Five years after the Tajogaite eruption began on La Palma, the IGN has revealed how the disaster spurred a revolution in volcanic monitoring, from AI-powered seismic analysis to the world’s densest CO2 surveillance network.
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A magnitude 3.0 earthquake has been recorded west of Lanzarote at a depth of 30 kilometres. The tremor struck shortly after 11am on Thursday, with its epicentre in the Atlantic Ocean, though no residents are thought to have felt it.
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A manifesto signed by 139 researchers backs geothermal energy in the Canary Islands after drilling in Vilaflor confirmed a deep hydrothermal system. The islands see volcanic heat as a constant, homegrown alternative to costly imported fossil fuels.
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The Canary Islands’ ancient potatoes are under growing pressure from climate change, pests and the arrival of more resistant Andean varieties. An expert warns that changing rainfall patterns and diseases such as mildiu could wipe out up to half the harvest.
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Tenerife has deployed 30 water rescue drones and at least 18 aerial drones to prevent drownings, after recording 19 deaths in 2026. The devices have already saved lives, including a diver found 20 metres off the coast of Santa Cruz.
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A forest fire has been declared in the Los Cazadores area of Telde, Gran Canaria, with authorities warning it has “high potential”. Residents in nearby areas have been told to close doors and windows, and two mountain roads have been closed to traffic.
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The High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands has dismissed an appeal by Turcón-Ecologistas en Acción against the Chira-Soria pumped-storage plant in Gran Canaria. The court found the environmental impact declaration could not be challenged on its own and that the group failed to provide sufficient technical evidence. A separate appeal over the project’s enabling decree is still before the Supreme Court.
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The IGN has recorded up to 12 earthquakes across the Canary Islands in just two days, the strongest measuring magnitude 2.3. Although tremors in the islands are rarely powerful, experts advise knowing how to react.
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In Arico, Tenerife, a small city with a hospital, school and church was built in the 1940s to isolate leprosy patients. Medical advances meant it never received a single one. Eight decades on, the abandoned leper colony of Abades has become a haunting attraction for curious visitors.
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A three-day workshop in La Laguna brought together scientists, engineers and businesses to advance the La Palma Quantum Interferometer, a project that could see scientific activity rise from 4% to 10% of the island’s GDP.
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