How gophers and fungi revived Mount St. Helens
On March 27, 1980, after months of earthquakes and minor eruptions, Mount St. Helens erupted explosively, with thermal energy equivalent to 26 megatons of TNT. Rock and ash from the eruption devastated everything within miles of the volcano.
Three years after the eruption, life still struggled in the shadow of Mount St. Hel…
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