The 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai was not only massive but also a scientific milestone with the detection of seismic waves 15 minutes before the visible eruption, offering new insights ...

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.

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 which ...

On the 14th of January, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano began a gigantic eruption that would go on to peak in ferocity the next day. The uninhabited island volcano would quickly make ...

First Person – RNZ Pacific reporter, Iliesa Tora, reflects on the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption, saying people need to take tsunami warnings seriously.Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific First ...

Satellites have managed to detect faint electromagnetic signals generated by ocean tides, suggesting that space-born sensors ...

Ksudach volcano, photographed on August 19, 2023, by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, highlights the unique geological formations and the vivid interplay of water and vegetation ...

Jan. 10, 2025 — A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition ...

Volcanic eruptions are natural phenomena that ... Another significant contribution to the field came from the analysis of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption in January 2022.

Scientists have also attributed some of the warmth to the 2022 volcanic eruption of Hunga Tonga, and the fact that the sun is currently at its solar maximum, or its most active period over an 11 ...

Zumberge and others draw on a network of sensors that map every tremor and change ... Thanks to these tools, false starts – common in volcano monitoring – have not posed much confusion here.

There's a new lava lobe on Tonga's Home Reef Volcano, covering close to half the island, and which has grown nearly twice the size that it was when the thermal anomaly was first detected. Thermal ...