The Tonga volcano eruption of January 2022 destroyed the short-lived island of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai, which consists of unique life forms. Click to read more.
let s get some of the day s other news. the peruvian government says an oil spill at a seaside refinery is the worst ecological disaster the area has seen in many years. the spill happened when a tanker offloading oil into a refinery was hit by waves generated by the tonga volcano eruption. peru says spanish energy company, repsol, must pay for the environmental damage and clean up the coastal area affected near the capital, lima. president biden has said that he s profoundly disappointed that his voting rights reforms have failed to pass in the us senate. the legislation was blocked by republicans, who argued that the democrats were trying to strip states of their powers. two democrats voted with the republicans to block the move. a major global study has found that more than a million people died in 2019 from infections caused by bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics. the researchers, writing in the lancet medicaljournal, say this is higher than the annual number who die