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September was a big month for reconstruction in #LaPalma following the 2021 eruption; 4th anniversary, new laws, research papers, and an eruption drill
Here are some snippets from my @geotenerife.bsky.social's #VolcanoStories update, available in full here: geotenerife.com/la-palma-rec...
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EUModexTenerife 2025. Friday’s eruption drill in Garachico. 1000 operatives and a range of simulated scenarios: evacuations, confinements, traffic + gas incidents. The emergency services 122 reminded the population they and the Canarian Government would run a real incident , not the Tenerife Cabildo
We spent the afternoon at the advanced
command post for the EUModexTenerife 2025 eruption drill in Garachico, invited by @112canarias as observers. Our team will be on the ground tomorrow at different points. #eruption #simulation #yellowalert
Scientists in high visibility jackets standing in front of a cooling lava flow
The August news roundup for reconstruction on La Palma for @geotenerife.bsky.social #VolcanoStories programme is out and available to read here: geotenerife.com/la-palma-rec...
Here's a summary of the months updates 🌋🇮🇨⬇️
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Volcanic drill in Tenerife: all the information you need in English:
geotenerife.com/garachico-es...
Puedes encontrar información sobre el simulacro en español: geotenerife.com/prueba-de-al...
#volcano #evacuation #drill #Garachico #simulacro #ModexEUTenerife2025
Thank you @112canarias for inviting us as observers for communication and science for Friday’s volcanic evacuation drill in Garachico.
If you’re in Tenerife and receive an alert, please email us with the time, place and info you received: enquiries@geotenerife.com
Info: tinyurl.com/2wc5dewm
My latest piece for @geotenerife.bsky.social #VolcanoStories asks one of the key questions locals on La Palma raise with us:
“Why haven’t Spain paid the annual €100 million for reconstruction they promised?”
Read here:
🇬🇧 geotenerife.com/spanishgovpr...
🇪🇸 geotenerife.com/cuatro-anos-...
Thanks @benirevolc.bsky.social and @geotenerife.bsky.social for that link to the website that monitors reconstruction project progress on #LaPalma after the 2021 #Tajogaite eruption:
experience.arcgis.com/experience/c...
The photo shows a local Palmero who is being interviewed during the 2021 eruption of La Palma for VolcanoStories with two tourists photographing the eruption in the background. His full video testimony is available on VolcanoStories: The La Palma eruption and Reconstruction: Witness testimonies.
🇮🇨 Hace cuatro años el Tajogaite entró en erupción. Madrid cumple con sus promesas? Investigamos. Ver: shorturl.at/dblAf
🇬🇧 4 years ago Tajogaite erupted - is the Spanish government keeping its promises of aid for La Palma? We investigate. See: shorturl.at/9UdRP
Thank you Adam Toms @express.co.uk for highlighting the issue of Cuna del Alma.
Video interview: shorturl.at/wllBJ
Article: shorturl.at/DMOJz
Other updates:
- @geotenerife.bsky.social part of two roundtable TV discussions about management of the eruption: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UGo...
- Tierra Bonita demand PEVOLCA recordings are made public
- Legal case against Puerto Naos residents for ignoring exclusion zones dismissed
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Our April 2025 #LaPalma post-eruption reconstruction update for @geotenerife.bsky.social #VolcanoStories has been published and can be read here: geotenerife.com/la-palma-rec...
This month, major stories include debates over state aid and new volcanological studies
Here's a summary ⬇️
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A mass demo against a tourism model that keeps locals in poverty while generating stellar profits. Locals call for a fairer share, dignity and protection of their limited territory. / Una protesta contra un modelo turístico que genera ganancias brutales pero genera pobreza para Canarios. #18M
Our volcanologist Alexis Schwartz lectured at an Adeje school today as part of our commitment to help build volcanic resilience / Hoy nuestro vulcanólogo dio charlas en IES Adeje - parte de nuestro compromiso para ayudar a construir resiliencia volcánica.
Why are Canarians marching on 18 May?
(Spoiler alert: it’s not a march against tourists)
See our Instagram post on the key issues:
instagram.com/p/DJrKwdDNrlG/…
#sustainabletourism #CanaryIslands
We have activated our #UrgentEvents timeline for the #18M Canary Island overtourism demo this weekend. Reflecting the published views of key stakeholders, searchable via 14 parameters.
We will be on the ground reporting to foreign press on Sunday.
See: geotenerife.com/volcanostori...
Our latest La Palma reconstruction news roundup for March for @geotenerife.bsky.social #VolcanoStories project has been published and is available to read here: geotenerife.com/la-palma-rec... 🇮🇨
Lava tubes, housing and emergency plan updates feature this month 🌋
Here's a summary ⬇️
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Frustrated at lack of progress since #20A organisers of “Canaries have a Limit”are calling for a new demo for 18 May. They’ve published a release in English to explain their reasoning. We will activate our Urgent Events protocol on our website to track the event and response.
Back from a delightful and successful 3rd year @exeter.ac.uk geology fieldclass to #Tenerife exploring a range of #volcanology 🌋 and igneous petrology 🪨 concepts! The students were absolutely top class 👏! Grateful for support from @geotenerife.bsky.social 🤩.
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Such a great program, with opportunities to work on research that will have real, positive, local impacts 👏
Programmes available in physical and social volcanology, hydrogeology, and sustainable tourism!
Please share widely with any undergraduates/masters students!
+ Scholarships available!! 🌋🇮🇨
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Summer training with field-based research, interdisciplinary collaboration and skill-building.
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The monthly La Palma recovery news roundup for @geotenerife.bsky.social #VolcanoStories project has been published and is available to read here: geotenerife.com/la-palma-rec...
Here's a summary of some of the main stories from February:
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The first La Palma reconstruction update of 2025 for @geotenerife.bsky.social's #VolcanoStories project can be read here: geotenerife.com/la-palma-rec...
What progress has been made, 3 years after the eruption ended?
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Our winter #altitude cycling training camps are ON!
Incredible junior talent on display this month with us here in #Tenerife. Names to watch in future.
An inspiration to our club riders, racers and sportive aficionados here too! #bike #training #CanaryIslands
www.tenerifevelo.com by #GeoTenerife
A Gif of a cursor clicking on the words Click Bait in red.
We can all help by checking official sources of information before sharing. Rumours and clickbait often travels faster and further than fact.
Being well informed helps to build resilience.
We have opened an online FORUM in case you have questions:
geotenerife.com/volcanostori...
An illustration of the volcanic alert traffic light in the Canary Islands in Spanish, with explanations of what the green, yellow, orange and red alerts mean. Green is normal activity, yellow is pre-eruptive signals, orange is confirmed or stronger pre-eruptive signals, and red means an eruption has started.
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4. Understand the Volcanic Alert Level Traffic Light system:
volcanesdecanarias.org/semaforo-ver...
5. Find out more about Tenerife's volcanoes here:
www.ign.es/web/ign/port...
And here:
volcanesdecanarias.org
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A screenshot of GeoTenerife’s Volcano Readiness Project landing page
What can the population do?
1. Follow updates from official authorities:
IGNSpain
112Canarias
CabildoTenerife
2. Know how to prepare for a potential eruption: geotenerife.com/volcanostori...
3. See the volcano emergency plan:
www.gobiernodecanarias.org/infovolcanla...
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A close up photo looking towards Mt Teide from close to the visitors centre in the caldera at the base of the volcano.
The scientists ask for 'calm and prudence' of the population.
There are currently no signs of an eruption in the short-term, and the changes in these monitoring may wax (get stronger) or wane (get weaker/reverse) multiple times before the next eruptive cycle on Tenerife.
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A photo looking towards Mt Teide on Tenerife in the background, with forests and settlements on the slopes in the foreground
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It may imply an eruption in the medium-long term could be more likely than before. However, the scientists do not have the tools or data to make specific statements about the probabilities and timeframe of this.
So, what is the message to the population?
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A drone photo of the summit crater of Mt Teide showing the brown, orange and yellow rocks, with some clouds of vapour around the summit
What's caused this change? What does it show?
Scientists think there has been an increase of pressure in the hydrothermal system beneath Tenerife.
This does not seem to be precursory to eruptive activity in the short term, although it requires extra monitoring.
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