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1. Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 20:18:48 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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   Might be of interest:

   The violent Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption on 15 January 2022 not only injected ash into the stratosphere but also large amounts of water vapor, breaking all records for direct injection of water vapor, by a volcano or otherwise, in the satellite era. This is not surprising since the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai caldera was formerly situated 150 m below sea level. The massive blast injected water vapor up to altitudes as high as 53 km. Using measurements from the Microwave Limb Sounder on NASA’s Aura satellite, we estimate that the excess water vapor is equivalent to around 10% of the amount of water vapor typically residing in the stratosphere. Unlike previous strong eruptions, this event may not cool the surface, but rather it could potentially warm the surface due to the excess water vapor.

   https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022GL099381

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 20:20:03 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @Flick cheers. I think I read about this volcano last year but it was pretty close to the eruption. Be interesting what is said after some of the dust has settled. Will read at my desk in a bit