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

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

Located in southern Washington state, Mount St. Helens is notorious for its eruption on May 18, 1980. The eruption of ...

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 ... 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 ... And while the water was toxic with volcanic gasses after the eruption, it is now ...

On May 18, 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens emitted 1.5 million metric ... Michael Allen took a helicopter into an area that the volcanic eruption previously reduced to porous pumice.

STORY: This is Iceland’s Askja volcano, one of the country ... Askja could match that of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state. Although it is much more likely to be ...

a mountain about the size of Mount St. Helens in Vatnajokull National Park in Iceland’s central highlands. Although volcanic eruptions are difficult to predict accurately, this indicates a high ...

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 ...

not in explosions such as the one that rocked Mount St. Helens in 1980, the most destructive volcanic eruption in U.S. history. Over the past 12,000 years, there have been four lava flows from ...