Do you know that volcanic eruptions can blast plumes of water vapor into the stratosphere? According to the information provided by NASA Earth, the Hunga Tonga- Ha'apai volcano erupted on January 15 and it has blasted a plume of water vapor into the stratosphere. NASA further informed that this water vapour could have a small, temporary warming effect on Earth's global average temperature. "When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted on Jan. 15, it blasted a plume of water vapor into the stratosphere. This extra water vapor, as detected by @NASA's Aura satellite, could have a small, temporary warming effect on Earth's global average temperature," NASA Earth tweeted.
When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted on Jan. 15, it blasted a plume of water vapor into the stratosphere. This extra water vapor, as detected by @NASA's Aura satellite, could have a small, temporary warming effect on Earth's global average temperature. pic.twitter.com/8g9NifrXaN
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. Explaining the incident NASA said in a report, "When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted on Jan. 15, it sent a tsunami racing around the world and set off a sonic boom that circled the globe twice. The underwater eruption in the South Pacific Ocean also blasted an enormous plume of water vapor into Earth's stratosphere – enough to fill more than 58,000 Olympic-size swimming pools. The sheer amount of water vapor could be enough to temporarily affect Earth's global average temperature."
In the study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, Luis Millan, an atmospheric scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion
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