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Large Amounts of Water Vapor Were Injected into the Stratosphere by the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai Volcano Eruption

Atmosphere, 2022
The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai (Tonga) injected only small amount of SO2 into the stratosphere, while our analyses of the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) measurements show that a massive amount of water vapor was directly injected into the stratosphere by ...
Jianchun Bian, Mengchu Tao
exaly   +3 more sources

Tonga national emergency medical team response to the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption and tsunami: the first deployment of the Tonga Emergency Medical Assistance Team (TEMAT)

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2023
Problem: The undersea Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on 15 January 2022, causing a tsunami that affected Tonga as well as other countries around the Pacific rim.
Siosifa Sifa, Sela Ki Folau Fusi, Sean T Casey, Penisimani Poloniati, Kaloafu Tavo, Yutaro Setoya, 'Ana 'Akauola   +6 more
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Holdouts in the South Pacific: Explaining Death Penalty Retention in Papua New Guinea and Tonga

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2022
The South Pacific forms a cohesive region with broadly similar cultural attributes, legal systems and colonial histories. A comparative analysis starts from the assumption that these countries should also have similar criminal justice policies.
Daniel Pascoe, Andrew Novak
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Characteristics and Evolution of the Response of the Lower Atmosphere to the Tonga Volcanic Eruption

Applied Sciences, 2023
Research concerning the response characteristics of lower atmosphere to volcanic eruption is a key and hot topic in the field of volcanic environment research.
Fuyang Ke, Xiangxiang Hu, Guan Hong, Lulu Ming, Bao Song   +4 more
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Composition and Diversity of Natural Bacterial Communities in Mabisi, a Traditionally Fermented Milk

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Many traditionally fermented milk products such as mabisi involve spontaneous fermentation, which can result in bacterial community composition variation due to selection pressure.
Himoonga Bernard Moonga, Himoonga Bernard Moonga, Himoonga Bernard Moonga, Himoonga Bernard Moonga, Sijmen E. Schoustra, Sijmen E. Schoustra, Joost van den Heuvel, Anita R. Linnemann, Md Sainur Samad, John Shindano, Eddy J. Smid   +10 more
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Influence of the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) on Tropical Cyclones Affecting Tonga in the Southwest Pacific

Atmosphere, 2023
The modulating influence of the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) on tropical cyclones (TCs) has been examined globally, regionally, and subregionally, but its impact on the island scale remains unclear.
Moleni Tu’uholoaki, Antonio Espejo, Krishneel K. Sharma, Awnesh Singh, Moritz Wandres, Herve Damlamian, Savin Chand   +6 more
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Low health-related quality of life in school-aged children in Tonga, a lower-middle income country in the South Pacific [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2014
Background: Ensuring a good life for all parts of the population, including children, is high on the public health agenda in most countries around the world.
Solveig Petersen, Boyd Swinburn, Helen Mavoa, Kalesita Fotu, Caroline Tupoulahi-Fusimalohi, Gavin Faeamani, Marjory Moodie   +6 more
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Impact and Inspiration of Tonga volcanic Eruption in 2022 [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2023
People have been puzzled by the problem of volcanic eruptions since ancient times. Because volcanic eruptions are difficult to predict accurately, if people can't take some precautions in advance, sometimes volcanic eruptions will cause great injuries ...
Yin Yefei
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Sweetened beverage taxes and changes in beverage price, imports and manufacturing: interrupted time series analysis in a middle-income country

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2020
Background The Pacific Island nation of Tonga (a middle-income country) introduced a sweetened beverage tax of T$0.50/L in 2013, with this increasing further in 2016 (to T$1.00/L), and in 2017 (T$1.50/L; US$0.02/oz).
Andrea Teng, Viliami Puloka, Murat Genç, Ofeina Filimoehala, Catherine Latu, Mohulamu Lolomana’ia, Sutayut Osornprasop, Louise Signal, Nick Wilson   +8 more
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Implementation of Pillar 2 Community-Based Total Sanitation in Environment II Huta Tonga Tonga, North Sibolga District for Housewives

Ahmar Metakarya, 2021
Washing hands with soap (CTPS) is one of the clean and healthy lifestyle behaviors that is currently becoming the world's attention given the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus that occurred at the end of December 2019 and had a very fatal impact on all ...
Yenni Gustiani Tarigan, Ivan Elisabeth Purba   +1 more
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