Aerial images show the devastation in Tonga left behind after a violent offshore volcanic eruption sparked a tsunami and clouded the sky with ash. Communications with the island nation have largely ...

The government called the eruption an "unprecedented disaster." The Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcanic eruption last week caused widespread damage to the Pacific Island nation of Tonga, with a huge ...

A volcanic eruption in the South Pacific was so powerful that its shockwaves left the planet and reached space, new research shows. The 2022 underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai eruption, one of the ...

A crowdsourced survey reveals how the sounds of the explosive event travelled around the world, and showcase the importance of fast-acting researchers. Reading time 3 minutes A satellite image of the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand ...

Volcanoes erupting underwater have a distinctive effect on the climate that is larger and more widespread than previously thought, according to an international group led by University of Auckland and ...

A satellite image of the Tonga eruption. Images: NASA Earth Observatory / Joshua Stevens / Lauren Dauphin / CALIPSO data from NASA/CNES, MODIS and VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview ...

An advisory was previously issued for the entire U.S. West Coast and Alaska. The National Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami advisory for American Samoa after another undersea volcano eruption ...

This assessment shows how Hunga’s water-rich plume reshaped the stratosphere in ways not seen before,” said Tim Naish, Chair ...