A hotspot that is now located in the Atlantic played a key role in forming the lakes, home to a fifth of the world's fresh ...

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

Scientists Discover Ancient ‘Hotspot’ That Shaped the Great Lakes 300 Million Years Ago as Earth’s First Imprint The Great ...

Axial Seamount is a young, 30 million-year-old undersea volcano in the Pacific Ocean off the U.S. coast, and it’s expected to ...

Ancient hotspot under Great Lakes region linked to their formation Weak lithosphere aided ice in shaping massive lake depressions Study combines seismic data with geological history insights ...

A 'ghost' island that suddenly appeared in the Caspian Sea in early 2023 is playing a centuries-long game of peekaboo with ...

WHEN you think of Britain, the first word that springs to mind probably isn’t “volcano” – but our tiny nation is littered ...

Instead, volcanoes have formed the long chain of islands because of the "Hawaiian hot spot". A hot spot is made up of super-heated material deep inside the earth, located in the middle of a plate.

Scafell Pike, England's highest peak, is made up of the remains of volcanic activity from 400 million years agoCredit: Getty Another volcano turned tourist hotspot ... are formed when a hot ...