A new Lake Nyos ?

When teaching 'A' level tectonic hazards, one of the case studies that I used was of Lake Nyos in Cameroon. This was a lake which hid a deadly secret: an accumulation of carbon dioxide, which was released one night by a disturbance in the waters. The carbon dioxide (being heavier than air, and also invisible) rolled down the side of the mountain and into villages where people were killed in their beds....

Now Lake Kivu close to the volcano of Nyiragongo is showing signs of doing something similar.

The difference here is that there are plans to turn the accumulation of gas into an unusual power source...
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