It is my impression that this gigantic volcanic eruption has received way too little attention! This eruption may have also affected the record temperatures this summer.
Remember the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa! E.g. it caused a volcanic Winter!
"... The eruption – the most powerful ever recorded with modern equipment – triggered a deadly tsunami and "avalanche-like flows" of material that damaged underwater telecommunications cables connecting Tonga with the rest of the world. ...
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption unleashed a force equivalent to hundreds of atomic bombs, with the subsequent tsunami killing at least three people and destroying homes on Tonga.
Scientists found the eruption blasted out debris at record heights in the atmosphere."
Scientists found the eruption blasted out debris at record heights in the atmosphere."
From the abstract:
"In December 2021, an undersea volcano in the southern Pacific Ocean, the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai (hereafter called the Hunga volcano) began erupting. In January 2022 the eruption reached a powerful climax, triggering atmospheric waves that traveled around the globe and a tsunami that swept across the Pacific Ocean. An estimated 75% of Earth's volcanoes are underwater, and 20% of all fatalities caused by volcanic eruptions since 1600 CE have been associated with underwater volcanism. Yet, explosive underwater eruptions are poorly understood. On page 1085 of this issue, Clare et al. report that volcanic debris from the Hunga eruption traveled under the sea at an unprecedented distance and at record-breaking speed—more than 100 km, at velocities reaching 122 km/hour — and destroyed a vast network of seafloor telecommunication cables. Given that 95% of global communications are carried by seafloor cables, the findings highlight system vulnerabilities to underwater volcanism."
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