Researchers reveal the surprising origin of the Great Lakes, linking them to an ancient hotspot that existed 300 million years ago, shedding new light on Earth's geological history.

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 ...

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

Unlike the Pacific Northwest’s steep-sloped Cascade volcanoes such as Mount St. Helens or Mount Hood that tend to explode ...

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In Hawaii, growing roses is always a rewarding challenge to the gardener. Roses are cool climate plants that do best at elevations of 1,000 feet or more. At lower elevations, insects and disease ...

(Photo Courtesy: U.S. Geological Survey/M ... thousands of people visiting Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports that activity stopped at about 8:40 p.m. Friday ...

Jan. 7, 2025 — Researchers have devised a way to improve the accuracy of climate change models for the Global South by integrating historical records kept by ... Climate Extremes in 2024 ...

Jan. 7, 2025 — If you like the smell of spring roses, the sounds of summer birdsong, and the colors of fall foliage, you have the stabilization of the ozone layer to thank for it. Located in the ...

Just a few hundred metres from the roaring traffic of the M40, scientists have uncovered a very different kind of road. Around 166 million years ago Britain's 'dinosaur highway' was teaming with ...