After years of waiting, Cameroon is finally able to begin disarming the silent killer that lurks in one of its deadly lakes. The deep waters of Lake Monoun contain a large amount of dissolved carbon ...
In Cameroon, West Africa, Lakes Nyos and Monoun turned deadly in the 1980s. These lakes released carbon dioxide, silently killing over 1,700 people. Lake Nyos experienced a frothy explosion, releasing ...
The Republic of Cameroon is home to a chain of volcanoes called the Cameroon Volcanic Line that stretches a total of 1,600 km. Two disasters occurred in this volcanic line in the 1980s. Huge amounts ...
On August 21, 1986, a man making his way to Nyos, a village near a crater lake in northwest Cameroon, found dozens of dead animals along the road. He called into a home to see if the residents knew ...
CAMEROON has begun to make one of its deadly lakes safe at last. Engineers have started installing pipes to remove carbon dioxide building up in the depths of Lake Monoun, which could erupt at any ...
As many of you may already know, deep bodies of water can hold substantial quantities of dissolved carbon dioxide. Now, in extremely unusual circumstances, this dissolved gas can abruptly surge from ...
The people of Foumbot have been told that Lake Monoun is no longer offensive to human life. Dr. Madeleine Tchuinte, Minister of Scientific Research and Innovation, made this declaration during a ...
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