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The Nyos Killer Lake Eruption Disaster 1986
The in-depth story of the Lake Nyos Limnic Eruption Disaster. It is an ordinary day for Doctor Emmanuel Ngu Mbi on August 22, 1986. The chief of the Subum village’s health center in North West ...
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What Would Happen If You Fell Into Lake Nyos?
"What If is an epic exploration of possibilities. What If is a Webby Award-winning science web series that takes you on a ...
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Investigating the silent seeds of disaster in two lakes
Two disasters occurred in this volcanic line in the 1980s. Huge amounts of CO2 suddenly exploded from Lake Monoun and Lake Nyos, which are crater lakes--lakes that form over volcanic craters--and ...
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Magmatic Fluid Supply into Lakes Nyos and Monoun, and Mitigation of Natural Disasters through Capacity Building in Cameroon
In the 1980s, limnic eruptions occurred at two crater lakes, Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun, in which large quantities of CO 2 that had collected on the lake bottom suddenly erupted to the surface. 1,800 ...
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Mount Nyiragongo: Why DR Congo fears the explosive power of a lake
It has happened before at a lake in Cameroon, with tragic consequences. In 1986, Lake Nyos released dissolved CO2 into the air after a landslide. The cloud of CO2 asphyxiated an estimated 1,800 ...