Is there a volcano under the Great Lakes?

Lake Superior sits on top of a massive… I mean massive volcano. Our five Great Lakes may have been formed by Ice Age glaciers, but volcanic activity was instrumental in giving us Lake Superior.
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Is there a volcano under Lake Michigan?

Ice volcanoes have formed along Lake Michigan after two winter storms in recent days have brought frigid subzero temperatures to some areas. The icy mounds were spotted along the lake's shoreline by the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in Wisconsin, according to a post on the center's blog.
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Is there a volcano in Lake Superior?

Called basalt, this volcanic rock is seen here at Temperance River State Park in Minnesota and can be found in all the state parks along Lake Superior's Minnesota shore.
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Is there a volcano under Lake Erie?

Volcano-like, conical mounds of ice up to 5 m high form each winter along portions of the southern shore of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
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Are there any active volcanoes near Michigan?

'Fraid not. In fact, there are none in the entire Midwest and due to the land's old age, its difficult to even locate volcanoes that existed. The Upper Peninsula has evidence that there were “lofty peaks of active volcanoes” that caused many bedrock formations where rare rocks, minerals, and even fossils are found.
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Are There Sharks in America’s Great Lakes?



Why are the Great Lakes so blue?

The blue in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron is sediment brought to the surface when strong winds churned the lakes. The green in Lake Erie and in Lake Huron's Saginaw Bay is algae, which builds on the surface when winds are calm.
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Can there be a ice volcano?

The biggest known ice volcanoes, which spew ice instead of lava, are located on Pluto. Now it turns out size is not the only feature setting apart Pluto's "cryovolcanoes" from all others. In a study published Tuesday in Nature Communications, scientists reveal these cryovolcanoes are unlike any features ever seen.
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Do snow volcanoes exist?

Interesting fact: In Iceland, there are many active volcanoes buried under snow, ice, and even glaciers. When the volcanoes erupt, ash often covers the snow before the lava flow arrives. When hot lava meets snow and ice, hissing steam erupts into the air.
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Can frozen volcanoes erupt?

The lakeward end of the channel may then by sealed by ice, but the volcano may continue to erupt. A wave amplitude of at least one metre (3 ft 3 in) is needed to induce eruptions, so ice volcanoes are rarely active without storm-force winds.
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Which planet has ice volcanoes?

Images of Pluto's surface have revealed the dwarf planet's hidden secret: a network of giant ice volcanoes. According to astronomers behind the discovery published this week in Nature Communications, the volcanoes appear to have erupted in an icy slush relatively recently.
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Could a tsunami hit the Great Lakes?

The southern region of the Great Lakes is especially prone to meteotsunamis due to the water's shallower depth. Atmospheric pressure waves have to be moving at roughly the same speed as the water waves below them to efficiently pass that energy down in the water and create a meteotsunami, Anderson said.
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Is there an underground lake under Lake Superior?

As we determined this past week with several arduous dives, the caves lead to a vast underground lake. This is undoubtedly Sir Duluth's 'Lac d'Enfer,' and the same lake which swallowed poor William Bitter in 1870.
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What lives at the bottom of Lake Superior?

The study focused on three key fish that inhabit the deepwater environment of Lake Superior: the siscowet lake trout, deepwater sculpin, and kiyi. The siscowet lake trout is a form of lake trout found in the deepest waters of Lake Superior and is sometimes regarded as a subspecies to the lean lake trout.
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Where is there a volcano in Michigan?

Cliffs of the Greenstone Flow can be seen in Keweenaw County along US Highway 41, from the towns of Allouez and Ahmeek in the south to the towns of Delaware and Mandan in the north. The Greenstone Flow also forms inland cliffs parallel to the south shore of Isle Royale.
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Is there a volcano in Kansas?

There have been no volcanoes in Kansas since the beginning of Paleozoic time, over 590 million years ago. These are also called igneous-volcanic rocks. Intrusive igneous rocks form when magma cools within the earth's crust. It cools slowly, so the minerals in the rocks are usually larger crystals.
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Will the Great Lakes water level rise?

The Great Lakes are in a period of the year when their water levels usually rise. But all of the Great Lakes are not rising or just barely rising. This is a continued sign that for the current time, the Great Lakes water levels are receding quickly from the record high levels over the past few years.
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What is the largest volcano in the universe?

Olympus Mons is a shield volcano 624 km (374 mi) in diameter (approximately the same size as the state of Arizona), 25 km (16 mi) high, and is rimmed by a 6 km (4 mi) high scarp. A caldera 80 km (50 mi) wide is located at the summit of Olympus Mons. To compare, the largest volcano on Earth is Mauna Loa.
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Can volcanoes erupt in the ocean?

Explosive volcanic eruptions are possible deep down in the sea -- although the water masses exert enormous pressure there. An international team reports in the journal Nature Geoscience how this can happen. Most volcanic eruptions take place unseen at the bottom of the world's oceans.
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Are there giant volcanoes on Pluto?

Bottom line: Unusual large icy domes on Pluto's surface are likely giant ice volcanoes where water ice “lava” flowed, researchers say. They could explain some of the most enigmatic terrain on the dwarf planet's surface. These ice volcanoes may even still be active today.
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What would happen if you dropped an iceberg into a volcano?

The ice might turn into steam faster than it can escape, creating a massive steam explosion. This steam would create even more pressure inside the volcano, causing it to explode. Hardened magma, called tephra, would fly through the air. Some of the pieces could be as large as a house.
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Is melted ice lava?

Lava is melted rock, right? Since snow, glaciers, and lake ice are rocks, then when the melt they form molten rock. Since it is on the surface, it is technically lava.
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Are there volcanoes in space?

There are volcanoes all around our solar system. But only a few places besides Earth—like some of the moons of Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune—have active ones today. Use the Space Volcano Explorer to learn more about our solar system's many volcanoes.
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How many Supervolcanoes are there on Earth?

There are about 20 known supervolcanoes on Earth - including Lake Toba in Indonesia, Lake Taupo in New Zealand, and the somewhat smaller Phlegraean Fields near Naples, Italy. Super-eruptions occur rarely - only once every 100,000 years on average.
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What planet has water volcanoes?

Right now, active volcanoes are only found on two of these bodies: Earth and Io. However, volcanoes could be erupting on Venus or Jupiter's moon, Europa. We are unable to see if they are due to Venus's thick atmosphere and Europa's thick ice shell.
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