Tonga Eruption Filled The Atmosphere With Water, Potentially Damaging The Ozone Layer
When theHunga Tonga - Hunga Ha’apai volcanoerupted beneath the Pacific Ocean on January 15 , 2022 , the attack launched a stupendous plume of water to a tallness of 53 kilometers ( 33 miles ) . Using satellite data , researchers have now calculated that the event transferred or so 146 billion kilograms ( 322 billion pound ) of H2O into the stratosphere , where it could persist for up to a decade and impart to the degradation of the ozone layer ....