In a recent paper published in Communications Earth & Environment, researchers explored geologic carbon dioxide (CO2) ...

The Columbia River is critical for fish, energy, commerce and identity. But it faces an uncertain future. How much more can ...

The Ginkgo is part of the Columbia River Basalt Group, an epic series of lava flows that blanketed much of the Pacific Northwest over a few million years in the late Miocene epoch. The 1,000 ...

So east of the river, there's this basalt lava, 16 million years old on the west side of the Columbia ... fur trader and surveyor who led the group in the early 18 hundreds, was sent to explore ...

The group reached the Columbia River in early October 1805 ... Columbia River Basin’s Indigenous people and landscapes. This basalt amphitheater was inspired by a Nez Perce blessing ceremony ...

Runners, bicyclists and walkers in Columbia Park have probably noticed a couple 1,500-pound basalt slabs installed ... positioning it along the Columbia River and around the Mid-Columbia region ...

A windsurfer, scuba and free diver in the Columbia River Gorge ... weights from 12,000 years ago in the river,” says Mayo. “Indians would chip off basalt and tie it to cedar bark rope.

But for the best views, you need to travel the old Columbia River Highway, which snakes along the basalt walls offering one picture book scene after another. For example, Terra Lingley with the ...