News Splash: Impacts of the Most Explosive Volcanic Eruption Ever Recorded
Channel: National Oceanography Centre
Date: 2023-09-08

In January 2022, the eruption of the submerged Hunga Volcano triggered fatal tsunamis and pressure waves that travelled around the planet.

New research led by NOC has shown that major impacts were also felt far below the sea surface, when erupted volcanic material plunged straight into the ocean. Joint lead-scientists on the new paper, Dr Mike Clare and Dr Izzy Yeo, discuss these impacts including how the eruption cut subsea cables that connected Tonga’s telecommunications to the rest of the world.

Read the full story on our website - https://noc.ac.uk/news/fastest-underwater-flow-earth-created-most-explosive-volcanic-eruption-ever-recorded

Access the paper here - https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi3038

Learn more about how our scientists study the impacts of Volcanoes - https://youtu.be/XPSKlvJuqXE