Hawaii Public Radio2h
Pacific News Minute: Three years since highest-recorded volcanic plume in Tonga
It’s been just over three years since a massive volcanic explosion rocked the Pacific island of Tonga. The eruption created a ...
BBC5y
New Tonga island 'now home to flowers and owls'
the new island was formed. It isn't uncommon for underwater volcanic eruptions to form little islands, but they usually have shorter life-spans. Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai is one of just three to ...
This Island in the Caspian Sea Is Almost Gone
The island formed in early 2023, when a mud volcano in the Caspian Sea’s Kumani Bank, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) off the coast of Azerbaijan, burst. The landmass is called Chigil-Deniz, but based ...
15-Minute Countdown: The Hidden Warning Before Tonga’s Volcano Exploded
In January 2022, the undersea volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai erupted spectacularly, becoming one of the most powerful volcanic events of the century. It sent a plume 50 kilometers high, impacting ...
Sydney Morning Herald9y
The newest island on Earth
Massive eruptions of rock and ash from a volcano in Tonga created ... destroyed the trees on Hunga Ha'apai, which now looks like a relic from a bushfire. The island was formed by pulverised ...
scmp.com2y
Hot Topics: All about the Tonga volcano eruption, the oil spill it caused in Peru, and potential effects on climate
An underwater volcano near the South Pacific island nation of Tonga ... how was it formed, and what causes its eruptions? The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption was much smaller, ejecting ...
The Washington Post1y
The day an underwater volcano almost wiped out a nation
Charlotte Lytton and Matthew Abbott traveled to Tonga to report this story. All photographs were made in May 2023. Sept. 1 at 6:00 a.m. Warning: This graphic requires ...