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Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Friday, 10-May-2024 01:59:30 JST Flipboard Science Desk

When Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai erupted in January 2022, the underwater volcano in the South Pacific unleashed the most intense lightning storm ever recorded and set off a mega-tsunami that was hundreds of feet high. Research indicated the eruption was fueled by two merging magma chambers. Now, scientists are looking at another potential trigger. Live Science has more: https://flip.it/ZAjd2N
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1. Record-shattering Tonga volcanic eruption wasn't triggered by what we thought, new study suggests
  
  Scientists think Tonga's record-breaking 2022 eruption was triggered by gas building up to a "critical point" rather than by a reaction between magma and seawater as previously assumed.

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