After the volcanic eruption of 1980, scientists released the burrowing rodents for only a brief time, but their activities ...

On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted covering the region in ... the falling ash that turned everything gray. On August 27, 1982, a 110,000-acre National Volcanic Monument at the site was ...

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980. But decades ...

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 ...

MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. – Researchers studying the aftermath of the massive eruption that led to the widespread destruction ...

Six years post-experiment, there were 40,000 plants thriving on the gopher plots. The untouched land remained mostly barren.

But that process, the USGS says in the Mount St. Helens report, “can continue for many years without an eruption.” Mount St. Helens is the most active volcano in the contiguous United States ...

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 ...

Over 400 earthquakes have been detected near Mount St. Helens since mid-July, but the United States Geological Survey says that it isn’t something to worry about. Read more: https://www.koin.com ...

A pocket gopher is seen in its home on a meadow in the Butte Camp area on the southern side of Mount St. Helens in southwest Washington state. Gophers were taken to the northern side, which had ...