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.

It almost sounds too good to be true: Take basalt dust that today is wasted in the manufacturing of things like asphalt shingles, sprinkle it on farmers’ fields, and it raises crop yields while also ...

Scientists want $60 million to try trapping carbon dioxide in the sea floor off the coast of Canada. They say reactive basalt rock across the planet could turn CO2 into rock at the bottom of the ocean ...

NYU faculty established New York City’s first site for enhanced rock weathering — a process that takes carbon dioxide from ...

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 ...

Applying ground-up silicate rock to Midwestern farm fields can capture significant amounts of carbon dioxide and prevent it from accumulating in the atmosphere, according to a new study that ...

Surge in demand from automotive and sustainable and eco-friendly building materials drive the growth of the global basalt rock market. Owing to its remarkable qualities and wide range of uses, basalt ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Runners, bicyclists and walkers in Columbia Park have probably noticed a couple 1,500-pound basalt slabs installed along the path ...