Huge, dark pillars of stone rise from the dirt. They are perfectly hexagonal. They stand shoulder-to-shoulder like a ...

On the banks of the Columbia River, tall columns of rock poke out from the cliffs. “So you see all of these black rocks that are on either side of us, on either side of the river? Those are basalts.

Travertine is not only a geological wonder but also a popular building material. Its use dates back to ancient Rome, evident ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - In a win for both farmers and environmentalists, researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have successfully quantified the CO2-reduction potential of ...

The geology of Washington state varies wildly from region to region, belying the great medley of events -- ancient and more recent, catastrophic and systematic-- that formed it. And in no part of the ...

Geologists have discovered a new type of rock. While drilling deep into the seafloor, a team of scientists found a new form of basalt vastly different from any other on Earth, and the planet hasn’t ...

NEW YORK, New York, January 6, 2010 (ENS) – Buried volcanic rocks along the coasts of New York, New Jersey and New England might be ideal reservoirs to store carbon dioxide emitted by coal-fired power ...

An international team of researchers unearthed the previously unknown form of basalt after drilling through the Pacific ocean floor. Peridotite is composed mostly of greenish magnesium-iron-silicate ...

Runners, bicyclists and walkers in Columbia Park have probably noticed a couple 1,500-pound basalt slabs installed along the path in recent days. Those are part of one local teacher’s decades-long ...

As Nichole Schwend weaves through the basalt rocks that litter Celebration Park, she points to faint engravings on the dark desert rocks and asks visitors what they see. One carving near the ...