Lanzarote has been participating for 30 years in the geodynamic research that is being developed throughout the world. In fact, for three decades, the Geodynamics Laboratory of Lanzarote has been part of a recognized research group together with other national institutions such as the Complutense University of Madrid, or international ones such as the Institute of Seismology of Wuhan, the Royal Observatory of Belgium, the Geodynamics Group of the Council of Europe of Luxembourg or the Institute of Geophysics of the Academy of Sciences of Russia, among others.
After this period of work and shared experiences, the Geodynamics Laboratory of Lanzarote, belonging to La Casa de Los Volcanes, has organized two intense working days "that will be dedicated to analyzing what has been done so far and defining future ideas that help to channel the future scientific and technical activity of the Laboratory".
The meetings that will begin this Wednesday, April 21, at 09:00 hours in La Casa de Los Volcanes, will last until the 22nd. The Councilor for New Technologies of the Cabildo, María José Docal, will be present; the director of the House of Volcanoes, Joaquín Naverán; Laboratory technicians; the general director of the National Geographic Institute, Alberto Sereno; the director of the Central Geophysical Observatory, Carmen López, and; the director of the National Geological Institute in the Canary Islands, María José Blanco, as well as various scientists from other countries who actively participate with the Geodynamics Laboratory of Lanzarote, including Professor Cai Weixin and other Chinese, German, English or Belgian researchers.
Visit to the Cabildo
In fact, last Friday, a delegation from the Chinese scientific community, headed by Professor Cai Weixin, visited the president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Pedro San Ginés, who thanked the Corporation on behalf of the Corporation for the collaboration provided during the last twenty years to the Geodynamics Laboratory of Lanzarote. The president presented him with a plaque of appreciation and the Pancho Lasso medals.
Precisely on Thursday, April 22, World Earth Day is celebrated, a commemoration that, in this case, will be used by the Geodynamics Laboratory of Lanzarote to expose the intention of becoming an International and Multidisciplinary Laboratory related to the observation and continuous evaluation of natural phenomena and human activity that cause alterations in the oceans, atmosphere and crust of our planet.
In Lanzarote there are a series of circumstances that make it a unique and unique place to carry out observations and research that shed light on climate change. These circumstances, according to experts, are based on the volcanic origin of the island and its geographical situation, the existence of the Timanfaya National Park, its cultural and scientific development, the fact that Lanzarote has been declared by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve, or the existence of a well-known environmental policy of respect for nature. Without forgetting the work that has been carried out for thirty years from La Casa de Los Volcanes and therefore the Geodynamics Laboratory.
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