The 2022 underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai eruption, one of the most powerful in modern history, reached all the way into ...

A VOLCANO in the South Pacific erupted with such force that it sent shockwaves into space, scientists have revealed. The ...

Understanding how waves produced by volcanic eruption can enter the atmosphere has implications for both satellite safety and ...

Volcanoes erupting underwater have a distinctive effect on the climate that is larger and more widespread than previously ...

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 ...

New research shows the blast triggered secondary gravity waves that rattled the upper atmosphere, where satellites orbit.

the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano began a gigantic eruption that would go on to peak in ferocity the next day. The uninhabited island volcano would quickly make headlines as the country of ...

In 2014, a massive eruption formed the new island of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai. But there's something about this island that has scientists stumped. Following is a transcript of the video.

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano ... It is a country in the southwest Pacific consisting of more than 170 small islands.

Images taken in the wake of the disaster showed the island of Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai was wiped off the map. While fewer than 10 people were reported to have died, the eruption affected 85 per ...