Scientists have traced a 60-million-year volcanic trail from Iceland to Ireland to a deep mantle plume that shaped the North ...

Embark on a journey to some of the most captivating and unexplained natural wonders on Earth. From the sacred coastal village ...

A nine-month project to improve visitor access to the uninhabited isle of Staffa has been completed. National Trust for ...

Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast The Giant's Causeway lies at the foot of the basalt cliffs along the sea coast on the edge of the Antrim plateau in Northern Ireland. It is made up of some 40,000 ...

Visitors stuffing coins into Northern Ireland’s famed basalt columns are unintentionally damaging this natural wonder and costing the country thousands.

Authorities are urging visitors to stop wedging pocket change between the basalt columns, which are cracking and crumbling as the coins expand ...

The National Trust has issued a fresh plea to visitors of Northern Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway, urging them to stop pushing coins into the cracks of the site’s iconic basalt columns. What may ...

California’s Devil’s Postpile is another famous basalt column formation. Others are found in Iceland, Mexico, Scotland, Japan, Russia, Namibia, Israel, and Australia. But I’m here to tell you that you ...

Visitors are damaging the Giant’s Causeway in Co Antrim by wedging coins into the cracks of the basalt columns, causing the rocks to stain and crumble. The coins rust and expand to three times ...

Giant's Causeway: Coins left by visitors damaging Northern Ireland's World Heritage Site Coins squeezed into the gaps in the basalt columns of the tourist attraction in north Antrim eventually ...

The rock formation, in Northern Ireland, sees hundreds of thousands of tourists and locals every year. Some jam coins between the famous rock columns, but the site's caretakers, the National Trust, is ...

Basalt has just released the lineup for its 2025 concert series in Basalt River Park. The series, which takes place from 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Wednesdays from June 18 until Aug. 27, will feature Tommy the ...