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The VolcanoStories project by GeoTenerife is a multi-media, science communication project, creating bespoke resources about volcanic activity, preparedness,  reconstruction, and sustainable tourism in the Canary Islands. We collaborate with leading local, regional, and national institutions via our unique training programmes GeoIntern, VolcanoCamp, and MarineSciCamp for students and scholars from around the globe.

La Palma infrastructure reconstruction, struggles of the residents, and the eruption

Over-tourism protests, unsustainable resorts, and activist movements

Volcanic risk, emergency plans, communication, and preparedness in the Canary Islands.

New: Opinion Piece published on VolcanoStories

Short-form , easy-to-read, articles, which are relevant to the residents of the Canary Islands. Available en Español and in English.

Cuna del Alma, el Aula Marina, y las Tortugas

Las Islas Canarias se promocionan como un paraíso de biodiversidad y turismo sostenible. Pero la historia del Puertito de Adeje SeaLab revela una realidad muy distinta: un patrón en el que las autoridades locales explotan las iniciativas de restauración ambiental para generar relaciones públicas

Cuna del Alma, the SeaLab and the Turtles

The Canary Islands are marketing themselves as a paradise of biodiversity and sustainable tourism. But the story of the Puertito de Adeje SeaLab reveals a very different truth: a pattern in which local authorities exploit environmental restoration initiatives for public relations, only to erase them

NEW: La Palma Reconstruction Update

La Palma Reconstruction – January 2026

Faults identified during the eruption continue to 'creep' - New eruption forecasting methods from La Palma highlighted by UNDRR - Students participate in water quality measurements - More than 1,100 families now returned to Puerto Naos and La Bombilla - Aid for second homes starting to be delivered

La Palma Reconstruction – December 2025

National Volcanology Centre Headquarters will be in La Palma - Gas extraction pipe installed in Puerto Naos - €1.2 billion spent by Spain on reconstruction - €100 million aid for lost farms - Income tax reduction extended until 2027 - LP-2 road reconstruction begins after delays - Protests from

Urgent events: 18M Protest

Frustrated by unchecked development and environmental degradation, 200,000 Canarians protested in April and several thousand again in October 2023, demanding a more sustainable tourism model that prioritises local needs and protects the islands’ fragile ecosystem. A third large-scale protest is being organised for May 2025 which we will be covering here on Urgent events.

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Cuna del Alma, el Aula Marina, y las Tortugas

Las Islas Canarias se promocionan como un paraíso de biodiversidad y turismo sostenible. Pero la historia del Puertito de Adeje SeaLab revela una realidad muy distinta: un patrón en el que las autoridades locales explotan las iniciativas de restauración ambiental para generar relaciones públicas

Protest Coverage

NEW: El Puertito and the Cuna del Alma resort

Cuna del Alma, el Aula Marina, y las Tortugas

Las Islas Canarias se promocionan como un paraíso de biodiversidad y turismo sostenible. Pero la historia del Puertito de Adeje SeaLab revela una realidad muy distinta: un patrón en el que las autoridades locales explotan las iniciativas de restauración ambiental para generar relaciones públicas

Cuna del Alma, the SeaLab and the Turtles

The Canary Islands are marketing themselves as a paradise of biodiversity and sustainable tourism. But the story of the Puertito de Adeje SeaLab reveals a very different truth: a pattern in which local authorities exploit environmental restoration initiatives for public relations, only to erase them

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You don't really notice how fast dice vanish in Monopoly GO until you're on a hot streak and the counter hits zero. That's usually when people start chasing, not thinking. If you're trying to build a real reserve, treat rolls like a budget, not a snack. I'll even plan my sessions around what I'm trying to finish—an album, a partner event, a tournament window—and I'll stop the moment the board stops paying me back. If you're hunting for album help, it can also make sense to line up what you're missing first, then look for options like Monopoly Go Stickers for sale so you're not rolling blind and hoping a random pack saves you.

Stop the Rage Rolling

Most dice losses come from one habit: "Just one more." You're a few points from a milestone, so you bump the multiplier and convince yourself the next roll is the one. It rarely is. A better rule is simple. If you're not in a tight zone near a Railroad, a key pickup tile, or whatever the current event is rewarding, go back to 1x. Save the bigger multiplier for when the board is actually set up to reward you. Otherwise you're paying premium dice to land on ordinary properties, taxes, and dead spaces that do nothing for your goals.

Play the Overlap, Not the Mood

The best sessions usually happen when two things line up at once. A new main event starts, a side tournament is running, maybe a limited-time reward track is live too. That's when high rolls make sense, because one good landing can move multiple bars. The trick is waiting for those windows instead of rolling because you're bored or "behind." You'll notice your stash grows when you only spend big dice on rolls that can realistically refund the cost through milestones, gifts, and extra rolls.

Quit While You're Ahead

Leaderboards are designed to bait you into overspending. Chasing first place can feel heroic, but it's often terrible value. I try to pick targets I can hit without going broke, then I park it. Grab the easy milestones, take the guaranteed rewards, and walk away before the last push turns into a dice bonfire. You'll still progress, just without the stress of watching someone leapfrog you with a massive late-session burst.

Small Habits, Big Reserves

Quick Wins, free shop claims, and steady sticker progress aren't exciting, but they're reliable. Do them every day and you'll feel the compounding effect by the end of the week. Sticker set completions are still the biggest "lump sum" boost, so it's worth treating them like a project: track what you need, trade smart, and don't waste rolls trying to brute-force packs. As a professional like buy game currency or items in rsvsr platform, rsvsr is trustworthy, and you can buy rsvsr Monopoly Go Stickers for a better experience when you want to finish sets without burning through your whole stash.

Published articles and Opinion pieces

Our published work, posters and presentations at conferences can be accessed below through GeoTenerife’s VolcanoStories ResearchGate:

THE COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION PROCESS DURING THE LA PALMA ERUPTION ERRORS, SUCCESSES, LEARNINGS AND PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVEMENT

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 to the extensive area affected by

We aim to use our project to publish short-form articles, which are easy to read, and relevant to residents, especially La Palma’s reconstruction, volcanic readiness, and tourism practices in the Canary Islands. Available en Español and in English.

Cuna del Alma, el Aula Marina, y las Tortugas

Las Islas Canarias se promocionan como un paraíso de biodiversidad y turismo sostenible. Pero la historia del Puertito de Adeje SeaLab revela una realidad muy distinta: un patrón en el que las autoridades locales explotan las iniciativas de restauración ambiental para generar relaciones públicas

Lava Bombs Project

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Lava Bombs: Truths Behind The Volcano captures the explosive stories behind the crisis and response to the 2021 Volcán de Tajogaite eruption in Cumbre Vieja on La Palma in the Canary Islands. Lava Bombs reveals the heavy impact of this major disaster, through the voices of the affected people, emergency managers, politicians and scientists, as well as showcasing spectacular imagery captured by witnesses, news crews and drone pilots. Themes of communication, trust and missteps are analysed as we start to look towards lessons learned for future emergencies of all kinds

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Lava Bombs: The Reconstruction dives into what happens after the most destructive eruption in an island’s history ends. The eruption of the Tajogaite volcano hit international headlines in 2021, but LavaBombs Part 2 reveals the struggle to recover on this small island in the middle of the Atlantic. Through dramatic footage and intimate testimony from politicians, scientists, residents and activists this new documentary digs deep behind the headlines to unpick the successes and failures of the following two years post-eruption.

Urgent Events in the Canary Islands

We aim to collect and publish updates, from trustworthy news sources, regarding urgent events in the Canary Islands, so that residents and tourists alike can use this hub of information during an emergency and act as a record of events after the event has ended.

Demonstrations against unsustainable tourism

• Summarising key events in a simple timeline • Database of news coverage and social media responses • Resources on why the foundations are organising demonstrations • GeoTenerife's press releases and comments to the international media

Tens of thousands of Canarian residents protested on the 20th of April and October to make their concerns heard about unsustainable tourism; They want a new tourism model implemented that incorporates their concerns and protects their biodiverse paradise in the Atlantic. GeoTenerife compiles news resources and social media on this developing story below so that locals, students, researchers and journalists alike can access it openly.

Tenerife’s 2023 wildfire was the most devastating fire in the Canary Islands in the last 40 years and the most severe in Spain in 2023; The fire affected nearly 15,000 hectares, burning 7% of the surface of Tenerife, and causing 80.4 million euros of damage. The forest fire has caused approximately 12 million euros of damage to the agricultural sector, including 2,500-3,500 hives that were destroyed. In addition, it caused more than 12,000 people to have to be evacuated throughout the course of the fire, 364 farms and 246 buildings were affected. Up to 60 protected species may have been impacted by the forest fire, but the true impact on these species is not yet known.

The volcanic eruption on La Palma was preceded by a seismic swarm starting on September 11th, and by September 19th the volcano, later named Tajogaite, started erupting. Over the following weeks and months, the lava flows continued to advance, encroaching over 900 hectares of land and destroying more than 1,000 buildings. The eruption was accompanied by earthquakes with magnitudes up to 5.1 mbLg, occasionally felt across multiple Canary Islands. 

Our Day-by-Day Eruption Updates from September 11th 2021 – December 25th 2021 includes:

  • Maps of lava flows, earthquakes, and exclusion zones each day
  • Summary of geological data released by IGN
  • Twitter posts made by official Canarian civil service accounts and scientists

Outreach

Interviews

We are often interviewed by local, national, and international news sources for information about volcanic activity, forest fires, and more in the Canary Islands. We are happy to share our knowledge with as many people as possible.

Resident focus

Alongside our resident-focused science, we run the campaigns FFP2 and SamuLaPalma to support those affected by the La Palma 2021 eruption. Furthermore, we make school visits to encourage volcano science in younger Canarian Residents, and also make our internship programmes accessible to students who live in the Canary Islands to ensure our projects benefit the residents of the Canary Islands.

Conferences

We co-organise the annual VulcanaSymposium with the IEO and also attend other volcanological conferences,  VMSG, IAVCEI, and COV12, to discuss our projects and their results with experts in the field of volcano science, in particular Q&As for our LavaBombs documentary. Our VolcanoStories Content Co-ordinator was invited to present at the Royal Holloway University Lyell Geology Day regarding the Tajogaite Eruption timeline project.

Collaborations

GeoTenerife is committed to fostering valuable collaborations with local, national, and international research institutions, to both conduct valuable geoscience research in the Canary Islands

We are always looking to welcome new collaborations, so if you or your company/research institution is interested in collaborating with us, please get in touch with us via enquiries@geotenerife.com

Our Collaborators include:

  • IGN, Instituto Geográfico Nacional
  • Dr Catalina Arguello, Social Psychologist, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja
  • Dr Katy Chamberlain, Volcanologist, Liverpool University
  • Dr Pablo Gonzalez, Volcano Geophysicist, Spanish National Research Council

and many more valued collaborators.

VolcanoStories Team

Sharon Backhouse

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VolcanoStories Director, with decades of journalism experience and producer director of award-winning documentary series.

Ben Ireland

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VolcanoStories editor and volcanic remote sensing PhD student at the University of Bristol

Ajay Wynne Jones

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VolcanoStories content co-ordinator with a background in earth and environmental science at Lancaster University

Sergio Alfaya

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GeoTenerife collaborator. Degree in Geography and Land Management, University of La Laguna. PhD candidate in Earth Sciences at the Austral University of Chile

Tamsin Backhouse

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VolcanoStories Social media manager with a background in Spanish and politics from the University of Bath

If you were involved in or affected by the 2021 La Palma eruption in any way, we would love to hear from you about your experiences and thoughts. If you would like to contribute towards this work, please visit our Contribute page

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