The educational program of the Canary Islands Volcanological Institute (Involcan), in collaboration with ITER, which contributes to the reduction of volcanic risk in the Archipelago, will be held on January 30th and 31st in the municipalities of Los Silos (Tenerife) and Santa Cruz de La Palma (La Palma). An initiative by [...]
The second day of this national meeting, which this year 2024 will take place in the islands of Gran Canaria and Tenerife, will be held on January 31st at the ITER facilities. The Council of Tenerife is organizing, together with the Council of Gran Canaria, the Covenant of Mayors Office [...]
The educational program of the Canary Islands Volcanological Institute aimed at contributing to the reduction of volcanic risk in the Canary Islands will take place next week at the Cultural Center of the municipality of Fuencaliente de La Palma. Next week marks the beginning of the 2024 edition of the [...]
The institute will receive more than 500.000€ in gran funding for the development of these four new projects under the 2022 public-private collaboration projects call of the Science and Innovation Ministry. The Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies (ITER), which depends on the Island Council of Tenerife, has obtained 544.258,02 [...]
This is a recognition for the efforts made over the last 30 years to contribute to the improvement of volcanic surveillance, surface geothermal exploration, and, in general, geosciences and environmental studies in the Canary Islands, as well as in other regions of the world. Nemesio M. Pérez Rodríguez, the scientific [...]
The study presents significant advances in understanding the explosive dynamics of the Tajogaite volcano during the 2021 eruption. A new study on the temporal variability of explosive activity at the Tajogaite volcano, Cumbre Vieja (Canary Islands), during the 2021 eruption using ground-based infrared photography and videography has just been published [...]
These three administrations have each requested 15 million euros from the Institute for Diversification and Energy Saving. Since 2017, they have been advocating for the conventional geothermal development in the Canary Islands, supporting and co-financing surface geothermal exploration research on their respective islands through the Canary Islands Volcanological Institute (Involcan). [...]
The study reveals that volcanic ashes from the Tajogaite volcano in La Palma may have adverse effects on human health, according to a scientific publication by ITER and INVOLCAN. The Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies (ITER) and the Canary Islands Volcanology Institute (INVOLCAN) announce the recent publication of the [...]
This campaign, conducted in collaboration with the universities of La Laguna, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Castilla-La Mancha, and Cape Verde, aims to identify the potential of volcano tourism in the region. Researchers from the Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islands (INVOLCAN), the Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies (ITER), [...]
The study, led by postgraduate student Iván Cabrera-Pérez, who is conducting his Doctoral Thesis at the Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islands (INVOLCAN) under the supervision of Dr. Luca D'Auria, has recently been published in the prestigious international scientific journal Scientific Reports. The research involved collaboration with investigators from various [...]