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 ...

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.

Australia is leading the way in sustainable agriculture with a new research initiative exploring the use of crushed basalt ...

In a forest filled with birch and oak trees on the Isle of Mull, off the west coast of Scotland, a startup will soon begin spreading crushed basalt rock on the ground. The goal: to run a large-scale ...

Lava could produce a material called basalt fiber that would be suitable for turning into durable fabrics, rebar, insulation materials and structural mesh for the building industry, according to a ...

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 ...