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Wave created by Tonga volcanic eruption was nine times taller than any other...
The initial tsunami wave created by the eruption of the underwater Hunga Tonga Ha’apai volcano in Tonga in January 2022 reached 90 metres in height, new research has found. By comparison, the largest...
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Tonga volcano eruption released more energy than the most powerful nuclear bomb
The eruption of the underwater volcano in Tonga that triggered a tsunami earlier this year (January 2022), released more energy than the Tsar Bomba—the most powerful nuclear bomb ever...
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Invasive Species Practitioners work to protect biodiversity in the Kingdom of...
Invasive species practitioners in the Kingdom of Tonga have learnt how to conserve biodiversity and manage invasive weeds thanks to training programmes held on 02-3 and 9-10 August 2022. The...
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Microscale clues provide insight into cataclysmic Tongan volcanic eruption
When the Tongan Hunga volcano erupted in January this year, it was a huge explosion with a mass ejection that reached more than 55 kilometres into the atmosphere, causing local fatalities and...
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Elusive atmospheric wave detected during Tonga volcanic eruption
The catastrophic eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcano in 2022 triggered a special atmospheric wave that has eluded detection for the past 85 years. Researchers from the University of...
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Geological Society declares end to Tongan volcanic eruption
The Tonga Geological Society says the volcanic eruption on the Home Reef has stopped. On Saturday its Volcano Watch team said the last eruption had taken place in the early hours of 17 October. The...
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Tonga’s first large-scale battery systems take country closer to achieving...
Tonga’s first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) project was officially opened at an event attended by the South Pacific Kingdom’s prime minister. Prime Minister Siaosio Sovaleni,...
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Tongan volcano eruption unleashed highest plume on record
The powerful 15 January underwater eruption of Tonga’s Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the South Pacific produced a plume that soared higher into Earth’s atmosphere than any other on record –...
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King of Tonga spotlights climate change crisis and the compounding impacts...
The Kingdom of Tonga has used the platform provided by the biggest global environment conference to highlight that the problems caused by the climate crisis for Pacific countries extends far beyond...
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Tonga volcano sea floor map reveals ‘mind-blowing’ cavity left behind by...
When the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai erupted in January this year, scientists knew something extraordinary had happened. An ash plume shot 57 kilometres into the atmosphere; shock...
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Tonga volcanic eruption reshaped Pacific seafloor
Scientists say they are stunned by what they’ve learnt about the ferocity of the Tonga volcanic eruption in January. When the underwater mountain blew its top, it sent ash and water-vapour half-way to...
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Tonga volcano eruption blasted millions of tonnes of water into space
The eruption of the Hunga Tonga undersea volcano in the Pacific Ocean early this year was so powerful that it sent a massive plume of water vapor into space, according to new research released. A...
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Tonga volcano eruption continues to astonish
Scientists have described a massive “magma hammer” they say slammed the underside of the Tonga volcano which erupted so spectacularly in January. An analysis of seismic waves has revealed four...
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“Mommy, I’m Cold”
In December last year, Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai started erupting and reached large and powerful climax on 15 January 2022. The eruption triggered a tsunami that travelled worldwide and produced the...
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‘Is there going to be another tsunami?’: Tonga in limbo a year after volcano...
When ‘Eleni Via, 67, lived on the island of Atatā, her family were able to live off the land and the sea, surviving on crops planted in their garden and fresh seafood from the ocean. But in the last...
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Tonga – On the frontline of sea level rise
Sea level rise is a clear and present danger to the Pacific Island nation of Tonga. Since the record-breaking volcanic eruption, a year ago, which triggered up to 15m tsunami waves that gutted entire...
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Tonga joins world leaders in action towards 30×30 and 100 percent sustainably...
A Tonga delegation, led by Acting Minister of Fisheries and Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Lord Fohe, joined over 600 representatives at the 8th Our Ocean Conference in Panama, to...
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Building the Kingdom of Tonga’s resilience to adapt to climate change impacts
The Kingdom of Tonga, located along the Pacific tectonic plate called the Ring of Fire, is particularly vulnerable to the devastating impact of climate change. Ranked the third most at-risk country...
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Tonga opens renewable grid to deliver clean, affordable energy to Niuatoputapu
Tonga’s King Tupou VI, government officials, and the people of Niuatoputau community attended a commissioning ceremony for a new mini-grid generation system and distribution network Wednesday, 26 July...
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Tonga signs the UN High Seas Treaty
The Kingdom of Tonga officially becomes the 85th United Nations State Party to sign the UN High Seas Treaty (Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ treaty) in the move to protect two-thirds...
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