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Mount St. Helens is a living, outdoor laboratory. For the past three decades, scientists have learned surprising lessons about how life returns to a volcanically disturbed land and how an active volcano can be understood well enough for geologists to predict future eruptions. The valuable science conducted at Mount St. Helens has been shared with hundreds of millions of people around the world. Geologists trained at Mount St. Helens have helped protect people from volcanic hazards in developing countries, and biologists have discovered ecological interactions never before studied. The lessons learned at Mount St. Helens have aided in the management of lands impacted by wildfire, mining, and logging. And the volcano continues to teach us how life responds to a volcanic eruption, and what volcanic landscapes look like after several decades of growth and change. If you are a scientist interested in doing research on Mount St. Helens, click here.
