After the Blast: The Ecological Recovery of Mount St. Helens by Wagner, Eric

After the Blast: The Ecological Recovery of Mount St. Helens

A CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLEOn May 18, 1980, people all over the world watched with awe and...
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After the Blast: The Ecological Recovery of Mount St. Helens by Wagner, Eric

After the Blast: The Ecological Recovery of Mount St. Helens

BD$52.20

After the Blast: The Ecological Recovery of Mount St. Helens

BD$52.20
Author: Eric Wagner
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

A CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE

On May 18, 1980, people all over the world watched with awe and horror as Mount St. Helens erupted. Fifty-seven people were killed and hundreds of square miles of what had been lush forests and wild rivers were to all appearances destroyed.

Ecologists thought they would have to wait years, or even decades, for life to return to the mountain, but when forest scientist Jerry Franklin helicoptered into the blast area a couple of weeks after the eruption, he found small plants bursting through the ash and animals skittering over the ground. Stunned, he realized he and his colleagues had been thinking of the volcano in completely the wrong way. Rather than being a dead zone, the mountain was very much alive.

Mount St. Helens has been surprising ecologists ever since, and in After the Blast Eric Wagner takes readers on a fascinating journey through the blast area and beyond. From fireweed to elk, the plants and animals Franklin saw would not just change how ecologists approached the eruption and its landscape, but also prompt them to think in new ways about how life responds in the face of seemingly total devastation.



Author: Eric Wagner
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 04/20/2020
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.70h x 6.30w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780295746937


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/27/2020
Choice 10/01/2020

About the Author

Eric Wagner earned a PhD in biology from the University of Washington, writes regularly about animals and the environment, and is author of Penguins in the Desert and coauthor of Once and Future River: Reclaiming the Duwamish. He climbs Mount St. Helens annually.


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