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 ...

The Illinois team was able to calculate both the weathering rate and carbon dioxide reduction potential of the basalt rock amendments applied to maize and miscanthus fields. Those factors are critical ...

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 ...

When Basalt holds a grand-opening event for its new riverfront park on Wednesday, there is likely to be a “whew!” from one part of the community and an “ugh” from another. Basalt River Park on the ...

A recent study published in Global Change Biology examines a novel carbon capture technique known as enhanced weathering (EW) that involves the application ground-up silicate rock to Midwestern farm ...