A hotspot that now lies in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean was once under the Great Lakes, and may explain why they formed ...

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In the depths of the Pacific Ocean, 470 kilometers off the Oregon coast, a drama is unfolding. Axial Seamount, one of the ...

They are caused by a static source of magma, often away from plate margins. As the plate moves away from the hotspot, a new volcano island will form.

Kilauea is one of six active volcanoes located in the Hawaiian Islands, which also include Mauna Loa, the world's largest ...

The idea goes that if a sulfur-rich fluid is introduced, gold forms this gold-sulfur complex, and when it turns out, it is ...

As it turns out, the Indian Ocean's submerged volcanic chain was formed in a different way. The hotspot in this case is better imagined as a fountain pen, with the moving 'tip' depositing liquid ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A volcano erupted in Iceland's most densely populated area on December 18. It is the largest eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula since 2021. More from News A ...