The Great Lakes formed where they did 20,000 years ago thanks to a hotspot that sat under the supercontinent Pangaea 300 million years ago, before North America even existed. New research finds ...

The Great Lakes formed where they did 20,000 years ago thanks to a hotspot that sat under the supercontinent Pangaea 300 million years ago, before North America even existed. New research finds ...

The Great Lakes owe their origin to an ancient hotspot that existed beneath Pangaea 300 million years ago, researchers have revealed. This discovery sheds light on how 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 water.

The research revealed that the Cape Verde hotspot lay beneath the Great Lakes region since about 300 million years ago, when North America was part of Pangaea. As the tectonic plates moved ...

Due to Earth’s shifting tectonic plates, this region was located near the equator over 200 million years ago on Laurasia, the northern half of Pangea (the southern half was called Gondwana).

Over two hundred fifty million years ago, India, Africa, Australia, and South America were all one continent called Pangea. Over the next several million years, this giant southern continent ...