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. The Great Lakes formed where they did 20,000 years ago ...

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 ...

The discovery of the fact that the Great Lakes originate from a geological hotspot beneath the ancient supercontinent Pangaea presents a major advancement in the comprehension of the geological ...

Recent research suggests that the Great Lakes originated from the Cape Verde hotspot under the ancient supercontinent Pangaea. This geological feature significantly influenced the region's ...

This is the conclusion of a new study by researchers from the United States Geological Survey (USGS ... It is fed by the "Yellowstone Hotspot," where hot plumes of magma rise from deep within ...