Keep Digging

If you ever feel like you’re trapped in a hostile environment, scrabbling around in a mountain of unforgiving rock and wondering how you can ever possibly make a difference, remember the poor, frightened gophers of Mount St. Helens.by Margaret HarrisClick here to open the comic in a new window or download it as a PDF. A version of this story was first published by Margaret Harris on Bluesky. Follow her at @drmlharris. The study, 'Microbial community structure in recovering forests of