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Global ripple: The Hunga eruption, a Nature research highlight

4 July 2025

Satellite image of the eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai volcano

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The GRL article "Transient Darkening of Low-Level Liquid Clouds by the 2022 Hunga Lamb Wave Observed in GOES-R Imagery" by Ákos Horváth et al., describes how the volcanic eruption temporarily darkened clouds on the other side of the planet. This study was recently featured in Nature as a research highlight.

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