Researchers analyzed satellite imagery of the volcanic plume and found evidence that the potent greenhouse gas had broken down. The work could inform artificial interventions aiming to mitigate global ...

Unexpected atmospheric cleanup: The 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption emitted methane but also destroyed part of it through a rare chemical reaction. Satellite evidence: High formaldehyde levels in the plume, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai-volcanic eruption on 15 january 2022. Image taken from a video of the eruption. (CREDIT: Tonga ...

A gigantic underwater volcano became a massive chemistry experiment that could help researchers quantify the success of tactics designed to tackle climate change. In January 2022, the Hunga ...

Dramatic images from space showed the moment the eruption sent a mushroom of smoke and ash into the air – Copyright AFP The massive underwater volcanic eruption in ...

The explosive eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai volcano, in the Kingdom of Tonga and about 6,000 miles from Alaska, occurred on Jan. 15, 2022. The eruption's atmospheric waves were the largest ...

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. On January 15th, 2022, an underwater volcano being blown into the air was the action. The reaction was the atmosphere and ocean pushing back ...

Chronology of brightness temperature and altitude of umbrella clouds. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-022-00606-3 Vanderbilt Earth scientists studying submarine ...

“It was like a shotgun blast directly into the sky,” said one marine geologist. A New Zealand-led team of marine geologists investigating an underwater volcano that erupted on Jan. 15 in the Tongan ...

A tsunami triggered by a volcanic eruption decimated some islands of the South Pacific nation of Tonga. The crushing effect on land and infrastructure can be seen from outer space. Three of Tonga’s ...