Tonga volcano

FILE PHOTO: Satellite view of the eruption of an underwater volcano off Tonga

The Tongan Volcano Eruption Unleashed the Highest Plume on Record

Will Dunham 04/11/2022

The deafening eruption sent tsunami waves across the Pacific...

A Planet SkySat image shows a plume of smoke rising from the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai before its eruption

Why the Tonga Volcano Was So Violent, and What It Tells Us About Future Eruptions

Shane Cronin 25/01/2022

Looking at the chemistry of past eruptions, the small...

Workers clean up an oil spill in Ventanilla

‘Smells Like Death’: Peru Oil Spill Clear-Up Drags on as Fishermen Count Cost

Reuben Loffman 22/01/2022

The oil spill was caused by abnormal waves triggered...

Eruption of the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai off Tonga

Tonga Eruption Was 500-Times as Forceful as Hiroshima Nuke: NASA

Reuters 21/01/2022

The blast in the small island nation was so...

A general view from a New Zealand Defence Force P-3K2 Orion surveillance flight shows ash covered homes and vegetation over Nomuka in Tonga

Tonga: UN Picks up Distress Signal, Extensive Damage and More Deaths Feared

Kirsty Needham and Praveen Menon 18/01/2022

The UN had earlier reported a distress signal was...

A Planet SkySat image shows a plume of smoke rising from the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai before its eruption

Concerns Mount for Tonga After Tsunami Triggered by Underwater Volcano

Praveen Menon 16/01/2022

Internet and phone lines went down at about 6:40...