Life Returns to the Deep: Hunga’s Underwater World Awakens

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In 2022, Tonga’s Hunga volcano unleashed the most powerful eruption Earth had seen in over a century. The ocean floor was smothered in a thick layer of volcanic ash, turning the seafloor into a barren, muddy wasteland. But now, something incredible is happening…  Life is returning.  Join the CSIRO-led research team aboard RV Investigator as they uncover the stunning recovery of marine life beneath the ash. From microscopic pioneers in the mud to reef-building organisms clinging to volcanic boulders, this is a powerful story of resilience beneath the waves. WooGlobe Ref : WGA977481 For licensing and to use this video, please email licensing@wooglobe.com

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00:00In 2022, Tonga's Hunga volcano exploded with the force of hundreds of atomic bombs.

00:06Now, life is rising from its muddy volcanic grave.

00:09The seafloor around Hunga was left buried in ash so fine it flows like soup when disturbed.

00:14This eerie gray mud may look lifeless, but it's not.

00:18A team aboard CIRO's RV investigator sailed across the Pacific to find out what's really happening beneath the waves.

00:24Armed with high-tech tools like deep-toed cameras, piston corers, and seafloor sleds,

00:29they've discovered something amazing.

00:32Life is returning.

00:33Tiny organisms called foraminifera are making a home in the mud.

00:37And scattered volcanic boulders?

00:39They're acting like life rafts, hosting reef-like communities of moss animals and other sea creatures.

00:45Despite the chaos, nature is rebuilding, one microscopic pioneer at a time.

00:50Three years after the world's most powerful eruption in a century, Tonga's underwater world is healing.

00:56Proof that even in the deepest mud, life finds a way.

00:59I'm going to work with us today.

01:01What is there?

01:02We're and a place of the river, and I'm going to leave.

01:03We're going to work together.

01:04I'm going to work together in a way.

01:06With Professor I would've been building my cache, I'm going to see a App Tulip-dump.

01:08From I will, to the base of the river.

01:10I'm going to go out.

01:11I'm going to grow together in a row.

01:12I'm going to build my cache.

01:13I'm going to be one of theressing centers on the River Heart.

01:14I'm going to be one of the…

01:15I can keep in mind.

01:16What's up?

01:17I'm going to grow together.

01:18That's it.

01:19I'm going to be the future to the river.

01:19I'm going to go out.

01:21I can't do luck with my brain.

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