After the volcanic eruption of 1980, scientists released the burrowing rodents for only a brief time, but their activities ...
St. Helens’ mountain recovery shows how gophers and fungi revived barren land. They spurred long-lasting ecological regrowth ...
W hen Mount St Helens erupted in 1980, the resulting lava, ash, and debris turned the landscape barren for miles around. It ...
Scientists released gophers onto a plot of land two years after the eruption obliterated the landscape—and the results were ...
In 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens devastated local ecosystems, but an experimental introduction of gophers has ...
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 scattered roughly 540 million tons of ash over an area of more than 22,000 square ...
When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, lava incinerated anything living for miles around. As an experiment, scientists ...
When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980 ... Two years after the eruption, they tested this theory. "They're often considered pests, but we thought they would take old soil, move it to the surface ...
On May 18, 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens emitted 1.5 million metric tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere while its pyroclastic lava flow incinerated virtually everything within a ...
Thousands of logs were washed into Spirit Lake after the eruption of Mount St. Helens and have stayed there for 44 years. Courtesy of US Forest Service Meanwhile, Spirit Lake continues to settle ...