The underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, in the South Pacific, left one of the most striking images of 2022. But now scientists have found another clue inside that huge cloud of ash and steam. The volcanic plume itself could destroy some of the methane released during the eruption. The conclusion comes from a study published in Nature Communications. Researchers detected a very high signal of formaldehyde at about 30 kilometers high, a …
The underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, in the South Pacific, left one of the most striking images of 2022. But now scientists have found another clue inside that huge cloud of ash and steam. The volcanic plume itself could destroy some of the methane released during the eruption. The conclusion comes from a study published in Nature Communications. Researchers detected a very high signal of formaldehyde at about 30 kilometers high, a …