Researchers analyzed satellite imagery of the volcanic plume and found evidence that the potent greenhouse gas had broken down. The work could inform artificial interventions aiming to mitigate global ...

A new international scientific assessment of the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai eruption has explained why the largest volcanic plume ever measured cooled the stratosphere instead of heating it. The ...

Dramatic images from space showed the moment the eruption sent a mushroom of smoke and ash into the air – Copyright AFP The massive underwater volcanic eruption in ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption was the largest eruption in the 21 st century, sending up the highest plume ever recorded. A new ...

A colossal underwater volcano in the South Pacific may have revealed a surprising new weapon against climate change. After the 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai, scientists detected enormous ...

On January 15, 2022, a volcano on the floor of the South Pacific exploded with enough force to punch a plume 35 miles into the sky. Scientists expected the usual aftermath: sulfur aerosols drifting ...

When an underwater volcano erupted in the South Pacific in January 2022, it sent a plume of ash, steam and gas nearly 40 miles above the Earth’s surface. It was one of the most violent volcanic ...

Chronology of brightness temperature and altitude of umbrella clouds. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-022-00606-3 Vanderbilt Earth scientists studying submarine ...

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. On January 15th, 2022, an underwater volcano being blown into the air was the action. The reaction was the atmosphere and ocean pushing back ...

Neighbouring countries and international agencies are clambering to try to grasp the scale of the damage on Tonga – Copyright Australian Defence Force/AFP LACW Emma ...

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active volcanoes Sally Sennert Did you know that there are between 40 and 50 volcanoes ...