Ben Ireland

In light of recent volcanic activity in Russia, here is the link to KVERT - Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team.

Information available in English. kvert.febras.net

A graphic of a book. The cover is a deep red and had a good line illustration of an erupting volcano.

It's about time I announced a project that I've been working on in the last year... I wrote a book!

'Volcanoes: 10 things you should know' published by @orionbooks.bsky.social Seven Dials will be out in September. It's available to pre-order now. Links: linktr.ee/volcanologist

GeoTenerife VolcanoStories La Palma news article archive

As ever, all of our sources are archived in the @geotenerife.bsky.social open-access La Palma News Article Archive, now with >3000 searchable reconstruction articles: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

And you can read all of our previous updates here: geotenerife.com/volcanostori...

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Other updates:

- Ministry of Defense psychologists brought in to support affected people

- Volcano victims again demand for PEVOLCA meeting recordings to be released

- New insights on communication during crises from a keynote talk by the eruption's spokesperson

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Science:

- New coastal recovery project on the lava flows beneath the sea

- Two new publications on road-building across the lava flows in construction journals

- More areas in Puerto Naos have authorised access due to persistent lowered CO2 concentrations

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Aid:

- €65 million owed to La Palma for reconstruction from the Spanish state + Canarian Govt

- 'Volcano Law' to guarantee protections from volcanic eruptions still being debated in parliament

- Calls for transparency in agricultural aid due to slow progress

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Reconstruction:

- 53 new homes purchased for those still in temporary modular homes

- Office set up to monitor reconstruction and give advice to citizens

- Spanish King and Queen tour reconstruction projects

- €5.2 million for La Laguna school reconstruction

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The June 2025 update for the reconstruction in La Palma for @geotenerife.bsky.social 's #VolcanoStories project is up and available to read here: geotenerife.com/la-palma-rec... 🌋🇮🇨

Here's a quick update of the main stories from this month

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COMET is delighted to announce the registration of the InSAR Training Workshop 2025 is now open!

It will be held both in-person and online at the University of Leeds from 11-13 November, 2025.

Registration link:
comet.nerc.ac.uk/comet-insar-...

Scientific response to the 2024–2025 dyke intrusions in the Fentale-Dofen Region, Ethiopia: geophysical monitoring, surface manifestations, and hazard mapping - Bulletin of Volcanology In continental rifts, tectonic deformation, magmatic processes, and earthquakes interact dynamically reflecting the crust’s complex response to extensional stress and evolving subsurface and surface c...

If you are interested in the Fentale diking episode then have a read of Prof. Elias Lewi's new paper in Bull. Volc. link.springer.com/article/10.1... @alarosa.bsky.social @sorcerinsar.bsky.social

Mantle upwelling at Afar triple junction shaped by overriding plate dynamics - Nature Geoscience The mantle upwelling beneath the Afar rift may be influenced by tectonic processes in the overriding lithospheric plates that shape the distribution of both the compositional heterogeneities and abund...

New paper alert🚨

In this new article in @natgeosci.nature.com we use a multidisciplinary approach (geochemistry, geophysics and mathematically modelling) to see pulsing in the mantle plume beneath Afar and how the flow varies along the rift See the 🧵 below:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Day 3 of @esa.int #LPS25 in Vienna is in full flow! At 11.30am we have two talks by @timwrightleeds.bsky.social and
Camila Novoa Lizama from @envleeds.bsky.social. At 4.15pm Erin Mills @bgs.ac.uk is presenting and, after that session, there will be lots of COMET posters to see. More info below:

The latest geo-puzzle in UoB Earth Sciences is of our ‘Volcano Donkey(!)’ photo from La Palma in 2021! 🧩🌋

Big shoutout to Erica who had the great idea of turning our research photos into puzzles!

As ever, thanks to my colleague Ajay for his help putting these updates together! Our previous roundups are available here: geotenerife.com/volcanostori...

And you can see our open-access source list (>3000 articles) here in 🇬🇧 + 🇪🇸: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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YouTube video by Mírame TV Mesa de debate: gestión técnica y política de la erupción de La Palma | Mírame TV Canarias

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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Science:

- 300 lava flows La Palma from present-2000bc dated, showing pulses of eruptions through history

- New petrological study implies magmatic reactivation prior to the 2021 eruption started silently 10-15 years before

- Extension requested for EU Geothermal funds

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Aid:

- €100 million for 2024 from Spanish Govt. still yet to arrive, causing tensions in the Cabildo

- Debates over renewing 60% income tax reduction to stimulate economic recovery

- 21 new jobs to support those affected by the eruption

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Reconstruction:

- Next objectives in Puerto Naos are reopening spaces that were in areas affected by very high CO2 emissions

- LP-2 road recovery across the lava flows is moving towards construction beginning

- The destroyed school in La Laguna will be rebuilt

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La Palma Reconstruction – April 2025 - GeoTenerife LP-2 reconstruction remains complex and delayed – The recovery of the LP-2 road across the lava flows between Tajuya and Las Manchas is still yet to move forward despite government assurances, drawing...

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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April Compilation of Bulletin of Volcanology ! 🌋

We’re excited to share the latest research articles published in April 2025 on the Bulletin of Volcanology! 🔥

🖇 All IAVCEI members enjoy free access to the journal

Check out the full paper list of this month!
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As ever, thanks to my colleague Ajay for his help putting these updates together!

Our previous roundups are available here:
geotenerife.com/volcanostori...

And you can see our open-access source list (>3000 articles) here in 🇬🇧 + 🇪🇸: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Other updates:

- Fine for the illegal irrigation pipeline on the lava delta increased to €2 million

- Spokesperson for those affected shows the scale of psychological impacts from the eruption

- Postal service resumes in Puerto Naos for first time since September 2021

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Science:

- Volcanic, seismic and fire risk will now be incorporated into island planning on La Palma

- Concerns about lava tubes close to the LP-211 road being reconstructed, both for safety and preservation

- EU Geothermal exploitation projects request extensions

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Aid:

- €100 million aid for reconstruction from the Spanish Govt. remains delayed

- Debate over renewing the 60% income tax deduction in La Palma to boost economic recovery

- Number of self-employed people receiving aid drops from 823 in June 2022 to 46 in March 2025

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Reconstruction:

- LP-2 road recovery across the lava flow field remains complex and delayed

- Temporary modular homes for volcano victims will be dismantled after use

- The Cabildo (Island Council) states housebuilding plans for the next two years - many could house affected people

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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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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!! 🌋🇮🇨

GeoTenerife VolcanoStories La Palma news article archive

Thanks as always my colleague Ajay for his help in putting these updates together!

You can view of all of our sources in our growing archive here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

And view all of our previous updates here: geotenerife.com/volcanostori...

Got a question? Get in touch!

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Other updates:

- NGO Tierra Bonita appeals to the ECHR over lack of criminal investigations over the lack of evacuations prior to the 2021 eruptions

- Ash from La Palma may be used to recover some of Tenerife's beaches

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Science:

- Government approves new National Plan Plan for the Surveillance of Seismic, Volcanological and Geophysical Phenomena, prepared by IGN.

- Whole rock time series petrology of 2021 eruption shows 3 main phases and near real-time potential
www.jvolcanica.org/ojs/index.ph...

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