The Ignored and Forgotten Lake Nyos Disaster

The 1986 Lake Nyos Disaster occurred when volcanic carbon dioxide (CO2) gas erupted from beneath an African lake in Cameroon, bubbling to the surface, forming a deadly cloud.  There was no huge eruption, no great boom or blast that evening.  What resulted was like a scene from a horror movie. The deadly gas flowed downContinue reading “The Ignored and Forgotten Lake Nyos Disaster”