This dangerous lake in Cameroon, Africa could turn you into a human Diet Coke and Mentos experiment! Lake Nyos, located over ...

The evening of August 21, 1986, was like any other night around Lake Nyos, a deep crater lake high on the slopes of the Massif du Mbam mountain range in northwest Cameroon. Some residents of the local ...

In 1986, Lake Nyos in Cameroon experienced a devastating limnic eruption, releasing a massive carbon dioxide cloud that killed approximately 1,700 people and 3,500 animals. This rare phenomenon, ...

This video investigates the 1986 Lake Nyos disaster in Cameroon, where a sudden release of carbon dioxide suffocated entire ...

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On Monday, Cameroon marks 30 years since its worst natural disaster ever, a toxic gas explosion at Lake Nyos in the northwest that killed 2,000 people and 3,500 animals. The victims say they still ...

Supplementary pipes on the way to speed up degassing process. «Speed up the degassing process of Lake Nyos for Survivors to resettle in the land of their ancestors". That is the message straight from ...

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Lake Nyos in Cameroon, a crater lake, is known as an 'exploding lake' due to its rare limnic eruptions. On August 21, 1986, it released a massive cloud of suffocating carbon dioxide, killing nearly ...

Origins: Carbon dioxide is a substance we generally associate with the happy little bubbles that enliven our favorite brands of soda and beer. We are not accustomed to thinking of it as dangerous, as ...