Rare sonar mapping—conducted before and after an undersea volcano erupted off the coast of Tonga in 2022—has uncovered the unique reasons for its deadly tsunami.
Explosive volcanic eruptions often come with intense electrical activity, known as volcanogenic lightning. The team analysed ...
Retrospective and scenario-based analyses at five volcanoes show how warning thresholds can balance precautionary costs ...
Krakatau, a volcanic island in Indonesia, killed more than 30,000 people when it erupted in 1883. One might assume that volcanic debris posed the major threat, yet many of the victims died from a ...
The blast sent an eruption column more than 34 miles high.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Size alone may be a poor guide to tsunami danger from an underwater volcano. A new study on Tonga's 2022 ...
Every single house on Mango Island was swept away by the tsunami that radiated out when the submarine volcano Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai exploded off the coast of Tonga in 2022. Only two buildings ...
Volcanic islands on continental shelves have complex growth histories because of repeated cycles of emergence and submergence driven by sea-level fluctuations, episodic volcanic activity, and marine ...
Scientists have automated NASA's multi-angle MISR research aerosol retrieval into the MRPA, delivering validated 1.1 km ...
A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake off Panama's Pacific coast has raised concerns about a possible tsunami across the ...
The area covered by the Antarctic ozone hole peaked at more than 27 million square kilometres in September, the second-largest ever observed for this time of year. We first predicted a severe ozone ...