El Niño and climate change expected to deliver heatwaves and extreme weather. El Niño and climate change expected to deliver heatwaves and extreme weather.
From floods to wildfires, and tsunamis to volcanic eruptions, early-warning systems can stop natural hazards becoming human disasters. But more joined-up thinking is urgently needed. From floods to wildfires, and tsunamis to volcanic eruptions, early-warning systems can stop natural hazards becoming human disasters. But more joined-up thinking is urgently needed.
"The Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Haapai eruption was the biggest eruption of the satellite era, in terms of explosive power, altitude of the plume, and particularly in
WELLINGTON: The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha apai volcano in 2022 shot out an unprecedented amount of water vapor into the sky, reaching heights of up to 55 km and depleting 5 percent of the ozone layer in some regions in just one week, according to a study published on Friday.
With three months of 2023 still remaining, Carbon Brief’s analysis reveals there is a greater than 99% chance that 2023 will be the hottest year since records began in the mid-1800s, and likely for millennia before as well.