in Berlin; Additional reporting by Gwladys Fouche in Oslo; Writing by Friederike Heine and Christoph Steitz; Editing by Ludwig Burger and Barbara Lewis Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab , opens new tab Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts. , opens new tabScreen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networks. © 2025 Reuters. All rights reserved The methane emitted in 2022 by the damaged Nord Stream gas pipelines was more than double the volume estimated at the time The leak is among the biggest ever methane releases related to human activity and occurred when the two Nord Stream pipelines were ruptured at the end of September 2022 The study puts the likely methane volume that escaped from the gas pipes under the Baltic Sea in a range between 445 000 and 485 000 tonnes The study was coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) The researchers used data from several satellites including the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Copernicus Sentinel-2 missions as well as the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) instrument on Eumetsat’s MetOp-B satellite the study looked at sources including atmospheric in-situ instrumentation aerial measurements and engineering estimates The study compared the datasets with models of the pipeline emission rates caused by the leaks a scientist at UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) “Satellite observations were just one component of a broader set of measurement approaches which together enabled the study to provide a comprehensive and accurate assessment of methane emissions from the event – highlighting the importance of integrating diverse complementary methane measurement methods.” The research, conducted by 70 scientists from 30 research organisations, was part funded by two ESA Earth Observation Science for Society initiatives: MethaneCamp and Methane+ an ESA Earth Observation Atmosphere Scientist “This study shows the benefits and importance of methane concentrations provided by satellites on a regular basis.” Head of ESA’s Earth Observation Science Section “Sustained ESA support to scientific advances on methane measurements from satellites have improved our ability to characterise methane leaks globally I believe this is a good example of how science is transferred into climate action as we are now better equipped to monitor progress and respond to the Global Methane Pledge.” The study was coordinated by the IMEO, which is also a core implementing partner of the Global Methane Pledge The upper estimate for the Nord Stream leak would dwarf the world’s previous largest methane leak This is estimated at 109 000 tonnes of methane released from the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Facility in the US Despite the huge volumes emitted during one-off events Stephen Harris points out that the Nord Stream release was just 0.1% of global human-caused methane emissions in 2022 “This is equivalent to only two days of the oil and gas industry’s annual methane emissions This highlights the vast number of other human-caused methane sources that still require global mitigation efforts.” The International Energy Agency estimates that the production and use of fossil fuels resulted in close to 120 million tonnes of methane emissions in 2023 while a further 10 million tonnes came from bioenergy Methane emissions have remained at this level since they reached a peak in 2019 Prior to this study there was significant uncertainty regarding the impact of the methane release by the Nord Stream leaks in 2022 The study published in Nature provides the first coherent and accurate assessment of its impact So why the huge difference in the estimated size of the leak in this study were based on data from a limited number of studies many of which relied on incomplete sources available at the time each capturing only part of the story from a different perspective This study presents the first updated estimate that incorporates all available data to account for every aspect of the emission event: the methane present in the pipeline before and after the ruptures and the portion ultimately released into the atmosphere Satellite-based measurements played a crucial role in understanding the latter.” NORD Claim Your Care is designed for those with rare diseases The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) has launched NORD Claim Your Care, a digital tool meant to help people living with rare diseases, including aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency NORD Claim Your Care is an online resource for people with rare diseases in the U.S  It also provides guidance on how to appeal insurance coverage denials and dealing with health insurance-related information and resources “Patients and NORD Member Organizations will be encouraged to use this website to expand their understanding of health insurance,” Alli Ward, NORD director of membership, said in an organization press release all representing individuals with very unique rare diseases will have the opportunity to share the specifics about the multiple insurance options available by directing them to one convenient location.” The program includes a variety of tools and resources designed to increase health literacy and knowledge related to health insurance for people living with rare conditions and their families It includes materials on health insurance coverage basics and addresses problems that may arise when using health plans It includes a health coverage tool kit with guides to understanding health insurance and how to use it what different terms related to health care and insurance mean or how to make informed decisions about insurance plans it may help patients learn about insurance benefits and costs that may help them choose the best health insurance plan for their needs Choosing the right health coverage is a decision that impacts both a patient’s health and financial security. The tool also provides information on several types of medical insurance that are available from public programs like Medicaid and Medicare to private insurance plans and those sponsored by employers Additional resources include those related to insurance benefits and enrollment prior authorization that must be approved before certain medical services or treatments are provided how to deal with bills that are not covered by insurance “Navigating health insurance is challenging for anyone, but for individuals with rare diseases and their caregivers, the process can be overwhelming,” said Jenny Whitman, executive director of the Moebius Syndrome Foundation which helps people with the rare disease Moebius syndrome “Our goal is to ensure that no one feels alone in this journey equipping them with the knowledge and support necessary to make confident NORD Claim Your Care is sponsored by Takeda Pharmaceutical Novo Nordisk is exploring a gene-editing technology for AADC deficiency in collaboration with Life Edit Therapeutics This site is strictly a news and information website about the disease This content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website Manufacturing Today India Home > Automation & Robotics > NORD Drivesystems to showcase hygienic drive solutions with at iba 2025 NORD developed the NXD tupH coating to make aluminium drive housings corrosion-resistant and sustainable NORD Drivesytems will be showcasing innovative drive solutions for hygienically sensitive applications in the baking and confectionery industry at iba 2025 in Düsseldorf The company will focus on the NXD tupH® procedure developed by NORD Drivesystems for the treatment of aluminium surfaces The NXD tupH coating is designed to make the surfaces of drives with aluminium housings corrosion-resistant This treatment prevents flaking or corrosive infiltration ensuring the protective effect remains intact even in the event of minor mechanical damage Also read: NORD drivesystems introduces NXD surface protection The surfaces of drives finished with NXD tupH® are resistant to acids and alkalis and can be cleaned easily, thoroughly, and hygienically. These surfaces are free from PFAS and food-safe according to the FDA, EU Regulation 1935/2004, and respective regulations in Switzerland and the MERCOSUR states. NORD Drivesystems offers efficient drives for use in the food and beverage industry and the intralogistics sector with smooth and fanless IE5+ synchronous motors (TENV). Users can choose models up to 2.2 kW, with continuous torque from 1.6 to 10.0 Nm and speeds of up to 2,100 min⁻¹. The optional food-compliant NXD tupH® surface finish makes the drive housings corrosion-resistant and wash-down capable, making them ideal for reliable use in hygiene-sensitive environments. The SAFOMI-IEC adapter, developed by the company for mixers and agitators, is a compact alternative for mixers and agitator applications. It is equipped with an integrated oil expansion chamber and is available for MAXXDRIVE® parallel gear units in sizes 7 to 11 or for maximum output torques from 25 to 75 kNm. Reporting by Terje Solsvik and Stine Jacobsen There are many routes to mental well-being neuroscientist Camilla Nord offers a fascinating tour of the scientific developments that are revolutionising the way we think about mental health showing why and how events—and treatments—can affect people in such different ways What motivated you to write a book about mental health CN: I wrote The Balanced Brain because my research as a neuroscientist over the past decade has radically changed my perspective of what mental health is ‘Mental health’ as a concept is practically ubiquitous today—something we hear and talk about in our lives almost every day but it also represents a societal shift: a renewed focus on wellbeing I’m glad it’s being discussed—but there are some crucial things I think everyone gets wrong about mental health measurable phenomena generated by our brains and wider nervous systems our mood is strongly influenced by our brain’s expectations: what our brain predicts about the environment based on what it has experienced before These expectations are physically instantiated and have physical effects on regions of the brain involved in processing the world around you but it is tangible—and because it is tangible scientists now have a better understanding of what it is and how to treat it What does that mean for the causes of mental health—is it essentially all your biology but only because social phenomena affect your mental health via your biology I sometimes use the example of lung cancer: your environment clearly plays an important role in lung cancer But these risks only cause disease via local biological changes- in your lungs the various life factors that can increase your risk of mental health problems also change your biology: your brain Their effect on mental health is entirely mediated through biological processes That means that our concept of mental health needs to include the brain—and The body is something that is rarely discussed in the context of mental health In what way can the body impact mental health there has been a resurgence of interest in the relationship between the body and mental health This comes out of a wider movement examining the influence of internal states in the body on emotion and cognition more generally some of my lab’s work has shown that the state of the stomach influences the emotion disgust—and other labs’ work has shown that signals from the heart are involved in fear processing which may play an important role in anxiety and other related disorders.  Does this mean we could be managing or treating our own mental health via the body?  consistent effect on mental health—epidemiologically exercise improves mental health even more than a big economic change But there is also a suggestion that new treatments could focus on the body such as anti-inflammatory drugs for some mental health problems or even the connection between the body and the brain which is targeted by treatments like electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve The body-brain connection actually means many things—comes from many sources including internal organs like the gut but also widespread systems like the immune system—and disruptions can occur at different levels or in the pathways of communication between the two Does this mean some aspects of physical and mental health overlap?  CN: One of the best examples of this overlap is pain Pain feels like it comes from the body—and some of it does from pain receptors called ‘nociceptors’ that send signals to our brain But our experience of pain is created by the brain The brain has the ability to dampen down pain signals—help you ignore painful input escape a predator even when you’ve been injured The brain also has the ability to enhance pain signals and even create them in the absence of nociception entirely I write in The Balanced Brain about functional neurological symptoms where symptoms like weakness but experienced in exactly the same way as physical disabilities The way we talk about this can be pejorative—‘psychogenic’ symptoms is a more old-fashioned term functional symptoms arise via brain mechanisms and are a relatively common cause of hugely disabling symptoms that can occur with or without poor mental health They are what some call ‘the most common disorder people haven’t heard of’ What do you see as the role of placebo effects in mental health—it seems like an unusual topic for a mental health book CN: I write about the placebo effect in such detail in The Balanced Brain because it’s such a clear way that expectations can change your biology Placebos are not biologically inert at the level of your brain If you take a medication expecting changes to pain a wide network of changes in the brain occur amazingly similar to the very changes caused by real pain medications (or depression medications And the opposite occurs too—the nocebo effect where you might experience side effects from a treatment wholly from your expectations.  have been accused of largely being placebos CN: Sadly there has been a plethora of disinformation about antidepressants recently In part it comes from the reality that antidepressants do not work for everyone and have genuine adverse effects for some people Mixed with this is the fact that antidepressants do not necessarily correct an underlying serotonin deficit—a public misunderstanding I explain in The Balanced Brain when I talk about how antidepressants really work on the brain the placebo effect influences every effective medical treatment But antidepressants also work above and beyond comparable placebos Maybe more difficult is the role of placebo effects in treatments like psychological therapy and psychedelics it is essentially impossible to run the sort of experiment you need to disentangle placebo and ‘real’ treatment effects—a double-blind randomised controlled trial—because in psychological therapy the therapist always knows what therapy they are delivering patients are almost always able to tell when they are in an ‘active’ condition the placebo effect may partly contribute to how effective a treatment seems I even wonder if cognitive therapies themselves work a bit like the placebo effect: directly targeting beliefs and expectations about the world.  Is there a role for treatments that now seem quite outdated like ECT—electroconvulsive therapy—in mental health CN: ECT is a type of brain stimulation which can effectively treat patients with very severe depression who do not respond to typical treatments But today it is by no means the only brain stimulation used for mental health problems transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy for depression noninvasive way to change brain activity in the prefrontal cortex and is at least as effective as antidepressants—maybe even more so there may also be a role for surgical deep brain stimulation All of these techniques are useful in that they widen the number of treatments for mental health problems and might provide solutions for people who do not respond to common treatments Many also have a key advantage in that they can target specific brain processes directly meaning they could be optimised for specific patients based on their brains.  Why is the US seeing rising rates of mental health conditions CN: Nobody knows—even if they tell you they do I think we have to be very careful about correlation and causation in this area: many people point to things that correlate—like increased use of social media—when there is shakier evidence for a causal role One factor that certainly plays into it is increased access to diagnoses A young person with depression fifty years ago may not have identified their symptoms and gone to their doctor for help There might also be changing labels: what we define as a disorder has changed across time and some disorders have now broadened in their scope or been labelled for the first time more recently And I am also interested in theories that our changing culture of mental health and seeing our peers be diagnosed with them might change our interpretations of our own symptoms perhaps making us focus on them more—particularly at ages where social influence is extremely important And for people with mental health conditions—where will the next solutions come from CN: We have a broad arsenal of mental health treatments that work The problem is that we don’t always know what will work for whom So one of the most important things that needs to happen is the ability to match people with the treatments that might work for them My view is that the way to do this is to understand the causes—in the brain and the body—of someone’s poor mental health individual: one person with depression may not have the same underlying biological causes as another But they give us something concrete that can be targeted either with traditional treatments like therapy or antidepressants or more novel approaches like psychedelics or brain stimulation targeted approach is the way that we can begin to grapple with the complexity of mental health and provide better solutions for people struggling with mental illness.  Camilla Nord is director of the Mental Health Neuroscience Lab at the University of Cambridge where she is an assistant professor of cognitive neuroscience The Balanced Brain: The Science of Mental Health is her first book Stay connected for new books and special offers Subscribe to receive a welcome discount for your next order.  50% off sitewide with code BLOOM50  |  April 28–May 31  |  Some exclusions apply. See our FAQ. Africa and the Middle East; taking more piped imports from suppliers such as from Norway and Algeria and increasing renewable energy generation.Reporting by Christoph Steitz in Frankfurt and Nina Chestney in London; Additional reporting by Ariane Luthi in Zurich Kate Abnett in Brussels and Vladimir Soldatkin in Moscow; Editing by Jason Neely and Susan Fenton Oversees and coordinates EMEA coverage of power, gas, LNG, coal and carbon markets and has 20 years' experience in journalism. Writes about those markets as well as climate change, climate science, the energy transition and renewable energy and investment. Michele Tracy Berger reimagines Black identity with short storiesideastream: Michele Tracy Berger the Eric and Jane Nord Family Professor and director of the Baker-Nord Institute for the Humanities discussed her short story collection Doll Seed which blends horror and Afrofuturism to explore race The OnePlus Nord 5 is expected to be the midrange successor to the Nord 4 leaks and rumours are now emerging ahead of the anticipated launch A reliable source has tipped the India price range and key specifications of the upcoming phone suggesting it will launch at a price point similar to the Nord 4 The Nord 5 is also rumoured to be a rebranded version of a device from the OnePlus Ace 5 series tailored specifically for the Indian market the OnePlus Nord 5 is likely to be priced around ₹30,000 in India — quite a sweet spot for desi buyers looking for a paisa-vasool deal He also hinted that the phone could make its grand entry sometime between June and July ALSO SEE: Tim Cook Confirms More Apple Stores Coming To India In 2025 The upcoming OnePlus Nord 5 is expected to feature a flat OLED display with 1.5K resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate offering a crisp and smooth viewing experience It is likely to be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9400e SoC — a binned version of the Dimensity 9400 — making it a performance-focused midrange phone This chipset is also tipped to power the upcoming OnePlus Ace 5V in China the Nord 5 may house a dual rear camera setup with a 50MP primary sensor featuring OIS and an 8MP ultrawide lens while the front camera could sport a 16MP sensor for selfies with a massive 7,000mAh unit expected under the hood backed by 100W fast wired charging support — a standout feature in its price segment Other expected features include dual stereo speakers and an in-display fingerprint scanner for added convenience The phone may come with a plastic frame and a glass back striking a balance between durability and design the Nord 5 looks to bring premium features to the midrange category The OnePlus Nord 5, the latest addition to the Nord series, is expected to launch in India on May 22, 2025, bringing notable upgrades at an affordable price point. This smartphone stands out with its powerful Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 chipset, designed to deliver fast and efficient performance for users who want high-end functionality without the premium cost. The OnePlus Nord 5 is powered by the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 processor, providing a significant boost in speed and efficiency. This chip ensures that the phone handles multitasking, app switching, and gaming with ease, offering a seamless experience. The enhanced processor also helps conserve battery while maintaining smooth performance, making it a solid choice for both entertainment and everyday use. Sporting a slim design, the OnePlus Nord 5 features a 6.74-inch AMOLED display that provides vibrant colors and deep contrasts. With a 120Hz refresh rate, the phone promises smooth scrolling and gaming experiences, ensuring that users can enjoy a fluid interface whether they are watching videos or engaging in mobile gaming. The display also reduces eye strain during extended use, making it ideal for long hours of content consumption. The Nord 5’s camera setup includes a 50MP primary lens, an ultra-wide-angle lens, and a macro lens, offering versatility for different types of photography. Whether you're capturing wide landscapes, close-up shots, or everyday photos, the Nord 5 delivers sharp, clear, and vibrant results. The 16MP front-facing camera is perfect for selfies and video calls, ensuring high-quality images even in low-light conditions. Equipped with a 5,000mAh battery, the OnePlus Nord 5 promises all-day usage on a single charge. Its 80W fast charging feature ensures that the phone can be quickly recharged, making it an excellent option for users who need a device that can keep up with their busy schedules without long charging times. Display: 6.74-inch AMOLED, 120Hz refresh rate Camera: 50MP primary camera, ultra-wide and macro lenses, 16MP front camera Battery: 5,000mAh with 80W fast charging Operating System: OxygenOS based on Android 14 With its Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 chipset, a stunning AMOLED display, and impressive battery life, the OnePlus Nord 5 offers a high-performance smartphone experience at a mid-range price, making it an attractive option for users who want premium features without the flagship price tag. She and her brother Merrill Dean ("The Twins") were born on September 11 SD to Alfred Alvin and Grace Ellen (Guinter) Walters Nancy was raised in the Mennonite faith in Freeman SD and was baptized as a young adult at Bethany Mennonite Church she studied at Sioux Valley Hospital School of Nursing in Sioux Falls and graduated as an R.N In 1959 she married Donald Otten and they moved to southern CA where their 3 children introduced Nancy to her bachelor farmer brother visiting from MN the Nord family was completed with the birth of their daughter Nancy embraced farm life and was an equal partner with Don can-do attitude and became a skilled farrowing house manager Nancy worked many years as an RN in Red Wing and then Rochester and she served as the organist and choir director of St Nancy modeled service and care for others as an important expression of her faith She was known for mailing thoughtful letters and cards and a willing volunteer for school Don and Nancy's home was full of books They generously opened their home to many near and far with hospitality that usually included a delicious meal She enjoyed completing the daily Strib crossword puzzle and watching birds from the farm kitchen window and porch and Amy Nord (Dan Whitney); granddaughters Merrill Walters; sisters-in-law Barbara Walters and Charlotte Ipsen; and daughter from Spain She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband sister-in-law Amy Perkins and brothers-in-law Rev Visitation with family will be on November 1 Nancy's funeral will be on November 2 at 11 a.m Burial will be at Zion Lutheran Church in rural Goodhue immediately after the service The family would like to thank dear neighbors for their friendship and care for Nancy: Mike Jonas Memorial gifts may be given to either of two organizations that were meaningful to Nancy Lutheran World Relief or Mennonite Central Committee Munich, April 17, 2025 – McDermott Will & Emery has advised NORD/LB in connection with the financing of the merger of the payment software providers cisbox and windata. Both companies are part of the portfolio of the software investor Main Capital Partners cisbox offers cloud- and AI-based software solutions for the optimization of procure-to-pay processes specializes in solutions for electronic payment transactions and enables the automation of secure payment transactions NORD/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank is one of the leading German commercial banks McDermott had already advised NORD/LB in 2024 on the financing of the acquisition of cisbox by Main Capital The McDermott team was led by partners Ludwig Zesch and Matthias Weissinger comprised associates Tim Becker and Romy Lanz Attorney Advertising © 2025 McDermott Will & Emery Metrics details A suspected 443-486 kt of methane escaped from the Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022 at four explosion sites across three pipelines Much of this methane rapidly escaped to the atmosphere We use sustained high-resolution observations of methane concentrations from autonomous gliders and an instrumented ship of opportunity to reveal the timing and spread of dissolved methane across different Baltic regions and marine protected areas Estimates of methane spread and concentrations are essential to understand the ecosystem response and for establishing accurate priors for atmospheric outgassing and transport models initialized by engineering estimates and our observations enables us to constrain the mass of locally dissolved Nord Stream methane (9.5-14.7 kt) We show that dissolved methane decreased rapidly through outgassing however initial concentrations were so high that 14% of the Baltic Sea still experienced concentrations 5 times greater than average natural levels of which the largest part escaped into the atmosphere after rising to the surface It was the largest single-event methane emission recorded in recent times the possibility of multiple pipeline ruptures was neglected and thus the actual total methane release was about three times greater than the worst case estimate (148 kt) included in the report the solubility of methane in the seawater was considered to be negligible assuming all methane would rise to the surface and be released into the atmosphere Although the solubility of methane is relatively small a substantial part of the escaped methane dissolved into the seawater (section “Model results of methane spread and fate”) we present continuous high-resolution in situ observations of dissolved methane from a glider and a ship of opportunity (SOOP) traversing between Lübeck and Helsinki spanning over a duration of 3 months after the Nord Stream pipeline ruptures The glider sampled the whole water column a few km downstream of the leaks starting 9 days after gas started to leak from the pipelines whilst the SOOP observations provide a larger spatial view of methane concentrations in the surface layer and were already ongoing prior to the incident The numerical model is calibrated to our observations to simulate the advection we provide methane concentrations over time both collected in situ and completed with numerical model data to reveal the magnitude and persistence of Nord Stream methane across the Baltic Sea a Map of the southern Baltic Sea with the Nord Stream pipelines (gray) b Hovmöller diagram of SOOP-observed surface methane concentrations (red colors) with a longitudinal position of a glider (black line) c Coincident individual profiles of glider-observed methane concentrations (lines) and nearest SOOP surface observations (dots) d Glider observations of methane concentration throughout the water column All methane data are presented on a logarithmic scale All concentrations are depth-averaged and presented on a logarithmic scale a Glider observed (blue) and modeled (red) methane concentration over time b Distance of the observations/subsampling in km from the northern leak sites c–f Snapshots of methane spread from numerical simulation In between is an intermediate layer of cold fresh water left over from winter conditions when the seasonal thermocline coincided with the deep halocline This intermediate layer is entrained into the surface layer as the surface cools and storms mix in autumn who observed the highest methane concentration (albeit caused by a gas blowout in the North Sea) around the pycnocline due to the deflection of the methane-enriched plume by the density gradient As the surface mixed layer deepens during autumn, this intermediate layer becomes thinner (Fig. 1c, d and Fig. S1) Lowest methane concentrations were consistently observed in the bottom water below the halocline (>50 m) The surface layer showed intermediate concentrations that were lower than the winter water and higher than the bottom water Despite a clear and consistent vertical pattern the gradients observed are predominantly in the temporal/horizontal dimension This can be explained by an initially homogeneous vertical distribution of methane driven by the rapid and strong agitation of bubbles floating through the water column As Baltic circulation is dominated by barotropic (i.e. the observed vertical structure will not vary as much as the horizontal or temporal patterns The relatively weak depth-dependency also implies that the SOOP observations can explain much of the pattern especially in winter when the mixed layer is deep with implications for long-term monitoring or future methane blowouts The glider and SOOP observations provide a unique dataset to understand local and vertical processes that governed methane concentrations within the Baltic Sea after the leakage We used these data to tune the initial conditions of a Lagrangian chemical-fate and drift model (Section “Model”) to simulate advection and outgassing and to map the spread and residence time of methane across the wider Baltic Sea the fraction of methane that was dissolved is large compared to the natural existing dissolved methane pool and controls additional emission to the atmosphere several weeks after the incident Our model replicates the observed gradients during the first 2 weeks after the leaks and the anti-exponential decrease from mid-October to mid-November (red and blue line in Fig. 2a) patches of increased methane concentrations remain After the first week of glider observations (2 weeks after the leak) the modeled methane concentrations deviate from the observations because errors of individual Lagrangian parcel simulations accumulate over time the main usage of the model results is to inspect the fate of the methane and the extent of its spread over time These characteristics are robustly represented by the statistical averaging of hundreds of thousands of Lagrangian parcels The agreement between the model and observation indicates that (a) we identified the first-order processes as advection/diffusion and outgassing correctly for the weeks after the leak and (b) we can constrain the rate of microbial oxidation to the difference between model and observations a Map of maximum methane exposure from Sept 2022 to Jan 2023 the number labels refer to the underlying MPAs b Basin-specific maximum (upper part of the bar) and mean (lower part of the bar) methane concentrations Results of the environmental monitoring program in the Baltic Sea for the year after the accident (nutrient distribution accessible in the IOW ODIN database) did not indicate unusual deviations from the long-term observations and trends This supports early statements suggesting minor impacts on the marine environment and ecosystem health requires that the impact assessments for subsea pipelines must be adapted to the current geopolitical context this study provides a robust record to understand potential sublethal impacts on the ecosystem that may be discovered in the future identifying 23 MPAs that experienced significantly heightened levels of methane our study shows that the majority of the initially dissolved methane eventually outgassed to the atmosphere where it increased the GHG emissions for Europe All gliders were equipped with the same methane sensor Gliders were either equipped with an RBR Legato CTD and Coda oxygen sensor or a Seabird GPCTD and SBE43F oxygen sensor equivalent to ~10 cm vertical resolution throughout the mission This semiconductor is located in the sensor behind a semi-permeable silicone membrane which separates the aqueous phase of the external environment and the gaseous phase in the sensor Multi-point temperature and methane calibrations for the 10–1000 nM range were performed by the manufacturer before and after the mission An additional calibration to determine oxygen sensitivity was performed after the mission Several factors complicate the use of the Franatech METS sensor in this environment which gives the sensors limited time to adapt to changes the diffusion of methane across the membrane of the sensor is not instantaneous A relatively slow response time (τmethane) of the sensor could lead to an underestimation of peak values and a hysteresis curve we need accurate temperature of the gas phase to calculate methane concentration from the partial pressure; water temperature is known accurately from the outside and the semiconductor temperature is known through the sensor A second lag (\({\tau }_{{{{\rm{temperature}}}}}\)) defines how quickly the internal gas phase temperature reacts to changes in temperature The post-mission calibration included the determination of sensor response under decreasing oxygen concentrations to account for near-anoxic conditions in the bottom waters of Bornholm Basin; the correction is a nonlinear scale factor ranging from ~0 and 1 corresponding to anoxic and normoxic conditions A third lag (τoxygen) is used to estimate oxygen concentrations within the gas chamber of the sensor the presence of hydrogen sulfide is suspected to bias the sensor response The equilibration system differs from the description in the referenced literature due to a major upgrade of the system in 2019 where an improved equilibration system of larger volume The overall accuracy of the methane measurements is usually better than 1% though the high concentrations encountered in the first days after the Nord Stream accident fall out of the calibration range the water flow to the system gradually decreased but we refrained from a maintenance break to assure undisrupted data coverage Several routines were tried to achieve the best consistency of data which can be assessed by a match of the general patterns of the East-West and West-East transects the response time was parameterized as a function of the water flow into the equilibration system which is also recorded with a temporal resolution of 1 min Time constants for methane ranged from typically 15 min at the nominal flow rate to a maximum of 60 min towards the end of the survey in January The models have a spatial resolution of 0.028 × 0.016° with 56 depth levels (BAL-MFC) and 0.25 × 0.25° Our Lagrangian model does not have a spatial model resolution in a strict definition but is limited by the resolution of the forcing data Our model domain extends from 10 °E to 20 °E and from 53.5 °N to 60 °N the methane is transported by the currents according to the Euler advection equation with the position of the Lagrangian body \({P}_{{{{\rm{t}}}}}^{{{{\bf{X}}}}}\) at the time step t (timestep length Δt) the diffusion is expressed as a random walk displacement loop where Rh,v(z) are random numbers taken from a normal distribution with zero mean The dissolved methane concentrations are modeled as a passive tracer in the advection/diffusion equations we grid the Lagrangian model output to the same resolution as the original (BAL-MFC) ocean model resolution Then we add the mass of all lagrangian particles in the grid cell and divide it by the grid cell’s volume to compute concentrations The results for concentration are most robust for grid cells with a large amount of lagrangian particles and lose precision if only a few particles are present 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