First Person - RNZ Pacific reporter, Iliesa Tora, reflects on the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption, saying people ...

First person - On 15 January 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai undersea volcano erupted. It was the most powerful volcanic eruption since Krakatoa in 1883, and triggered a devastating tsunami ...

The unexpected jump in global temperatures since 2023 has helped fuel a relentless assault of associated disasters around the ...

Shock waves triggered by a massive underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga on Jan. 15 were apparently responsible for tidal surges seen along Japan’s Pacific coastline, according to experts.

the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption was so explosive it destroyed most of the island where it occurred, even though the volcano was underwater. According to University of Adelaide ...

nutrient-rich powders produced when the 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano occurs, as well as fine, nutrient-rich powders produced when the Greenland ice sheet erodes granite ...

How warm was 2024? By March, just three months into the year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had already estimated a 55% chance that 2024 would be the warmest year on record ...

But the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano, which erupted in 2022, was underwater. So it shot tons of water vapor high into the atmosphere, which can trap heat. Some scientists hypothesized that ...

Some climate experts believe the January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Volcano may be playing a role in our warming trend. This eruption released an unprecedented amount of water ...