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Satellite image of Earth showing the atmospheric plume blanketing the Pacific after the underwater eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai
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Social Media Posts Reveal Human Responses to Deadly Tongan Eruption

by Erin Martin-Jones 14 December 202214 December 2022

Quantifying human responses to natural disasters could improve preparation for future threats, scientists say.

Un rayo aparece en medio de nubes de cenizas y vapor que están saliendo de volcán a la atmósfera sobre el océano.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Monitoreando el agua en la columna eruptiva masiva del volcán de Tonga

by Sarah Stanley 15 November 202230 November 2022

La reciente erupción del volcán Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai arrojó aerosoles de sulfatos y una cantidad nunca antes vista de vapor de agua a la estratosfera.

A lightning bolt appears amid clouds of ash and steam that are billowing from a volcano high into the atmosphere over the ocean.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tracking Water in the Tongan Volcano’s Massive Eruption Plume

by Sarah Stanley 24 October 202230 November 2022

The recent eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai volcano blasted sulfate aerosols and a record-breaking amount of water vapor into the stratosphere.

Global ROTI map focusing on the Asia-Oceania sector and two graphs showing Swarm C and Swarm B paths.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Tonga Volcanic Eruption Produced Ionospheric Hole and ‘Bubbles’

by Huixin Liu 10 August 20229 September 2022

The 2022 Tonga volcano eruption altered the global ionosphere, creating a huge ionospheric hole locally near the epicenter and large-amplitude plasma bubbles remotely over the Asia-Oceania area.

Photograph of a volcano erupting.
Posted inEditors' Vox

Dynamics of Volcanic Processes

by Olivier Roche, Yosuke Aoki, Nikolai Bagdassarov, Michael Heap, Sigrun Hreinsdottir, Qinghua Huang, Daniel Pastor-Galan, Michael Poland, Maria Sachpazi, Fang-Zhen Teng, Gregory Waite, Marie Edmonds, Paul Asimow, Minghua Zhang and Graziella Caprarelli 6 July 202220 September 2022

A new cross-journal special collection invites contributions on modern approaches used to investigate dynamics of volcanic processes.

NASA卫星拍摄到南太平洋汤加火山
Posted inResearch Spotlights

汤加火山引发电离层扰动

by Jack Lee 3 June 202230 November 2022

汤加火山喷发产生了影响深远的电离层扰动,其中一次扰动的初始速度高达950米每秒。

Red-filter image of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai eruption on 15 January 2022
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Modeling Atmospheric Waves from Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai

by Aaron Sidder 12 May 202230 November 2022

A shallow-water oceanic model showed agreement with satellite observations of atmospheric waves produced by the eruption of the underwater volcano.

The explosive eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai in the South Pacific
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tonga Eruption Made Waves in Earth’s Ionosphere

by Jack Lee 21 April 202230 November 2022

The blast from Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai produced far-reaching ionospheric disturbances, including one with an initial speed up to 950 meters per second.

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El sorprendente alcance de las gigantescas ondas atmosféricas de Tonga

by Jenessa Duncombe 1 February 202230 November 2022

Los resultados empiezan a llegar: Científicos de alrededor del mundo explican las gigantescas ondas atmosféricas que emanaron de la erupción del volcán Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai.

Posted inNews

The Surprising Reach of Tonga’s Giant Atmospheric Waves

by Jenessa Duncombe 21 January 202230 November 2022

Results are beginning to pour in: Scientists around the globe explain the massive atmospheric waves that emanated from the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai eruption.

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