43 Years Ago, Scientists Dropped Gophers Onto a Volcano. Today, They’re Tiny Heroes. shared by Jacob Grier

@Jake · Mar 21

Unexpected Pacific Northwest news: that time e dropped gophers on Mount Saint Helens.

43 Years Ago, Scientists Dropped Gophers Onto a Volcano. Today, They’re Tiny Heroes.

It started as a go-for-broke experiment, but it wound up saving an ecosystem.

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43 Years Ago, Scientists Dropped Gophers Onto a Volcano. Today, They’re Tiny Heroes. - shared by Jacob Grier - Seabird