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Vexed in Vittel French Town Becomes a Focal Point in War over Water

A battle is brewing in Vittel over Nestlé. The groundwater is running low in the French spa town and the multinational conglomerate is fighting for its rights to the commodity -- and for its reputation. Von Barbara Supp und Maurice Weiss

French Town Becomes a Focal Point in War over Water - Maurice Weiss/ DER SPIEGEL

'Paradise Lost' How To Help Our Oceans Before It's Too Late

In the past 50 years, Earth's oceans have been depleted and acidified to alarming degrees. Sylvia Earle, a longtime marine scientist, explains her plan to save at least a small part of them -- along with our planet. Von Philip Bethge

How To Help Our Oceans Before It's Too Late - Tobias Friedrich

World without Water The Dangerous Misuse of Our Most Valuable Resource

Amid climate change, drought and mismanagement, our world's most valuable resource is becoming scarce. Much of the crisis is man-made -- and even water-rich countries like Germany are to blame. By SPIEGEL Staff

The Dangerous Misuse of Our Most Valuable Resource - LUCY NICHOLSON/ REUTERS

Clear-Cutting Romania Logging Threatens One of Europe's Last Virgin Forests

One of Europe's most beautiful forest areas is disappearing piece by piece in Romania's Carpathian Mountains. Some of the logging is illegal. The wood is then sold to make flooring or heating pellets that are sold in Germany and other countries. Von Nils Klawitter

Logging Threatens One of Europe's Last Virgin Forests - Gabriel Paun/ Agent Green

The Sand Thieves World's Beaches Become Victims of Construction Boom

Sand is becoming so scarce that stealing it has become an attractive business model. With residential towers rising ever higher and development continuing apace in Asia and Africa, demand for the finite resource is insatiable. Von Laura Höflinger

World's Beaches Become Victims of Construction Boom - Pauliana Valente Pimentel/ DER SPIEGEL

A Tangle of Conflicts The Dirty Business of Palm Oil

Palm oil can be found in many of the products we consume each day. Much of it comes from Indonesia, where brutal methods are deployed against locals. One of the main suppliers says it is cleaning up its act, but has it really changed? Von Nils Klawitter

The Dirty Business of Palm Oil - BAY ISMOYO/ AFP

Climate Summit Trap Capitalism's March toward Global Collapse

The Warsaw conference demonstrated that the "climate summit" model is broken and, more importantly, that capitalism itself is driving us to the brink. Protests are not the solution -- it's time to fight the system using its own weapons. Von Harald Welzer

A Giant Awakens Inside Africa's Economic Upsurge

In roughly a decade, Africa has gone from being labeled "the hopeless continent" to enjoying an unprecedented boom. In a three-part series, SPIEGEL explores this transformation -- its drivers, winners and losers -- and asks if it can last.

Inside Africa's Economic Upsurge - GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/ AFP

Billions from Beijing Africans Divided over Chinese Presence

Chinese companies have pumped billions into Africa to secure access to natural resources, boosting countries' economies along the way. Ordinary citizens aren't reaping the benefits, though, and have become increasingly wary of the new investors. Von Bartholomäus Grill

Africans Divided over Chinese Presence - ? Thomas Mukoya / Reuters/ REUTERS

Stumped Black Forest Conservation Gets Controversial

The regional Green government plans to create a national park in the northern Black Forest, much to the consternation of many locals. Although well-intentioned, the state project has unleashed a culture war. Von Alexander Smoltczyk

Black Forest Conservation Gets Controversial - Maria Irl/ DER SPIEGEL

Romania's Powder Keg Mine Project Launches Protest Movement

The Rosia Montana mine in Romania is currently one of Europe's most controversial projects. Plans by Bucharest to push through approval for the large-scale mining that would eliminate an entire town have sparked mass protests. Von Luke Dale-Harris

Mine Project Launches Protest Movement - Cristian Vasile

Antarctica Conference Deal Could Preserve Pristine Waters

Representatives of 24 nations are meeting in Germany this week to discuss proposals to create marine preserves in Antarctica. Can the rival camps reach a compromise to create the world's largest conservation area? Von Axel Bojanowski und Christoph Seidler

Deal Could Preserve Pristine Waters - ROBERT E KLEIN/ ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Resource Race China Dips Toes in Arctic Waters

China is hungry for natural resources, and the Arctic is home to a wealth of them. Growing alarm about its ambitions has led Beijing to take a softer approach, stressing exploration and research over exploitation. Von Christoph Seidler

China Dips Toes in Arctic Waters - AP/ Xinhua

'Limits to Growth' Author Dennis Meadows 'Humanity Is Still on the Way to Destroying Itself'

In 1972, environmental guru Dennis Meadows predicted in his seminal study "The Limits to Growth" that the world was heading toward an economic collapse. Forty years on, he tells SPIEGEL ONLINE that nothing he has seen since has made him change his mind.

'Humanity Is Still on the Way to Destroying Itself' - Daniel Berehulak/ Getty Images

Contaminated Aquifers Radioactive Water Threatens Middle East

The Middle East and North Africa suffer from water shortages and pump millions of liters a day from ancient aquifers. But the water contains high levels of naturally-occurring radioactive contamination. Experts fear this will increase the cancer risk for millions of people. Von Markus Becker

Radioactive Water Threatens Middle East - Corbis

Klondike in Lapland Mining Companies Swarm to Finland's Far North

Mining companies are flocking to northern Finland as new deposits of gold, nickel and other minerals promise vast profits. But the area's fragile wetland ecosystem is paying the price. Conservationists are so far fighting a losing battle. Von Renate Nimtz-Köster

Fear of Fracking Germany Balks on Natural Gas Bonanza

Using a method known as "fracking," Germany could exploit domestic sources to meet its natural gas needs for 20 years. But safety worries have prompted government authorities to refrain from granting the permits that companies need to use the controversial technique. Von Christian Wüst

Germany Balks on Natural Gas Bonanza - Mike Groll/ AP

Europe's Failed Natural Gas Strategy Gazprom Hopes to Build Second Baltic Sea Pipeline

With the planned Nabucco natural gas pipeline in southern Europe hitting snag after snag, Russian natural gas giant Gazprom is considering the construction of a second Baltic Sea pipeline to go with the just-finished Nord Stream. With unconventional natural gas from the US flooding the market, however, the strategy is not without risk. Von Frank Dohmen und Alexander Jung

Gazprom Hopes to Build Second Baltic Sea Pipeline - DPA

Nein Danke German Government to Oppose Fracking

Berlin is opposed to plans to use the controversial fracking process to extract natural gas in Germany, SPIEGEL has learned. Government ministers are "very skeptical" about the technology, which environmentalists claim can pollute groundwater.

German Government to Oppose Fracking - dapd

Mining Revival German Solar Firm Goes Hunting For Lithium

Essential for building electric car batteries and solar technology, lithium is a raw material of the future. Now a German firm is searching for deposits of the valuable resource in the country's Ore Mountains. Geologists believe that some 1.5 billion dollars' worth of the light metal lies underground. Von Christoph Seidler

German Solar Firm Goes Hunting For Lithium - Solarworld

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