The £16bn Hinkley facility will be operated by EDF, under government subsidies of £10bn.
Rainforest fragmentation research reveals fifth of overall carbon emission numbers have been ignored in global outlook
Used Tesla models will be made available for a fraction of the cost of buying new
Few predators and reduced competition allowing lizards on New Guinea to double in size.
Nasa satellites show Typhoon Vongfong has strengthened with a 31-mile-wide eye
In assessing the environmental costs of low carbon electricity generation, a study has found that mitigation targets are achievable.
Mount Churchill eruption led ash to be spread over 4,000 miles.
Scientists are drilling into Alpine Fault in New Zealand to study earthquake activity.
A study has attempted to quantify the gap between estimated and actual ocean temperatures.
DJI drone maker Eric Cheng and Ragnar Sigurdsson capture Bardarbunga volcano eruption video.
The Global Biodiversity Outlook report says that biodiversity loss continues at a fast pace, and has called for scaling up protective measures.
Activists say high rates of rhinos and elephants poaching will cause animals' extinction in 20 years
Scheme set to favour offshore wind and marine, leaving some to claim it is lopsided
One of Scotland's rarest breeding birds has had its most successful season since the 1960s
Thousands of previously unknown seamounts discovered with new satellite data.
The first of six solarboxes has been opened on Tottenham Court Road.
Researchers claim human activity leads to relocation of prey, forcing cheetahs to travel for long periods for food.
Two of Darwin's theories from 150 years ago have been tested by scientists.
A six-acre portrait has gone on show on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
A fisherman in Russia has caught a fish with what looks like a full set of human teeth in its mouth.
However opponents claim it is merely prolonging our addiction to fossil fuels.
Arctic ice has melted due to climate change leaving thousands of walruses stuck on Alaska shoreline
Reuters' photographer Yannis Behrakis travelled to Balsfjord in Norway for the Aurora Borealis.
Shark attacks 23-year-old man in Western Australia causing severe injuries.
Movements of large groups of sea monkeys may be able to change global ocean currents
Volcanologist says climber deaths at Mount Ontake could not have been prevented.
Nasa satellite images show how the Aral Sea has been devastated over the last 50 years.
Abengoa becomes United's first sustainable technology partner.
Increased seismic activity has halted rescue efforts at the volcano.
Rise in temperature can affect phytoplankton numbers and in turn cause more warming, finds Oregon University study.