Most #volcanoes warm the #atmosphere with SO2
But the 2022 Hunga #Tonga eruption was unique
Deep enough for sea water to penetrate, but shallow enough for the explosion to push water into the *mesosphere* 🤯
The water penetration removed most of the SO2, and the water is also still up there in the #stratosphere, *cooling* us
Meaning:
#GlobalWarming should be even worse than it already is, and could rebound to such as the high water veil dissipates
https://indiandefencereview.com/hunga-volcano-space-plume-stratosphere-froze/

Tonga's Volcanic Eruption Hit the Edge of Space. Then the Atmosphere Froze, and It Hasn't Recovered Since
When the Hunga Tonga volcano erupted two years ago, scientists expected the usual pattern: ash, sulfur, temporary cooling at ground level. What they got instead broke every rule in the textbook.
