On January 15, 2022, a volcano on the floor of the South Pacific exploded with enough force to punch a plume 35 miles into ...

New research from a collaborative team featuring Texas A&M University atmospheric scientist Dr. Andrew Dessler is exploring the climate impact of the 2022 Hunga Tonga volcano eruption and challenging ...

The European Space Agency’s Swarm-AWARE project is using satellite and ground-based data to better distinguish between space weather effects and signals from natural hazards. Researchers say this ...

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 ...

The Hunga Tonga volcano eruption continues to break records. Its latest? The highest altitudes that lightning has ever been known to start. The plume from the eruption produced lightning flashes that ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Ash from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcanic eruption is going to suffocate plants and turn rain into acid, 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 ...

A second major eruption has been detected at the Hunga Tonga volcano on Monday, according to an alert from Australia’s Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre. There were no casualties reported from the ...

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 ...

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 ...

This satellite image taken by Himawari-8, a Japanese weather satellite, and released by the agency, shows a volcanic plume produced by Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. A ...