The Tonga eruption in January 2022 was the most powerful volcanic explosion of the 21st century so far, sending ash 36 miles into the sky and creating tsunamis up to 65 feet high. The eruption was so strong that it caused a sonic boom...

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano's eruption in January 2022 was one of the largest ever captured on camera, with a massive ash cloud, over 200,000 lightning strikes, and a shockwave that traveled around the globe. The eruption had...

Experience the incredible journey of Tor Papua, an operatic tenor whose life story harmonizes the worlds of opera and football. In this collaboration with Great Big Story, actress and singer Minnie Driver guides us through the...

Learn about the countries that make up the continent of Oceania.

Located hundreds of kilometres south of Fiji and Tonga in the Minerva Reefs are almost relevant. However, in 1971, a group of ambitious American libertarians attempted to form their own micronation on the sunken atoll. The Republic of...

Remote, recently formed (via volcanic eruptions) oceanic islands in the deep ocean can be studied by satellite lidar altimetry as ICESat2 has been doing, but especially with the satellite lidar...

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai is the first island of this type to erupt and persist in the modern satellite era, it gives scientists an unprecedented view from space of its early life and evolution. The new study offers insight...

Saturday’s massive eruption in Tonga came from a giant underwater caldera.

Time zones, the international date line and coordinates are a tricky thing to get your head around. Here's Maddie Moate's attempt at an explanation...using a watermelon. obviously.