The Lake That Breathed Out
In short: How Lake Nyos in Cameroon quietly stored volcanic carbon dioxide in its deep water until a rare limnic eruption in 1986, and why this hazard, unlike most, can be averted.
A 2:02 short film in the series “Nature's Extremes”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Lake Nyos disaster (1986) | Description, Deaths, & Facts | Britannica”; Volcano World (Oregon State University), “Lake Nyos - Silent but Deadly | Volcano World”; NASA Science (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), “Lake Nyos, Cameroon - NASA Science”; Smithsonian Magazine (Kevin Krajick, September 2003), “Defusing Africa's Killer Lakes”; PubMed Central (U.S. National Library of Medicine, NCBI), “Degassing Lakes Nyos and Monoun: Defusing certain disaster”; PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine), research article on Lake Kivu by Eawag, UFZ and CNRS researchers, “No increasing risk of a limnic eruption at Lake Kivu: Intercomparison study reveals gas concentrations close to steady state”.
Sources used in this film
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Lake Nyos disaster (1986) | Description, Deaths, & Facts | Britannica · View →
- Volcano World (Oregon State University) — Lake Nyos - Silent but Deadly | Volcano World · View →
- NASA Science (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) — Lake Nyos, Cameroon - NASA Science · View →
- Smithsonian Magazine (Kevin Krajick, September 2003) — Defusing Africa's Killer Lakes · View →
- PubMed Central (U.S. National Library of Medicine, NCBI) — Degassing Lakes Nyos and Monoun: Defusing certain disaster · View →
- PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine), research article on Lake Kivu by Eawag, UFZ and CNRS researchers — No increasing risk of a limnic eruption at Lake Kivu: Intercomparison study reveals gas concentrations close to steady state · View →
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- Summary by Intellect · source: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Lake Nyos disaster (1986) | Description, Deaths, & Facts | Britannica
- Also: Volcano World (Oregon State University): Lake Nyos - Silent but Deadly | Volcano World
- Also: NASA Science (National Aeronautics and Space Administration): Lake Nyos, Cameroon - NASA Science
- Also: Smithsonian Magazine (Kevin Krajick, September 2003): Defusing Africa's Killer Lakes
- Also: PubMed Central (U.S. National Library of Medicine, NCBI): Degassing Lakes Nyos and Monoun: Defusing certain disaster
- Also: PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine), research article on Lake Kivu by Eawag, UFZ and CNRS researchers: No increasing risk of a limnic eruption at Lake Kivu: Intercomparison study reveals gas concentrations close to steady state
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