Lake Nyos serves as a grim reminder of nature’s unpredictable power. The 1986 disaster prompted a global interest in lake-borne hazards and pushed forward research on limnic eruptions. The knowledge ...

Lake Kivu: A volatile mix of geology and gas. ... In the event of a strong earthquake, these gases could be released in a rare "limnic eruption", potentially suffocating thousands.

Lake Kivu, located on the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, ... No increasing risk of a limnic eruption at Lake Kivu: Intercomparison study reveals gas concentrations ...

The risk of a limnic eruption is further exacerbated by the region’s seismic activity. Massive landslides and earthquakes could potentially trigger the release of these trapped gases, leading to a ...

On August 21, 1986, a catastrophic event now known as the Lake Nyos disaster unfolded at Lake Nyos in Cameroon. A mix of carbon dioxide and water droplets, previously trapped in the lake’s depths, ...

Though Lake Kivu is currently stable, it has the potential to one day explode in what’s termed a limnic eruption, releasing a massive cloud of greenhouse gases. The company believes that situation ...

Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes that straddle a tectonic plate boundary called the ... Explosions resulting from a buildup of combustible gas inside a lake are called limnic eruptions.

Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun in Cameroon, as well as Lake Kivu located between Rwanda and the Republic of the Congo, ... What are the warning signs before a limnic eruption?

Lake Kivu’s eruption would be catastrophic.“[The lake] would release the equivalent of 2-6 gigatonnes of carbon into the atmosphere in a day,” Morkel says. For reference, current global ...