environment

Lighter load: Nottingham Trent University student replaces heavy concrete internals with plastic.

Solar PV outstripped coal as the leading source of new electricity generation worldwide last year.

Ten whales have perished in the last two months.

New Solar Battery Storage can store energy to be used at a later date, much like Tesla's Powerwall.

It was spotted in a harbour in Dublin.

The UK is producing 600 times more solar energy than in 2007.

It's rare, but it happens.

Plastic is ingested by 31 species of marine mammals and over 100 species of sea birds each year.

British Environment Secretary delivered his first major speech to the WWF charity.

Moments like this are not often filmed.

A 30km stretch of coastline has been affected.

They were enjoying a day by the beach near Santa Barbara.

They also recorded the killer whales making sounds.

Environment minister Nicolas Hulot to drive buyers away from internal combustion with financial incentives.

The biker said he "respects the environment".

America will become one of only three countries in the world not to take part.

Whale watchers filmed the scene off the coast of California.

Computer researchers have discovered how Volkswagen and Audi cars cheated their way through emissions tests.

A mother killer whale and her calf were spotted off San Juan Island in Washington.

It was discovered on the island of Oahu.

Los Angeles-based The Boring Company explains how it will cut city traffic with a 3D network of tunnels.

They're made from algae and tea bags – and will be on sale in the US within a year

Environmentalists believe the reef, more 1,000 kilometres long and dotted with brightly coloured coral, may be home to new marine species.

The 15metre-long carcass was first spotted by a local resident on Seram Island in Maluku province.

The five-year-old orangutan was held captive in a cage before her rescue.

Twin cubs were born at the Gold Coast centre in Australia.

The Australian posted pictures of his alleged kills to a secret Facebook account.

First daughter appears ready to push for US to stay part of environmental agreement.

Professor José Sarukhán will collect his Tyler Prize at a ceremony near the White House.

A rehabilitation centre released the big cat into the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in Russia.