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.
An earthquake struck near Morton, Washington Wednesday morning. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the ...
Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980. But decades ...
A minor earthquake was detected near Morton, Washington, on Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The ...
MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. – Researchers studying the aftermath of the massive eruption that led to the widespread destruction ...
One of the most violent natural disasters of our time, the colossal eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980 blasted away an entire mountainside. Over 200 square miles of pristine forest were buried ...
“High rates of seismicity, interpreted as recharge, have been observed in the past at Mount St. Helens and at other volcanoes and can continue for many years without an eruption,” the ...
A very common case study for volcanoes is the eruption of Mount St Helens in the USA in 1980. Other case studies include the eruption of Mount Etna in Sicily in 1974 and Heimaey eruption in ...