Pressure waves from the colossal 2022 Tonga eruption rippled through Alaska’s crust, offering scientists a rare look into the state’s deep subsurface. Atmospheric waves from a powerful volcanic erupti ...

The Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption that stunned the world last January injected so much water into the stratosphere that it will likely make the ozone hole larger in the coming years, scientists ...

The ancient Tongan phrase for tsunami is peau kula, which translates to red wave. The deeper meaning of the words became clear to Taaniela Kula, the head of Tonga’s Geological Services, when he ...

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the Pacific Ocean erupted earlier this year, the event was one for the record books — in several surprising ways. The January 15 eruption was so explosive ...

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A new analysis confirmed past suspicions based on where the volcano was situated and the aerosols it spewed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

It’s been nearly half a year since the violent eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the southwestern Pacific. It was clear when I wrote about this eruption in January that something ...

The violent eruption of Tonga’s Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Jan. 15, 2022, injected an unprecedented amount of water directly into the stratosphere – enough to fill more than 58,000 ...

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted in Tonga in January 2022, it became the largest eruption ever recorded with modern technology. The blast, estimated to be hundreds of times stronger ...

The Jan. 15 eruption at Hunga Tonga - Hunga Ha'apai sent shock waves around the world, literally. Tsunami waves created by the eruption arrived first at the islands of Tonga. At least three people ...

On the 14th of January, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano began a gigantic eruption that would go on to peak in ferocity the next day. The uninhabited island volcano would quickly make ...

In April 1991, steam explosions were first observed on a little-known volcano called Mount Pinatubo on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Within 11 weeks, on the afternoon of June 15, the volcano ...