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Mount St. Helens is Being Bugged!
by Anonymous
When the famous Mount St Helens volcano erupted in Washington in
1980, huge tracts of the surrounding countryside were stripped of
life. Vast areas are now covered with totally barren pumice plains.
The absence of soil on such plains made many think that life would
not reappear for a century or so. However, plants began growing after
only six years. How could this be?
The mystery
was solved when researchers found that insects which were being
caught in up-drafts were ‘raining’ on to this
devastated area at a surprising rate of more than one tonne each
day.
Most of these insects perish rapidly from lack of food, then their
dead carcasses provide the nutrients for reappearing plant species,
which provide more nutrients when they die, and so on.
This hitherto
unsuspected ‘insect rain’ is just one
of the many mechanisms which could have contributed to the rapid
biological recovery of the post-Flood earth.
Quantum television program, Australian Broadcasting Commission,
October 17, 1990.
http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1935/
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by permission of Creation Ministries International: www.creationontheweb.com
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