Post-Blast Recovery of the Mount St. Helens Ecosystem.

Forty-five years ago, Mount St. Helens, a long-dormant volcano, erupted. The aftermath of the tragedy presented scientists with a living laboratory to study the recovery of ecosystems affected by catastrophes. Ecosystem recovery has ramifications for the global Flood, which completely wiped away the existing Earth's ecosystems. Such a catastrophe has several overlaps with the Mount St. Helens eruption and thus gives creation scientists a window into ecosystem recovery from catastrophic conditions, such as those present during the Flood. In this paper, we examine the state of the Mount St. Helens ecosystem to determine whether it has recovered from the blast. Using species richness data from before the blast, and five subsequent time steps, we attempt to determine if Mount St. Helens is recovered, and, if so, what the implications are for the Global Flood Model as described in Genesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]