As of publication, it’s just after 7 a.m. on Dec. 31, 2024, in Los Angeles, but it’s already 2025 in one part of the world. Kiribati, an island nation consisting of 32 atolls in the Pacific Ocean ...

A new “baby” island ... the southwest Pacific Ocean, “a sea floor ridge that stretches from New Zealand to Tonga has the highest density of underwater volcanoes in the world”.

A volcano that erupted in the southwest Pacific Ocean has started ... in the entire world. About 11 hours after the volcano erupted, as lava continued to ooze out, a new island had formed and ...

The central Tonga islands recently welcomed its newest member – a “baby” landmass rising out of the waters of the southwest Pacific Ocean. The new island ... in the world, has had four ...