The decommissioning of nuclear power plants will become a huge global business in the 21st century.

The farmers in the evacuation zone around Fukushima who refused to leave are trying to reduce radiation levels.

One of the less-noted consequences of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima is the effect on carbon dioxide emissions. Two of the world's six largest emitters are switching off their nuclear power stations, leaving them needing to source energy from elsewhere.

The crisis that unfolded at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after Japan's megaquake and tsunami is rewriting the nuclear safety guide. There are some positives. Despite being shaken by an earthquake that exceeded the worst case assumed in their design, the reactors along Japan's Pacific coast suffered no serious damage from the ground movement.

The terrifying meltdowns and hydrogen explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in the days following 11 March 2011 made the importance of backup electricity generators painfully clear.

Imagine charging your cellphone from a meadow or harvesting electricity from rice paddies. The technology works, but can we make plant power a staple crop?

Nearly all our fresh water comes from obscure underground deposits – now satellites and radioactive isotopes are telling us how much we have to go round.

Australia has a long history of ecological disaster from alien species - so why is ecologist David Bowman proposing adding yet another?

Eugenie Scott has struggled to keep creationism out of the classroom – now her organisation is taking on climate change deniers too.

The Nuremberg Code, set up to protect the human subjects of research, is being routinely ignored, warns Harriet A. Washington.