-08.15.09- The thinning of a gigantic glacier in Antarctica is accelerating, scientists report. The Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica, which is around twice the size of Scotland, is losing ice four times as fast as it was a decade years ago. Lees meer

-08.20.09- Tasmania�s east coast is recording its highest-ever winter water temperatures of more than 13�C � up to 1.5�C above normal � due to a strengthening of an ocean current originating north of Australia. Lees meer

-08.24.09- In California, irrigation helped turn the state into an agricultural superpower. But as Rajesh Mirchandani reports, lack of water is now turning parts of the state into a poverty-stricken dust bowl. Lees meer

-08.24.09- Erosion threatens to topple coastal Alaskan villages. Melting ice threatens polar bears. Now, a marine scientist says the state’s marine waters are turning acidic from absorbing greenhouse gases faster than tropical waters, potentially endangering Alaska’s $4.6 billion fishing industry. Lees meer

-08.26.09- WEATHER records have been smashed from one end of the country to the other as Australia swelters through its warmest-ever winter. Lees meer

-08.26.09- Pakistan is running out of water so fast that the shortage will strangulate all water-based economic activity by 2015, a Pakistani thinktank says. And that pretty much covers 70 percent of the population who are involved in farming. Lees meer

-08.26.09- Electricity supply to Nasiriyah has dropped by 50% because of falling levels of Euphrates river. Lees meer

-08.26.09- Tropical Storm Ignacio is forecast to weaken as it rumbles far out in the Pacific. Ignacio’s maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph early Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the tropical storm is expected to weaken. Lees meer

-08.27.09- Residents and vacationers along the East Coast may be in for a repeat of rain and rough surf this weekend as Tropical Storm Danny passes by New England. Lees meer

-08.25.09- With a wildfire contained after raging for days near Athens, the Greek government faced a different kind of firestorm Tuesday as opposition parties and media lambasted its response to the blaze as inadequate. Lees meer