00:00Welcome back. A team of Mexican scientists has created the first three-dimensional map of the interior of the Popocatepelt volcano to analyze the activity of this geological giant and prevent eruptions that could affect millions of people. Let's see more details in the following material.
00:20The group, composed of geologists and volcanologists from the Autonomous University of Mexico, completed a five-year expedition to understand the seismic and volcanic activity of Popocatepetel, one of the most active and largest volcanoes in the world, with around 25 million people living within a 100 kilometers radius.
00:50What's exciting about Popocatepetel, really, is its sheer majesty, how immense it is. You don't climb to more than 4,000 meters every day.
01:03The key to the project was the use of artificial intelligence. Using specialized algorithms, the team processed seismic data to construct an internal image of the Colossus,
01:19a task that had not been achieved with this level of precision until now. To achieve this, researchers expanded the network of seismographs from 12 to 22 stations around the volcano.
01:32These devices record every vibration in the ground, generating a massive amount of data on the movement of rocks, gases, and magma.
01:45These efforts are precisely aimed at starting to gather this information and building a database that allows for intensive processing, so we can better understand how the volcano works.
01:58We just carry out the first three-dimensional seismic tomography that reaches depths up to 18 kilometers.
02:11Researcher Karen Rodriguez is aware of the danger and complications involved in carrying out a project of this magnitude, but her motivation for her profession and her desire to save millions of lives led her to become part of this great effort.
02:28I've always liked mountains, and now volcanoes too. Being so close is a really rewarding experience. We usually work with data and focus on analyzing it, and when you come to Popocatopechol, you see how those signals are actually recorded, you even hear them. The explosions, for example, that's something you just don't get when you're sitting in the office. Being here, you have to deal with the weather, the physical exhaustion, hauling
02:56the equipment, and that makes you appreciate the data much more.
03:04According to opinions from the scientific community, the university's general mapping represents a milestone in the region, and a completely new way of recognizing active geological bodies, which could revolutionize the field of global volcanology.
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