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Its existence was previously not known because no new examples have been formed in millions of years. As a result, the new basalt type lay buried deep beneath sediment at the bottom of the ocean.

When Faulkner Architects was tasked with building a family home just outside San Francisco, the clients emphasized the importance of the environment. The Truckee-based architecture firm set about creating a striking site-specific...

The nation’s second largest waterfall by volume will soon reopen to the public for the first time in over 150 years. Architecture and landscape firm Snøhetta recently revealed new renderings for their designs to restore...

In a world first, a team of engineers and scientists at Iceland's Hellisheidi power plant have been able to capture carbon emissions and turn them into stone for storage...

Read the rest of Heneghan Peng’s Giant’s Causeway Visitor Center is a Stone Sanctuary on the Irish Cliffs Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: basalt, causeway, coastal ireland, eco building,...

Iceland is well know for its use of renewable energy, particularly geothermal energy, but soon the country could be combating climate change in a very different, but equally innovative way...

Iceland is well know for its use of renewable energy, particularly geothermal energy, but soon the country could be combating climate change in a very different, but equally innovative way...