The record-breaking eruption occurred on January 15, 2022. The eruption’s 36-mile-high (58-kilometer-high) volcanic plume was the largest ever recorded, and reached Earth’s mesosphere in just half an ...
An animation of the Mount Pinatubo eruption of 1991 in the Philippines and its effect on the global climate. The eruption caused sulphur dioxide and ash particles to be ejected into the atmosphere.