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He said thatthe break-up of ice shelves can accelerate the sea-level rise. Scambosrevealed the details regarding the break-up of the Wilkins Ice Shelf on theAntarctic Peninsula, and explained the importance of ice shelves. Inaddition, liquid water in the cracks can drill to the base of an ice shelf, andleading to its disintegration piece by piece During his lecture, Dr. Scambos indicated that flowing water from fracture of ice shelf will deepenthe fracture, eventually resulting in the cracking of ice shelf and glacier. Measuresand actions to slow down and, even, to sop the pace of global warming are inurgent needs Dr. Scambos really concerned about the disappearance of permafrost owing toglobal warming, leading to significant emission of greenhouse gases entrappedunderneath, such as methane and carbon dioxide, which, in turn, would acceleratepace of global warming and, hence, threaten the lives of human beings. Scambos showed superior and high-resolution digitalmulti-spectral images of both the Antarctica and the Arctic, which were acquiredfrom Formosat-2 satellite, to explain the relation between climate change, anddisintegration and retreat of ice shelves Dr.

Scambos, has been collaborating with NCKU faculty on the acquisitionof satellite images from Formosat-2, an Earth observation satellite operated byTaiwan`s National Space Organization (NSPO) During the lecture, Dr. Ted Scambos, the Lead Scientist of the USA National Snow and Ice Data Center(NSIDC) was invited by National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) to deliver aninspirational lecture on May 20, entitled "A closer look at polar ice:Formasat-2 and glacier changes in the Arctic and Antarctic" The research team,led by Dr. TAINAN, taiwan--(Business Wire)--Dr. In November 2007, cyclone Sidr ravaged a large part of the country's coast, killing nearly 3,500 people and displacing around two million.(Reporting by Sujoy Dhar and Jatindra Dash in India, Nizam Ahmed and Serajul Islam Quadir in Bangladesh; Writing by Bappa Majumdar; Editing by Alistair Scrutton and Sugita Katyal). The Bangladesh Meteorology Department said the ports at Chittagong, Mongla and Cox's Bazar should keep storm warnings in place until further notice with cyclone Aila racing towards the coast. The storm surge washed away dozens of shrimp farms and inundated rice fields in the poor south Asian country which is battered by storms every year. Authorities in neighbouring Bangladesh also evacuated thousands of families, mostly in Khulna district near the Sundarbans, to makeshift shelters as tidal waves triggered by the storm in the Bay of Bengal damaged thousands of houses.

At least 500 families have been displaced in Sundarbans, and authorities said they were giving shelter to thousands of people inside schools and government buildings. Heavy rains triggered by the cyclone raised river levels and burst mud embankments in at least three places in the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve, flooding homes. The region holds thousands of people as well as the world's biggest tiger reserve. "The situation is very grave, countless families have been displaced, especially in the Sundarbans," said Kanti Ganguly, West Bengal state minister for the Sundarbans. It was about 130 km (80 miles) south of Sagar Island, the world's biggest riverine delta, and was expected to hit Kolkata by late afternoon, authorities said. Authorities began evacuating thousands from two coastal southern districts and warned people living in state capital Kolkata to stay indoors, as cyclone Aila advanced towards the biggest city in the region, packing winds up to 100 kph (60 mph). (Adds details from Bangladesh) KOLKATA, India, May 25 (Reuters) - A cyclone hit the eastern Indian state of West Bengal on Monday, flooding villages and forcing thousands of people from their homes, officials said.