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Brett Carter, Associate Professor, RMIT University

The Tonga volcano eruption caused a 'super bubble' in Earth's ionosphere, disrupting satellite navigation

GOES-18 image of Hunga Tonga Volcano. NOAA

With technology increasingly embedded in our everyday lives, it is becoming more important to understand space weather and its impacts on tech.

When one hears “space weather”, one typically thinks of huge explosions on the Sun – coronal mass ejections hurled towards Earth, creating beautiful displays of aurora.

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