The La Palma Island Water Council celebrated World Water Day on March 21st 2025, with a day with presentations from scientists and experts on the island and a moderated discussion regarding Water Management in La Palma in a Climate Change Scenario....
Volcanologists, Dr Geoff Kilgour and Dr Janine Kripner, travelled from New Zealand to visit La Palma to collaborate with GeoTenerife to research how the lava flows during the 2021 Tajogaite eruption impacted and destroyed thousands of homes. This research is essential to help inform...
Mónica María Riverol Cruz, family member of victims of the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma in 2021, discusses the Salvados program on November 24, 2024 and how it portrays the recovery of La Palma in an inaccurate and...
On Friday, November 15th, 2024, GeoTenerife attended the Science Week event at the Centro Cultural Andares in Villa de Mazo to. discuss the importance of the Hydrogeological system. Other key members of La Palma's scientific community attended the event: Iván Hernández Ríos Technical Engineer of...
Thank you! We are over 1,000 sponsors helping to highlight the geology of Puertito de Adeje in Tenerife. Thanks to the "Adopt a Rock" project by @igme1849 we are now a thousand voices helping to bring attention to its internationally valued geology. In Puertito, there...
After several field campaigns, in association with a variety of experts and students, GeoTenerife has highlighted the geological importance of the outcrops in Puertito de Adeje. The Puertito de Adeje ignimbrites record a type of volcanic activity rare in oceanic islands and have one...
Canarians are taking to the streets on 20 April to protest against a model of tourism that impoverishes them and their islands. This is not a “War on Tourism” - the Canary Islands cannot survive without tourism and they have been warmly welcoming tourists for...
Local activists are organising large-scale demonstrations across the Canary Islands on April 20th, to make their concerns heard over the impact of a rampant increase in tourism numbers and large-scale resorts planned in the islands. While the Canary Islands depend heavily on tourism for their...
After nearly fifty years without showing obvious signs of volcanic activity on the surface, in 2021 there was a new eruption in the area known as Cabeza de Vaca in La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain). The eruption lasted eighty-five days and caused numerous losses due...
A God that is ‘with us’ may seem a long way off amid volcanic crises, and yet, the work of one charity ‘Caritas’, has been an extraordinary example of working with the local community during disasters and the subsequent recovery, and a light within the...