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The Killer Lakes of Cameroon


The Case of the Killer Lakes of Cameroon - [email protected]

Only three lakes in the world are known to have high concentrations of dissolved gas in their bottom waters: Lake Nyos and Monoun in Cameroon, and Lake Kivu in ...

Lake Nyos - Wikipedia

Lake Nyos is a crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon, located about 315 km (196 mi) northwest of Yaoundé, the capital. Nyos is a deep lake high on ...

Defusing Africa's Killer Lakes - Smithsonian Magazine

Sigurdsson, after a few weeks, began to conclude that carbon dioxide from magma degassing deep under LakeMonoun had percolated up into the lake's bottom layers ...

The Killer Lakes of Camaroon - [email protected]

Only two of these lakes, Nyos and Monoun, are known to have recently released gas resulting in the loss of human life. The Build-Up of Gas.

How did Lake Nyos suddenly kill 1,700 people? | HowStuffWorks

On August 21, 1986, Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a large cloud of CO2, suffocating over 1,700 people and countless animals by displacing the ...

The Killer Lakes Of Africa - A Rare But Dangerous Volcanic ... - Forbes

The true killer was identified as a strange volcanic phenomenon associated with the nearby lake of Nyos. Lake Nyos is located in the Cameroon ...

The killer Lakes of Cameroon | SchoolForAfrica.org

Lake Nyos is a crater lake in the northwestern part of Cameroon meaning that the water there poured in long after the incredibly explosive volcanic eruption ...

Lake Nyos disaster | Description & Facts - Britannica

Lake Nyos disaster, massive release of carbon dioxide from Lake Nyos in Cameroon on August 21, 1986. The disaster killed between 1700 and 1800 people.

Lake Nyos, Cameroon - NASA Earth Observatory

Lake Nyos sits high in a volcanic plain amidst the Cameroon line of volcanoes, which stretches into the Gulf of Guinea. The chain acts as a ...

The Killer Lakes of Cameroon - Damn Interesting

The exploding-lake phenomenon, which had never been observed before then, came to be known as a limnic eruption. ... These bubbles contain high pressure, but they ...

Lake Nyos disaster - Wikipedia

On 21 August 1986, a limnic eruption at Lake Nyos in northwestern Cameroon killed 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock. ... The eruption triggered the sudden release ...

The Lake Nyos Disaster - Africa's Killer Lake - A Short Documentary

On August 21st 1986 over 1700 people were killed when Lake Nyos in Cameroon exploded, releasing over 1 cubic km of invisible deadly CO2 gas.

Killer Lakes: Why Limnic Eruptions May Be the World's Rarest ...

Two lakes erupted in Cameroon in the 1980s. The unexpected explosions introduced scientists to a new kind of natural disaster.

A Killer Lake | NSTA

In 1986, Lake Nyos, a volcanic lake located in Cameroon, Africa, released a huge amount of carbon dioxide gas, killing over 1,700 people and ...

Lake Nyos Disaster Killer Lake. How Did 1,700 People ... - YouTube

Lake Nyos is a crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon, located about 315 km northwest of Yaoundé, the capital. Nyos is a deep lake ...

The case of the murderous disasters of Lakes Monoun and Nyos in ...

In Sub-Saharan Africa in general and in Cameroon in particular, there is a deep gap between scientific considerations and society cultural behavior. The ...

'Killer Lake' in Africa Looks Like Paradise, But It's Hiding a Deadly ...

Kivu, one of Africa's great Rift lakes lying between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Flanked by rolling green hills tumbling into glassy waters.

(PDF) Degassing the “Killer Lakes” Nyos and Monoun, Cameroon

The experiment is on the verge of reaching its operational stage, which consists of the eradication of a “new” natural hazard; one that is potentially ...

Degassing the “Killer Lakes” Nyos and Monoun, Cameroon - 2004

The experiment is on the verge of reaching its operational stage, which consists of the eradication of a “new” natural hazard; one that is ...

August 15, 1984 & August 21, 1986: African killer lakes erupt

Only three lakes in the world are known to explosively release dissolved gases from their bottom waters. All three are in Africa; two have erupted with deadly ...