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Science 5 July 2002:
Vol. 297. no. 5578, pp. 41 - 43
DOI: 10.1126/science.297.5578.41
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SEISMOLOGY:
Data Treasures of the Test Ban Treaty

Richard Stone

VIENNA--A network of sensors mandated to verify the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) could help scientists study everything from whales to volcanoes. Only the CTBT parties can authorize the data's release, however, on a case-by-case basis, and negotiations under way on a common release policy are contentious. But the scientific community at large has an unlikely ally in the quest to plunder this data treasure trove: uncertainties about the future of the treaty itself.

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