Environment stories from around the world
In Berlin, sticky and sweet is a recipe for success. Across the German capital - from Kreuzberg to Mitte - urban beekeeping is thriving. Honey products from the city are in demand, despite the economic crisis.
Scientists estimate that the Earth is losing species at 100 to 1,000 times the historical average. The international community addressed this largely man-made disaster at the 11th biodiversity summit in Hyderabad.
The sparsely populated region of Caithness in northern Scotland once relied heavily on the development of nuclear energy for electric power and for job creation. Now wind and wave energy are set to take over.
Petrol synthesized from air and water could contribute to the future green energy mix.
While polio may be on the decline worldwide, cases in Nigeria are increasing at an alarming rate.
Even though researchers have been studying malaria for more than a century, it remains a poorly understood disease. Scientists at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg are trying to change that.
