Tonga Eruption Blasted Unprecedented Amount of Water Into Stratosphere - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
8/2/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
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The huge amount of water vapor hurled into the atmosphere, as detected by NASA’s Microwave Limb Sounder, could end up temporarily warming Earth’s surface.
A Lasting Impression Volcanic eruptions rarely inject much water into the stratosphere. In the 18 years that NASA has been taking measurements, only two other eruptions the 2008 Kasatochi event in A… [+1680 chars]
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