Geo-debate: coexistence with a volcano

The geo-debate initiative aims to answer topics of scientific and social interest and defend the importance of the knowledge on geology. Image: Gerard Nel·lo - Can we anticipate an eruption? How is an active volcanic area monitored? What are the tools scientists work with during a volcanic episode? How is a communication crisis handled in the midst of such a fascinating but catastrophic phenomenon? All these questions build up the debate "Conviure amb un volcà: gestió i risc geologic a la Palma", the first session of the geo-debates launched by the Faculty of Earth Sciences at the University of Barcelona, to take place both at the Faculty and online, on April 5, at 6:00 p.m., in the Aula Magna Carmina Virgili. The geo-debate initiative aims to answer topics of scientific and social interest and defend the importance of the knowledge on geology regarding the several social, environmental, and economic challenges of the 21st century. La Palma: coexisting with a volcano - The eruption that took place in La Palma on September 9 changed the landscape of the western side of the island. This first session, which counts on the support from the Catalan Association of Scientific Communication (ACCC), will use as a model the eruption that took place in La Palma on September 9, the longest —a total of 85 days— historical record on the island. The eruption, of Strombolian type, created six new craters in the Natural Park of Cumbre Vieja and changed the landscape of the western side of the island.