Geology

Since the publication of her seminal “In Search of Ancient Oregon” in 2004, Morris Bishop has been a leading guide through Oregon’s geologic past.

Bruce Bjornstad gives us a geologic tour from an outlook on the White Bluffs overlooking the Columbia River and Hanford.

Popular geologist Nick Zentner of “Nick on the Rocks” takes an entertaining road trip to explore the Ginkgo lava flow that erupted in Central Washington and flowed all the way to the Oregon Coast 16 million years ago.

The University of Oregon’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History has hit the road this summer offering hands-on learning through its Oregon Rocks! program, which teaches kids and families about geology.

Northwest scientists say the region’s unique geology could help the planet. To keep heat-trapping gasses out of the atmosphere, researchers want to pump CO2 deep underground.

Oregon sunstones come in a variety of colors. But that's just one of the many intriguing things about our official state gemstone.

Scientists are seeing new signs that magma is moving deep within the Three Sisters volcanic complex in Oregon’s Cascade Range, but there are no signs of imminent eruption.

We'll talk to the chief scientist with the state's geology department about the landslides that Oregon's already seen, and slides they think are imminent.

A lake in the Cascades has several holes in it that look and act like bathtub drains.