The South Pacific blast may have consumed its own methane — but using this idea against the greenhouse gas is controversial.

Hunga Tonga created the largest volcanic eruption of the 21st century—then cleaned up its own mess.

After the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption, satellites spotted a strange formaldehyde-rich plume drifting across the ...

Credit: Tonga Geological Services A giant volcano may have accidentally uncovered a powerful new way to destroy methane in ...

A new international scientific assessment of the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai eruption has explained why the largest volcanic plume ever measured cooled the stratosphere instead of heating it. The ...

A colossal underwater volcano in the South Pacific may have revealed a surprising new weapon against climate change. After the 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai, scientists detected enormous ...

When the submarine volcano Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai in the South Pacific erupted in January 2022, it was not only one of the most violent volcanic eruptions in modern times. The volcano also did ...

A towering plume from the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption did more than blast ash, seawater and gases deep into the atmosphere. It also appears to have triggered an unexpected burst of methane ...