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An island is born from the depths: the underwater volcano of Tonga in action 🌋
Since 2022, the underwater volcano of Home Reef has repeatedly emerged, adding hectares of land to the Tonga archipelago. Successive eruptions have allowed the island to reach an area of ...
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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 ...
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Tonga volcano eruption unleashed power of 5 nuclear bombs, students reveal
For instance, a recent study found that the enormous amount of aerosols and water vapor emitted by the Tonga eruption had a ...
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An island is born from the depths: the underwater volcano of Tonga in action
Located in the Tonga-Kermadec subduction zone ... This magma, cooling upon contact with water, solidifies to form volcanic rock. Over successive eruptions, these accumulations of rock can emerge above ...