#volcanic-activity

#volcanic-activity

Consider the Kamchatka Peninsula, a Russian territory that reaches into the Pacific Ocean north-east of Japan, which has been battling with record amounts of snow this winter. On January 16 alone, a small city on the peninsula's southern coast, called Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, experienced a baffling five and a half feet of snow, effectively burying local residents and their cars completely. Some areas saw more than six and a half feet in just the first half of January.

The 2022 eruption of a volcano in Tonga generated sound waves that traveled vast distances, affecting atmospheric conditions over regions as far away as Mexico and the Caribbean.

"It's something you don't see very often," Antoniussen said. "I just ran to my room and took my phone and snapped this picture."

Dr. Wozniak described his experience of witnessing a volcanic eruption on the seafloor, observing a stark transition from a rich ecosystem to a barren landscape of blackened rock.

‘Felt it from 45 miles north of Anchorage-first heard the building creak, then came a solid shake followed by a slight rolling motion at the end,’ one local shared online.