Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980. But decades ...
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.
In the wake of the most disastrous volcanic eruption in the history of the United States, scientists enlisted the help of an unlikely ally to regenerate life on Mount St. Helens’ barren slopes ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Instead, what he remembers is the sense of community around the lake before Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980. “The people that knew each other then, our grandkids are intermarried and are ...
Cornices have been a perennial hazard on Mount St. Helens even before the eruption, forming on the peak’s leeward side as snow sweeps over the mountain, Gellings said. And with the gaping crater ...
Mount St. Helens emits steam in a 2005 photo. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) Mount St. Helens erupts with steam and ash Feb. 5, 1981. (AP Photo/Jack Smith) The climb takes most people seven to 10 ...