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Category: Tonga

Tonga joins world leaders in action towards 30×30 and 100 percent sustainably managed oceans

By Sanjeshni Kumar March 14, 2023March 14, 2023

To alleviate factors threatening ocean biodiversity and achieve sustainable benefits, Tonga joins world leaders in action towards 30×30 and 100 percent sustainably managed oceans

Tonga – On the frontline of sea level rise

By Martin Barriteau February 16, 2023February 16, 2023

Early data from the January tsunami indicates that Tonga needs to add another metre to its sea walls to be safe from future tsunamis, writes Commonwealth National Climate Finance Adviser

‘Is there going to be another tsunami?’: Tonga in limbo a year after volcano eruption

By Taina Kami Enoka February 10, 2023February 10, 2023

The eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai caused devastation across the Pacific Island nation that remains ongoing a year later

“Mommy, I’m Cold”

By Olive Natalie Mafi January 7, 2023January 9, 2023

A single mother’s struggle during the 15th of January, Volcanic Eruption, Tonga. “I have never cried this much in all my life.”

Tonga volcano eruption continues to astonish

By Jonathan Amos December 23, 2022December 23, 2022

Magnitude 5.8 seismic waves generated just over 10 minutes into the climactic eruption near Tonga were picked up at more than 400 monitoring stations around the globe, Scientists say

Tonga volcano eruption blasted millions of tonnes of water into space

By Joel Achenbach December 23, 2022December 23, 2022

Tonga volcanic eruption in January sent as much as 4 million metric tonnes of water vapour into space, according to new research

Tonga volcanic eruption reshaped Pacific seafloor

By Jonathan Amos December 21, 2022December 21, 2022

A survey by experts shows the Tonga volcanic eruption in January reshaped Pacific seafloor by violent debris flows out to a distance of over 50 miles

Tonga volcano sea floor map reveals ‘mind-blowing’ cavity left behind by eruption

By Mark Doman and Alex Palmer November 25, 2022November 25, 2022

NIWA team discover that volcanic eruption in Tonga discharged at least 9.5 cubic kilometres of displaced material, making it one of the most massive eruptions in the world

King of Tonga spotlights climate change crisis and the compounding impacts caused by the 2022 earthquake and tsunami

By Christine Tuioti November 16, 2022November 16, 2022

Tonga urged world leaders to do everything in their power with a renewed sense of urgency to ensure the survival of the planet and avoid a repeat of the events like the Tonga earthquake and tsunami

Tongan volcano eruption unleashed highest plume on record

By Will Dunham November 9, 2022November 9, 2022

Tonga’s underwater volcanic eruption produced the highest recorded plume that has extended more than halfway to space, researchers say

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