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What’s beneath Tenerife? Innovative Monitoring Techniques Reveal the Island’s Volcanic Activity

April 16, 2024
What’s beneath Tenerife? Innovative Monitoring Techniques Reveal the Island’s Volcanic Activity
The Pico del Teide / Mount Teide volcano on the canary island Tenerife. (Credit: Martin Wegmann, distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Tenerife, the largest active volcanic island in the Canarian archipelago, encompasses a diverse landscape shaped by volcanic activity. This picturesque island of the Mediterranean not only boasts stunning vistas but also harbours a dynamic volcanic system that requires diligent monitoring. In recent years, an international team of researchers from Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN), In ...[Read More]

Groundwater springs harbour hidden viruses

April 10, 2019
Groundwater springs harbour hidden viruses
Open sewers, such as this one, are common in Kampala, Uganda. Credit: The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance Secretariat.

In many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, groundwater springs are a vital, precious source of water. They are also a reservoir of disease. Research presented at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna reveals that groundwater reservoirs in Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda contain diverse communities of viruses – including those that present a risk to human health. The work, carried out by I ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Isolated atoll

September 25, 2017
Imaggeo on Mondays: Isolated atoll
Isolated . Credit: Fulvia Favaro (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Covering a total area of 298 km², the idylic natural atolls and reefs of the Maldives stretch across the Indian Ocean. The tropical nation is famous for it’s crystal clear waters and picture perfect white sand beaches, but how did the 26 ring-shaped atolls and over 1000 coral islands form? Coral reefs commonly form immediately around an island, creating a fringe which projects seawards from the sh ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Why is groundwater so important?

July 4, 2016
Imaggeo on Mondays: Why is groundwater so important?
Why is groundwater so important? . Credit: Anna Menció (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Groundwater is an often underestimated natural resource, but it is vital to the functioning of both natural and urban environments. Indeed, it is a large source of drinking water for communities world-wide, as well as being heavily used for irrigation of crops and crucial for many industrial processes. The water locked in the pores and cracks within the Earth’s soils and rocks, also plays an impor ...[Read More]