Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai’s eruption in January 2022 was among the most violent volcanic eruptions of the modern era. New ...

The South Pacific blast may have consumed its own methane — but using this idea against the greenhouse gas is controversial.

An underwater volcano violently erupted in the South Pacific in 2022. The chemical reaction that happened afterwards could show humans how to slow global warming.

On January 15, 2022, a volcano on the floor of the South Pacific exploded with enough force to punch a plume 35 miles into the sky. Scientists expected the usual aftermath: sulfur aerosols drifting ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption was the largest eruption in the 21st century, sending up the highest plume ever recorded. A new ...

A colossal underwater volcano in the South Pacific may have revealed a surprising new weapon against climate change. After the 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai, scientists detected enormous ...

When the submarine volcano Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai in the South Pacific erupted in January 2022, it was not only one of the most violent volcanic eruptions in modern times. The volcano also did ...

“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 ...

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active volcanoes Sally Sennert Did you know that there are between 40 and 50 volcanoes ...