When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted on Jan. 15, it sent the equivalent of more than 58,000 Olympic-size swimming pools' worth of water into the stratosphere, researchers say.

First came the burnt-match smell of hot sulfur. Then, a roar from below the water. The towering undersea volcano known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai had awakened, and on a balmy afternoon in ...

However, Hunga Tonga's eruption presented a unique scenario: As a submarine volcano, it introduced an unprecedented amount of water vapor into the stratosphere, increasing total stratospheric ...

The eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai produced one of the most extreme lightning storms ever and it has given scientists a unique glimpse into the volcano's secrets.

A team of researchers has been exploring the climate impact of the massive 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai (Hunga Tonga volcano) eruption, which is said to have even caused an extraordinarily ...

When Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano violently erupted earlier this year, it spewed an unprecedented amount of water vapor into the atmosphere — and it will likely have noticeable ...

A Dec. 23, 2023, Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows a compilation of clips including satellite images of the 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, a submerged volcano in the ...

A satellite image shows the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano before its main eruption, in Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai, Tonga, January 6, 2022. via REUTERS.

The eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcano in the island nation of Tonga on Jan. 15 was the largest in decades. It spawned a tsunami that devastated parts of Tonga, ...

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 ...

Almost two years after a humongous eruption rocked Tonga's Hunga volcano in the southwest Pacific Ocean, scientists have finally mapped the huge magma plumbing system that gave birth to the record ...