New report details atmospheric impacts of 2022 Hunga volcano eruption


By Wang Lu

GENEVA, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- A new international scientific assessment has examined the wide-ranging atmospheric impacts of the 2022 eruption of the Hunga volcano. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) issued a news release on Friday highlighting the report.

According to the WMO, key scientific findings of the Hunga Volcanic Eruption Atmospheric Impacts Report show that the eruption in the South Pacific on January 15, 2022 produced the largest underwater explosion ever recorded by modern scientific instruments.

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