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The eruption of an underwater volcano off Tonga, which triggered a tsunami warning for several South Pacific island nations, is seen in an image from the NOAA GOES-West satellite taken at 05:00 GMT January 15, 2022. CIRA/NOAA/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2MZR9YQ3WR

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Volcano eruption in Tonga was a once-in-a-millennium event

The underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption has already triggered a tsunami, a sonic boom and thousands of lightning bolts, and could now lead to acid rain

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PAHOA, HI - MAY 4: In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, a column of robust, reddish-brown ash plume occurred after a magnitude 6.9 South Flank following the eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on May 4, 2018 in the Leilani Estates subdivision near Pahoa, Hawaii. The governor of Hawaii has declared a local state of emergency near the Mount Kilauea volcano after it erupted following a 5.0-magnitude earthquake, forcing the evacuation of nearly 1,700 residents. (Photo by U.S. Geological Survey via Getty Images)

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Plumes of rock that feed volcanic hotspots are surprisingly cold

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La Palma volcano

Spain’s Cumbre Vieja volcano has fired back to life

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Grima (Guðrún Eyfjörð) lives in the shadow of a strange volcano

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Katla review: A dark, mysterious thriller with a supernatural volcano

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sangay volcano

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Volcano in Ecuador can trigger avalanches that travel 60 kilometres

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Anak Krakatau volcano, Sunda Strait, Indonesia

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Volcanoes

There are weird volcanoes everywhere we look in the solar system

Space

There are weird volcanoes everywhere we look in the solar system

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Two tiny outcrops in Hawaii are the top of the world’s largest volcano

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Two tiny outcrops in Hawaii are the top of the world’s largest volcano

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Huge volcanic eruption in 2018 was triggered by torrential rains

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Huge volcanic eruption in 2018 was triggered by torrential rains

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Andean mouse that lives on the Llullaillaco volcano

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World’s highest mammal discovered at the top of a Mars-like volcano

The highest dwelling mammal – a mouse – has been discovered at 6700 metres above sea level, where conditions are so harsh they have been compared to Mars

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Humans

Neanderthals may have climbed an active volcano soon after it erupted

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Half a million at risk from Taal volcano eruption

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Half a million people at risk from volcano eruption in the Philippines

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At least five dead after White Island volcano eruption in New Zealand

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