By Ashley Strickland, CNN One of the most powerful volcanic eruptions on the planet blasted such a massive amount of water vapor high into the atmosphere that it’s likely to temporarily warm the Earth’s surface, according to detections from a NASA satellite.
When the undersea Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted on Jan. 15, it created a tsunami as well as a sonic boom that rippled around the world — twice.
When an underwater volcano 40 miles north of Tonga's capital, Nuku’alofa, erupted in January, it spewed out enough water vapor to fill 58,000 Olympic-size swimming pools into the atmosphere.
The violent eruption of Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano on Jan. 15, 2022, injected an unprecedented amount of water directly into the stratosphere - enough to fill more than 58,000 Olympic-size swimming pools.
