The CIAC have designed an instrument to monitor the emission of gases in El Hierro

The CIAC have designed an instrument to monitor the emission of gases in El Hierro

Toledo, Nov 25 (EFE) .-

The scientific team of the Research Centre for Atmospheric and Climate (CIAC), unique in Spain and located in Toledo, has designed an instrument, the spectrometer will measure next week for emissions of toxic gases in volcanic activity the island of El Hierro (Canary Islands).

The director of the CIAC, the Cuenca Alfonso Saiz-Lopez, Efe reported that the Ministry of Public Works requested the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA) a study to quantify the toxic gases being emitted into the atmosphere by volcanic activity which, in turn, INTA has taken the task as CIAC.

Thus, the instrument designed and built by the scientific team based in the circle of Toledo next week will fly in a plane on the island of El Hierro and giving full details of the toxic gases such as carbon monoxide and carbon oxide sulfur.

It is a tool "only," said Saiz-Lopez, that refracts light to measure the absorption of gases into the atmosphere as "very accurate".

"It is unclear whether or not the volcano encouraged to come to the surface," the researcher said, but "what is clear is that it is having a series of releases" of toxic gases, according to data which he has had access, has said, "are important."

The spectrometer will also measure the height to which they are pumping gas and reconstructed in three dimensions the different areas where gases are being emitted.

According to the latest National Geographic Institute, from July 17 were located a total of 11 699 seismic events on the island.

EFE