At https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/tonga-eruption-tha-poured-150-metric-tons-of water-vapor-into-the-stratosphere-affected-the-atmosphere-for-years …. the Tonga submarine volcano which shot 150 metric tons of water vapour into the stratosphere will affect Earth’s climate for years. Not necessarily in too bad a way – but as it occurred in 2022, how has it as yet affected global climate? Was it responsible for all that rain in NW Europe in 2024 we might wonder. This is the first link I have seen that actually comes up with a number for the dead on Tonga. Just 4 people – which has to be a positive. One may assume there was no death dealing tsunami wave that swept across Tonga and its islands and islets. Did it all go upstairs instead? Straight up into the stratosphere. Most of the aerosols and gases released by the volcanic explosion were dissipated by the end of 2023, it would seem. We now have the legacy of the 150 metric tons of water vapour – and the prospect of more rainy days to come.
On top of that a Space X rocket explosion shattered the upper atmosphere – and blasted a hole in the ionosphere. It was thousands of kilometres in length yet only lasted for a short time – hours rather than days. This occurred in November of 2023 – when Space X launched its Starship rocket [the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built]. See https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-03624-z
heavy rainfall in the Sahara Desert. Experts baffled. At this link we are told it is connected to the quiet Atlantic hurricane season. Nobody it seems is making a connection with the Tonga volcano and all that water upstairs. There is a reason for that. The Intertropical Convergence Zone – or ITCZ – has moved to the north. Away from the tropics and curviug into the arid Sahara zone. This is a bringer of rainfall around the tummy of the Earth – the tropical zone. The ITCZ is an important rain band and provides tropical jungle landscapes with the necessary water to make so many plants thrive. This must have happened on multiple occasions in the past – deep into prehistory. What was the trigger as earlier in the year they were expecting a lively hurricane season. Sadly, the link descends into alarmist jiggery pokery so we can’t find out why it moved northwards.