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.

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But basalt has one virtue that other geologic formations lack. In the laboratory, it can transform CO2 into calcium carbonate – the equivalent of seashells or limestone – in a matter of weeks or ...

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 ...

George Okoko of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory samples an outcrop of basalt in Berkeley Heights, N.J., as part of an investigation into rocks that might be used to absorb carbon emissions. Credit: ...