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 ...
When 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 ...
But that process, the USGS says in the Mount St. Helens report, “can continue for many years without an eruption.” Mount St.
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 scattered roughly 540 million tons of ash over an area of more than 22,000 square ...
In 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens devastated local ecosystems, but an experimental introduction of gophers has ...
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 ...
When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, lava incinerated anything living ... gophers might be able to help regenerate lost plant and animal life on the mountain. Two years after the eruption, they ...
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 ...
When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, lava incinerated anything living for miles around. As an experiment, scientists dropped gophers onto parts of the scorched mountain for only 24 hours. The ...