Stuff To Blow Your Mind

How Exploding Lakes Work

Jan 21, 2010 · 13 min · 13.2 MB
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During 1986, an unusual thing happened in Cameroon: Lake Nyos exploded, expelling a toxic cloud that killed roughly 1700 people. How could this happen? More importantly, could it happen again? Learn more about exploding lakes in this episode.

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