![Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai, Tonga ??? January 6, 2022: In this image 3 of a series created on January 19, 2022, an overview satellite image from Maxar shows the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai volcano on January 6, 2022, before it erupted on January 14, 2022, in the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai islands, Tonga. (Photo by Maxar via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/27194009/SEI_210620843.jpg?resize=749%2C499&ssl=1)
Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai volcano, a few days before eruption, January 2022
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Most of the approximately 150 million tonnes of water vapour released into the atmosphere by the undersea eruption of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai volcano in 2022 has remained there, causing record concentrations in many parts of the atmosphere.
“This is truly an extraordinary and unprecedented event.” Christian von Savigny at the University of Greifswald, Germany.
The South Pacific eruption was the first such event to occur when…
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