For decades I have avoided listening to, watching or being interviewed by the ABC in preference to the Wilcannia Weekly and the Andamooka Argus. Can you imagine my shock when a geological colleague informed me that the ABC were actually scientifically correct regarding gas emissions from the January 2022 explosive volcanic eruption of Hunga-Tonga?
The Tongan eruption is not unprecedented yet it was given celebrity billing because of the footage captured by satellites and on the ground in a news-free silly season.
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