40 Years After Gophers Were Dropped on Mount St. Helens!

A bunch of gophers helped restore the plant life around Mount St. Helens after a devastating eruption.

Two years after the eruption of Mount St Helens, local gophers were sent to the area in what must have been quite a confusing day trip, even ...

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

IFLSCIENCE - When Mount St Helens erupted in 1980, the resulting lava, ash, and debris turned the landscape barren for miles around. It was ...

Before the gopher drop-off, only about a dozen plants were reported to have emerged from the pumice slabs that Mount St. Helens eruption had ...

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

As an experiment, scientists later dropped gophers onto parts of the scorched mountain for only 24 hours. The benefits from that single day were ...

In 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens devastated local ecosystems, covering 22,000 square miles with 540 million tons of ash and turning the ...

It would probably pretty alarming to learn that, in the early 1980s, scientists decided to drop off a bunch of gophers at the site of a volcanic ...

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

As an experiment, scientists dropped gophers onto parts of the scorched mountain for only 24 hours. The benefits from that single day were ...

Before the gopher drop-off, only about a dozen plants were reported to have emerged from the pumice slabs that Mount St. Helens eruption had ...

In an experimental effort to help the ecosystem recover, scientists introduced gophers to the scorched mountain for just 24 hours. The impact of ...

... gophers onto parts of the scorched mountain for only 24 hours. The benefits from that single day were undeniable and still visible 40 years

Scientists Dropped Gophers Onto Mount St Helens For 1 Day. 40 Years Later, The Effect Is Astonishing. r/IFLScienceOfficial - Scientists ...

Everything within eight miles of the huge volcanic blast was wiped out almost instantly. More than 40 years later, scientists reveal how an ...

After four decades of silence, scientists have made a jaw-dropping discovery in the heart of Mount St. Helens. What they found buried deep ...

Scientists released gophers onto a plot of land two years after the eruption obliterated the landscape—and the results were magical.

Scientists found that introducing gophers for just 24 hours to volcanic-devastated areas of Mount St. Helens created enduring changes in soil ...

... of burrowing rodents could help restore Mount St Helens after her 1980 eruption ... This was when Mount St. Helens, a dormant volcano ...