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Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai eruption as seen from the GOES satellite. Credit: NASA/ NOAA
One year after volcanic blast, many of Tonga's reefs lie silent
January 18, 2023

One year on from the massive eruption of an underwater volcano in the South Pacific, the island nation of Tonga is still dealing with the damage to its coastal waters.

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Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai eruption as seen from the GOES satellite. Credit: NASA/ NOAA
Tonga's strange volcanic eruption was even more massive than we knew
November 22, 2022

In December 2021, a volcano in the Kingdom of Tonga, known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, began erupting in an event that culminated in an explosion so powerful it sent atmospheric ripples circling the planet multiple times.

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Credit - Lauren Dauphin/NASA Earth Observatory
‘Baby’ island appears in Pacific Ocean after underwater volcano erupts
September 26, 2022

The Central Tonga Islands welcomed the birth of a new baby – a baby island, that is. The new baby island emerged in the southwest Pacific Ocean, where underwater volcanoes are plentiful.

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Credit - Vava'u Environmental Protection Association (VEPA)
Expedition surveying coastal marine habitats in Tongan waters
August 26, 2022

A team of scientists is undertaking coastal marine surveys in Tongan waters to evaluate impacts to coral reefs and fisheries following the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai eruption in January 2022.

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Islets of Tongatapu, Tonga. Credit - V. Jungblut, SPREP
Natural Enemy For Invasive African Tulip Tree Arrives In The Kingdom Of Tonga
May 6, 2022

Despite ongoing COVID-19 travel restrictions to the Kingdom of Tonga, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research (MWLR) was able this week to ship off a courier package containing African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata) cuttings infested with gall mites (Colomerus spathodeae) to coll

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Tongan Prime Minister at Palau Our Oceans Conference. Credit - Our Ocean Palau
'We are the Pacific ocean' says Tonga's PM in Palau
April 16, 2022

Tonga's Prime Minister has told the Our Ocean Conference in Palau that island communities encounter several multifaceted ocean challenges.

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Aerial shot of Tongatapu Island, Tonga. Credit - V. Jungblut
PM travels to 'Our Ocean' conference in Palau
April 8, 2022

A Tongan delegation led by Prime Minister Hon Hu’akavameiliku will attend the 7th Our Ocean Conference 2022 held in Koror, Palau on April 13-14. “Oceans are critical for Tonga and islands in the Pacific and the conference will give us the opportunity to discuss ways we can work tog

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Tonga tsunami damage. Photo: Petty Officer Chris Weissenborn/ New Zealand Defence Force.
SPREP offers environmental assistance to Tonga
February 4, 2022

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is deeply concerned about the impact of the Hunga Tonga - Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano eruption, and tsunami, on the people of the Kingdom of Tonga.

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HE Hon. 'Akau'ola, Mr Samer Mahmassani and the Tonga Expo team. Tonga Pavilion, Dubai Expo 2020, 16 September 2020. Credit - https://matangitonga.to/
‘One Planet for All’ theme for Tonga Pavilion ready for Dubai Expo 2020
September 23, 2021

The Tongan Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020, a multi-million dollar facility built with assistance from the government of UAE, was officially handed over to Tonga's Ambassador, ahead of the official opening of the world expo next week.

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New Zealand High Commissioner HE Tiffany Babington and Prime Minister Hon Dr Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa launch the Climate Resilient Islands Programme, Fa'onelua Centre, Nuku'alofa. Credit - www.matangitonga.to
Nature based solutions to tackle climate change in rural Tonga
September 10, 2021

A NZD$7.2 million Climate Resilient Islands Programme focusing on nature-based solutions to climate change in rural communities in Tonga was launched, in Nuku'alofa on September 7...Nature-based solutions include replanting mangroves, reforestation and natural resource management includ

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