From a tropical retreat in Sri Lanka to calm, family-friendly waves in North Devon and the home of American surfing, Santa Cruz, here are five of the best surf spots for beginners.

A trio of Earth and atmospheric scientists at the University of Houston, working with a geoscientist from the University of ...

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 ...

Through successive industrial revolutions, the geography of innovation around the globe has changed radically, and with it the geography of wealth creation and prosperity. Since the Third Industrial ...

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 ...

Sometimes eruptions are explosive and lava is thrown out as volcanic bombs. Hotspots are places where the magma rises up through the crust. They are caused by a static source of magma, often away ...