Volcanic activity in Canary Islands 2020

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Lets hope Perez does not end up with egg on his face.

Translated.

''"We should promote sustainability as a way of coexistence"
August 30, 2020August 30, 2020 Society Ana de Armas Marrero
Nemesio Pérez, volcanologist and scientific communicator , is scientific coordinator of the Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islands ( Involcán ) and director of the Environment Area of ​​the Technological and Renewable Energies Institute ( ITER ). He considers that his fundamental task is to "do science and contaminate new generations of researchers as well as society as a whole" with illusion for science. Among the main lines of research of its R + D + i + d group are linked to volcanic risk, geothermal resources, geotourism or education to promote the interest of the youngest in science.

Has living on volcanic islands influenced your scientific orientation? «My interest in research was born as soon as I finished my degree in Chemistry, Geochemistry specialty, from the Autonomous University of Madrid. Being born and living in an insular volcanic territory undoubtedly marks all those who have had this luck, but my dedication to volcanoes was born circumstantially in my career ».

Do you think people in the Canaries know enough about the volcanic origin of the Islands? "I think they know that we live on volcanic islands, but they are not very aware of either the volcanic risk or the many opportunities that living on volcanic territory like ours offers us."

How do you think the dissemination of this knowledge should be promoted? "It is evident that this poor perception of volcanic risk as well as the many benefits it brings us is to bring the volcanic phenomenon closer to society through information and education."

"We have to continue promoting the advancement of scientific knowledge to strengthen and optimize the early warning system"
Do you think that in the Canary Islands there are enough methods to carry out constant volcanic surveillance? “We have many more human and technical resources than were available 23 years ago when I returned to the Canary Islands after an eight-year tour of the United States and Japan. On the other hand, we have to continue promoting the advancement of scientific knowledge to strengthen and optimize the early warning system.

What are the objectives and functions of ITER and Involcán? “ITER's mission is to promote sustainable development and innovation through all our areas of activity. In the renewable energy sector our purpose is to make the most of natural resources from the respect for the environment, with the conviction that only in this way will it be possible to find a future without energy restrictions and with minimal external dependence. Involcán, for its part, has the mission of improving and optimizing volcanic risk management in Spain as well as in other regions or countries with volcanic risk ”.

"Bringing science closer to society is always a duty and a moral obligation for me as a scientist"
Among your projects, Guayota and various audiovisual projects stand out. What could you tell us about it? «Bringing science closer to society is always a duty and a moral obligation for me as a scientist. The publication of the weekly graphic news Guayota aims to contribute to a greater awareness of our society about volcanic risk. In addition to Guayota, our research group carries out an important number of popular broadcasting projects such as Planeta Vivo Radio, Canarias: a volcanic window in the Atlantic , Teleplaneta and The European night of the volcanoes «.

Are there reasons to associate the Canarian volcanic territory with alarm? «We people who live in active volcanic territories like ours should not associate the word volcano with alarm. In the first place, because Canarian society would not have existed if our island territories had not existed, and these are due to the existence of magmatic activity in this area of ​​the planet. Therefore, what we should do is associate the word volcano with opportunity, in order to promote sustainability as a way of coexistence with our territory.

Has there been any risk of a recent eruption in the Canary Islands? «During my stay in the Canary Islands I have been lucky enough to experience the pre-eruptive and eruptive phase of the underwater eruption of El Hierro in 2011-2012. Rather than talking about the risk of an eruption, we should talk about the probability of an eruption occurring in the Canary Islands for different time windows. If we take into account the number of historical eruptions that occurred in the Canary Islands, a total of 16, during the last 600 years, and we apply a statistical model based on the Poisson distribution model, we can know the probability of an eruption occurring in the Canary Islands. For a time window of one year the probability would be 2.8%, for five years 13.5%, for ten years 25.2%, for fifty years 76.6% and for one hundred years 94.5 % ».''

http://periodismo.ull.es/deberiamos-fome...insK3wm84o

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The activity is ongoing.

All the recent activity can be viewed on the link below.


http://www.ign.es/web/resources/volcanol..._KxSOqQ0A8

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The latest Guayota for Tenerife.

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Latest Guayota for La Palma

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Activity back to El Hierro.

http://www.ign.es/web/resources/volcanol..._KxSOqQ0A8

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And more El Hierro.

http://www.ign.es/web/resources/volcanol..._KxSOqQ0A8

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Missed this on the 9th Sept there was a 2.2 Earthquake South East of Jandia.

es2020rufwh 09/09/2020 22:29:13 23:29:13 28.0591 -13.9809 33 2.2 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS

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Magma is moving around all the islands I cant remember a time seeing so much activity for the area surrounding all the islands.

Click on the 15 Dias tab on the right hand side to see more.

http://www.ign.es/web/resources/volcanol..._KxSOqQ0A8