Mt. St. Helens Back From the Dead

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Mt. St. Helens Back From the Dead

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PBS | Air Date: May 4, 2010
Summary: In 1980, Mt. St. Helens erupted, replacing two hundred miles of previously green terrain with course, arid lava rock and ash. Charlie Crisafulli, an ecologist, set out to study the landscape to see if it was doomed to remain as such. To his astonishment, life began almost instantly to sprout up among the rock, which is captured now in Mt.In 1980, Mt. St. Helens erupted, replacing two hundred miles of previously green terrain with course, arid lava rock and ash. Charlie Crisafulli, an ecologist, set out to study the landscape to see if it was doomed to remain as such. To his astonishment, life began almost instantly to sprout up among the rock, which is captured now in Mt. St. Helens Back From the Dead. Expand
Genre(s): News, Documentary, Science
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