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The Tonga volcanic eruption was the most powerful our planet has experienced in 30 years. It destroyed a small island in Polynesia and injected a huge amount of ash into a record altitude but won't cause any disruption to Earth's climate, experts said. Learn more → livescience.com/tonga-volcano-ash-record-altitude
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The Tonga volcanic eruption was the most powerful our planet has experienced in 30 years. It destroyed a small island in Polynesia and injected a huge amount of ash into a record altitude but won't cause any disruption to Earth's climate, experts said. Learn more → livescience.com/tonga-volcano-ash-record-altitude
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For the science geek in everyone, LiveScience.com breaks down the stories behind the most interesting news and photos on the Internet, while also digging up fascinating discoveries that hit on a broad range of fields, from dinosaurs and archaeology to wacky physics and astronomy to health and human history. If you want to learn something interesting every day, #LiveScience is the place for you. #ClimateChange #Tonga
