Eruption of Tonga underwater volcano found to disrupt satellite signals halfway around the world
An international team has used satellite- and ground-based ionospheric observations to demonstrate that an air pressure wave triggered by volcanic ...
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Study reveals presence of Hunga Tonga eruption aerosols in northern hemisphere stratospheric westerlies
An international team led by researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has detected aerosols ...
Looking back at the Tonga eruption
A new analysis of seismic data recorded after the massively violent eruption of the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, on ...
Tonga volcano eruption stimulates life: rapid, massive bloom of ocean phytoplankton
In January 2022, the largest submarine volcanic eruption of this century led to a dramatic phytoplankton bloom north of the ...
Elusive atmospheric wave detected during 2022 Tonga volcanic eruption
The catastrophic eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai volcano in 2022 triggered a special atmospheric wave that has eluded detection ...
Wave created by Tonga volcano eruption reached 90 meters – nine times taller than 2011 Japan tsunami
Wave created by Tonga volcano eruption reached 90 metres - nine times taller than 2011 Japan tsunami Credit: University of ...
Shockwave caused by Tonga underwater eruption may help scientists predict future tsunami
Using data from the eruption of the underwater volcano near Tonga in 2022, a research group at Nagoya University in ...
Tonga volcano eruption was among the most powerful ever observed, triggering atmospheric gravity waves that reached the edge of space
The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai submarine volcano in January 2022 was one of the most explosive volcanic events ...
NASA mission finds Tonga volcanic eruption effects reached space
When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai volcano erupted on Jan. 15, 2022, it sent atmospheric shock waves, sonic booms, and tsunami ...
Tonga volcano to have smaller cooling impact on climate change than first thought
A fresh analysis of the possible cooling effect of the sulfur dioxide injected into the atmosphere by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga ...