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May 15, 2008 | 10:09 PM Comments  0 comments

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সেই অসীমে...
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পৃথিবীর অপরিচিত এক কবির ঝুলি থেকে কেড়ে আনা এক্ টুকরো রবীন্দ্রনাথ...

৮ই মে, ২০০৮- আজকাল-এ প্রকাশিতঃ

পৃথিবী জুড়ে উষ্ণায়ন নিয়ে হৈ-চৈ, আমাদের ভারতবর্ষ জুড়ে দাঙ্গা-হাঙ্গামা, খুন, ধর্ষন, বার্ড-ফ্লু, ব্যাপক হারে ছাত্রছাত্রীদের হতাশা থেকে আত্মহত্যা এর-ই মাঝখানে আবার ফিরে এল ২৫শে বৈশাখ। অস্থিরতা আর নিরাশার মাঝখানে একঝলক খোলা হাওয়া কিছুদিনের জন্য মনে শান্তি এনে দেয়। যদিও রবিন্দ্রনাথ বিশ্বকবি, তবু আমরা মাত্র বাঙালীরাই রবীন্দ্রজয়ন্তী পালন করি। ব্যাতিক্রম থাকতে পারে কিন্তু সে ও খুব কম। আমরা বাঙালীরা বৈশাখমাস জুড়ে তাকে স্মরন করি। হানাহানির যুগে মানুষের মূল্যবোধ যখন তলানিতে, পরস্পরের মধ্যে সম্পর্ক যখন ঘৃনার, অবচেতনে তাঁর কথা মনে পড়ে - "মানুষের প্রতি বিশ্বাস হারানো পাপ।"
তার বানী আমাদের হতাশ মনে আশা জাগায়- "মেঘ ক্ষনিকের, চিরদিবসের সূর্য্য উঠিবে আবার"। আমাদের জন্য তিনি রেখে গিয়েছেন অনেক। সেই অসীমে আমরা ডুব দিই। এই ডুবে যাওয়া আমাদের মৃত্যু আনেনা। আনে নতুন করে বাঁচা। আম রা তার রচনা সাগরে ডুবি, ভাসি আর তাকে শ্রদ্ধা জানাই।
"তোমার পায়ের পাতা সবখানেতে পাতা
কোনখানে রাখব প্রনাম?"
- স্বাতী মুখোপাধ্যায়,
বাঁকুড়া, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ।


May 7, 2008 | 8:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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North Pole might be free of ice in 2008!
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North Pole might be free of ice in 2008

Sat, Apr 26 01:35 PM

London, April 26 (ANI): Scientists have warned that the North Pole might be free of ice before the end of this year, turning into a vast expanse of water.

According to a report in New Scientist, Arctic scientists are preparing for this grim possibility after seeing a number of factors that have this year led to most of the Arctic ice being thin and vulnerable as it enters its summer melting season.

In September 2007, Arctic sea ice reached a record low, opening up the fabled North-West passage that runs from Greenland to Alaska.

The ice expanded again over the winter and in March 2008 covered a greater area than it had in March 2007. Although this was billed as good news in many media sources, the trend since 1978 is on the decline.

Although Arctic ice is at its maximum in March, that maximum is declining by 44,000 km square per year on average.

The extent of the ice is only half the picture, with satellite images showing that most of the Arctic ice at the moment is thin, young ice that has only been around since last autumn.

A fact that is adding to the worries is that multi-year ice - the stuff that doesn't melt in the summer - is not piling up as fast as Arctic ice generally is melting.

On average each year about half of the first year ice, formed between September and March, melts during the following summer. In 2007, nearly all of it disappeared.

Moreover, an atmospheric phenomenon known as the Arctic oscillation kicked into its strong, "positive", phase this winter. This is known to generate winds which push multi-year ice out of the Arctic along the east coast of Greenland.

Together, these are the factors that have led to most of the Arctic ice now being so young and thin.

Thin ice is far more vulnerable than thick ice that has piled up over several years.

"There is this thin first-year ice even at the North Pole at the moment," said Mark Serreze, of the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). "This raises the spectre - the possibility that you could become ice free at the North Pole this year," he added.

"Even if you lost only half of the first-year ice this year - which would be average - you are still in for a very low ice extent this summer," said Serreze. (ANI)

May 2, 2008 | 10:39 PM Comments  0 comments



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