The South Pacific blast may have consumed its own methane — but using this idea against the greenhouse gas is controversial.

An undersea volcano violently erupted in the southwestern Pacific Ocean near the Kingdom of Tonga Saturday, local time, sending shock waves through the atmosphere and triggering tsunami waves ...

After the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption, satellites spotted a strange formaldehyde-rich plume drifting across the ...

Hunga Tonga created the largest volcanic eruption of the 21st century—then cleaned up its own mess.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand and Australia have sent military surveillance flights to assess the damage in Tonga caused by Saturday's huge undersea volcanic eruption. Communications with the ...

WELLINGTON--New Zealand and Australia were able to send military surveillance flights to Tonga on Monday to assess the damage ...

A volcanic eruption in the South Pacific cleaned up its own methane pollution, offering a potential mechanism for removing this potent greenhouse gas from the atmosphere.