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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T11:26:54.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.zmescience.com",
  "tags": [
    "Climate",
    "Environment",
    "Environmental Issues",
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  "textContent": "After the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption, satellites spotted a strange formaldehyde-rich plume drifting across the stratosphere. Researchers say the cloud revealed a rare burst of methane destruction powered by seawater, ash, salt, and sunlight.",
  "title": "Scientists Stunned As Massive Volcano Eruption Destroyed Methane Around It for Over a Week"
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