When Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, an underwater volcano near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean, erupted in 2022, scientists expected that it would spew enough water vapor into the stratosphere to push ...

When Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, an underwater volcano near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean, erupted in 2022, scientists expected that it would spew enough water vapor into the stratosphere to ...

The Hunga Tonga volcano erupted Jan. 15, 2022, from a vent just 200 meters below the ocean's surface, shooting an enormous amount of water vapor, along with a moderate amount of sulfur dioxide ...

The Hunga Tonga event was short in duration ... Another study claimed that the water vapor and aerosols released into the atmosphere by the Tonga eruption had a cooling effect on the planet ...

It also added record amounts of water vapor to Earth's atmosphere. Tofua is docile compared to Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai. However, the smoke in the image, which was pumping out of a volcanic cone ...

Charlotte Lytton and Matthew Abbott traveled to Tonga to report this story. All photographs were made in May 2023. Sept. 1 at 6:00 a.m. Warning: This graphic requires ...

Watch this dramatic footage from the Tonga Geological Society that shows the underwater Pacific volcano erupting on Friday - one day before it triggered a tsunami. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai ...

People on the coast of Peru have been filmed panicking in the aftermath of an underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga which triggered a tsunami. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano sent strong ...

Key takeawaysA new UCLA-led study shows that the 2022 eruption of underwater volcano Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai did not warm the planet as was expected ...