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40 Years Ago, Scientists Dropped Gophers Onto a Volcano. Today, They're Tiny Heroes.
It starts with the eruption of Mount St. Helens in May of 1980. It was the most destructive volcanic event in American history, claiming 57 lives and causing staggering ecological damage.
Researchers find gophers responsible for recovery of Mount St. Helens ecosystem
Located in southern Washington state, Mount St. Helens is notorious for its eruption on May 18, 1980. The eruption of ...
Science Daily23d
How gophers brought Mount St. Helens back to life in one day
When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980 ... On one side of the mountain was an old-growth forest. Ash from the volcano blanketed the trees, trapping solar radiation and causing needles on the ...
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Gophers needed 1 day after Mount St. Helens erupted to bring explosions of new life
Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980. But decades ...
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Gophers Tilled the Soil After Mount St. Helens Erupted –Their Efforts Are Still Visible 40 Years Later
When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, lava incinerated anything living ... On one side of the mountain was an old-growth forest. Ash from the volcano blanketed the trees, trapping solar radiation and ...
Houston Public Media14d
Gophers needed 1 day after Mount St. Helens erupted to bring explosions of new life
said in a news release about the researchers' return to the volcano. A stripe of gopher-visited land in the Pumice Plain area of Mount St. Helens is thick with vegetation, while surrounding areas ...
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Researchers find gophers responsible for recovery of Mount St. Helens ecosystem
MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. – Researchers studying the ... but these levels fall well within the volcano’s normal range of seismic activity. According to volcanologists, large avalanches and ...