Word: seismicity
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...buffer. Information technology has also allowed the industry to search for oil and make a profit at $15 per bbl., about half the threshold of just a decade ago. For example, the industry has adapted the computer-visualization techniques Hollywood used in movies like Jurassic Park for 3-D seismic visualization of potential reserves deep underground...
Another crucial advantage, Steim says, is the ability to store data in digital form--a practice that has revolutionized the way scientists share and analyze findings. Back in the days when seismic waves were recorded on paper, "it took years to gather data--it was literally mailed from researcher-to-researcher," Steim says...
Harvard has also contributed to the "big picture"--encouraging seismic stations around the world to collaborate and exchange data...
...that began to change 15 years ago at a meeting at Harvard with the birth of Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)--a consortium of international seismic research stations funded by the National Science Foundation...
IRIS is close to its goal, with 100 stations already operational in its Global Seismic Network, using state-of-the-art technology 10 to 100 times better than the previous generations of seismographs...