If you’ve been following the ongoing episodic summit eruption of Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island, you might have seen the ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Researchers have documented many spectacular effects of the underwater eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai, such as the ...

Thousands of penguins have made their home on an active volcano but why? Despite the harsh conditions, this unlikely habitat ...

Felisha Anoa’i, the class instructor and owner of Suataute Dance Group, breaks the ice by having each person introduce ...

When Tonga's volcano erupted, it cut off lines to the outside world and local aid organisations got to work helping the country. But when communications were restored, Western international aid ...

Underwater mapping images show the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai volcano at various depths before the 2022 eruption, left, and after, right. The eruption left a huge hole in its summit.

The 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption may have contributed to this year's heat, but it's not causing climate change. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption in January 2022 was one of ...

Two entire communities, from the small Tongan islands of 'Atata and Mango, have been relocated to the Kingdom's main island of Tongatapu and third largest island, 'Eua. The exodus occurred over the ...

The eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the Pacific in January was so powerful that it shot water vapor high enough to touch space, the first time an earthly volcano has been ...

Simon R. Proud, Andrew T. Prata, Simeon Schmauß. The January 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano reached the mesosphere. Science, 2022; 378 (6619): 554 DOI: 10.1126/science.abo4076 ...

The eruption of an underwater volcano off Tonga is seen in an image from a NOAA GOES-West satellite taken on January 15, 2022. CIRA / NOAA / Handout via REUTERS Big eruptions usually cool the planet.