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.

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 ...

In preparation for analyzing Mars samples, scientists are turning to a surprising source: Iceland’s mudrocks. These rocks, ...

This may look like just another rock, but its so much more than that. It’s also a storage unit for carbon emissions—and it could finally give us a way to backtrack a bit on what we’ve done to our ...

Dear Editor:The summer of 2006 has proved challenging for outdoor events in the Roaring Fork Valley. We cannot complain about the wonderful rainstorms this year. They are long overdue. We will praise ...

UB earth sciences students develop valuable fieldwork skills during a trip to New Hampshire to study igneous rocks and ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Peridotite is composed mostly of greenish magnesium-iron-silicate ...