Gophers needed 1 day after Mount St. Helens erupted to bring explosions of new life toggle caption Bob Parmenter The gophers were grumpy, but they understood the assignment. Scientists wanted to know what would happen if pocket gophers, known as "ecosystem engineers" for their outsize effects on habitats, were given a chance to work in fenced-off plots of land. Sponsor …
No evacuation orders have been issued as Hawaii’s Big Island experiences earthquakes, lava flows and volcanic gas. Lava is shooting 100 feet to 200 feet into the air as Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupts for the first time in nearly 40 years. Mauna Loa’s volume is estimated to be at least 75,000sq km, making it the …
HONOLULU — The ground is shaking and swelling at Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, indicating that it could erupt. Frank Trusdell, research geologist at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, which is part of the U.S. Geological Survey, said data indicates that Mauna Loa has a much larger magma reservoir than Kilauea, which may allow it to hold …
On the morning of May 18, 1980, an earthquake shook Mt. Chris Strebig, Spirit Lake project manager for the Forest Service, said a massive surge of water, mud and debris could inundate cities below and disable four Columbia River ports: Longview, Vancouver and Kalama in Washington and the Port of Portland in Oregon. “It would be somewhat of a repeat …