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Canary Islands

The Tajogaite volcano erupts with lava and gases in 2021.
Posted inScience Updates

Volcanic Anatomy, Mapped as It Erupts

by Vittorio Zanon and Luca D’Auria 27 September 202423 June 2025

Testing during the 2021 Tajogaite eruption on La Palma demonstrated the value of near-real-time petrological analyses as a supplement to seismic and geochemical data for eruption monitoring.

Photograph of a volcano erupting.
Posted inEditors' Vox

Dynamics of Volcanic Processes

by Olivier Roche, Yosuke Aoki, Nikolai Bagdassarov, Michael Heap, Sigrun Hreinsdottir, Qinghua Huang, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Michael Poland, Maria Sachpazi, Fang-Zhen Teng, Gregory P. Waite, Marie Edmonds, Paul Asimow, Minghua Zhang and Graziella Caprarelli 6 July 202220 September 2022

A new cross-journal special collection invites contributions on modern approaches used to investigate dynamics of volcanic processes.

An image of lava reaching the surface at night during the eruption on La Palma, Canary Islands
Posted inNews

Identifying an Eruption “Tipping Point” in Hot Spot Volcanoes

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 15 November 20211 August 2022

By analyzing lava samples, researchers show how chemical processes that occur during magma’s ascent to the surface may contribute to a volcano’s eruptible state.

Greenery forefronts an image of a dust storm clouding the horizon
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Dusting Off the Arid Antiquity of the Sahara

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 14 October 20192 March 2023

New research on the geochemistry of Canary Islands paleosols shows that the Sahara has been an arid dust producer for at least 4.8 million years.

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