Deep in the volcanic highlands of northwestern Cameroon, there is an unassuming body of water that once unleashed one of the most unusual and deadly natural disasters in modern history. Lake Nyos, a ...

When local legend in Africa spoke of an exploding lake, western researchers scoffed. They were wrong—Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager talk about... Aug 08, 2013 — When local legend in Africa spoke of ...

The depths of Africa's Lake Kivu harbor untold quantities of carbon dioxide and methane gases that could provide abundant electricity to millions of Rwandans and Congolese settling along its shores.

Lake Nyos in Cameroon, a crater lake, is known as an 'exploding lake' due to its rare limnic eruptions. On August 21, 1986, it released a massive cloud of suffocating carbon dioxide, killing nearly ...