Hidden in the Pacific, two very different volcanoes are forcing scientists to rethink what counts as “biggest.” Tamu Massif, ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The tsunami threat around the Pacific from a huge undersea volcanic eruption has begun to recede, while the extent of damage to Tonga remains unclear. The eruption on ...

The Hunga Tonga volcano eruption triggered lightning and a tsunami. On January 15, 2022, the drowned caldera under the South Pacific isles of Hunga Tonga and Hunga Haʻapai in Tonga blew up. The ...

A fresh analysis of the possible cooling effect of the sulfur dioxide injected into the atmosphere by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in January 2022 has concluded that the impact will be much ...

The Hunga Volcano eruption in January 2022 off the coast of Tonga did more than produce a spectacular explosion visible from space. It exposed a category of natural disaster that scientists have long ...

The first flights carrying fresh water and other aid to Tonga finally arrived Thursday after the Pacific nation’s main airport runway was cleared of ash left by a huge volcanic eruption.New Zealand ...

A Dec. 19, 2023, Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a person talking about the 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, an underwater volcano in the South Pacific Ocean. "When the ...

Martin Jucker receives funding from the Australian Research Council. A new study published in the Journal of Climate explores the climate impacts of this eruption. Our findings show the volcano can ...

Researchers have mapped the magma plumbing system beneath Tonga's underwater volcano and discovered three magma chambers, two of which fed the record-shattering 2022 eruption. When you purchase ...