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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Probing the Mystery of Limnic Eruptions that Release Clouds of CO 2 Cameroon has many volcanos, some of them with lakes in their craters. In the 1980s, limnic eruptions occurred at two crater lakes, ...

In August 1984, Lake Monoun released a cloud of carbon dioxide that asphyxiated 37 people. Two years later, a large cloud erupted from Lake Nyos in an 80-metre fountain. The gas, which is heavier than ...

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 ...

Funding shortage is biggest hurdle for those striving to disarm three rare but lethal geological hazards. You have full access to this article via your institution. After nearly a decade, a scheme to ...

The level of degassing is expected to reach acceptable levels in the next two years. Lake Monoun situated in the in the West Province of Cameroon, lies in the Oku volcanic region. The lake is found in ...

More work is needed urgently to prevent potentially fatal releases of gas from two lakes in Cameroon, scientists say. Lakes Nyos and Monoun contain high concentrations of dissolved carbon dioxide. In ...