UC-Riverside: How Gophers Brought Mount St. Helens Back to Life in One Day
November 07, 2024
November 07, 2024
RIVERSIDE, California, Nov. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news:
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Diggers kick-started decades of soil recovery after volcanic eruption
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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 benefits from that single day were undeniable -- and stil . . .
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Diggers kick-started decades of soil recovery after volcanic eruption
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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 benefits from that single day were undeniable -- and stil . . .