How Exploding Lakes Work

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English - January 21, 2010 17:24 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MB - ★★★★ - 5.5K ratings
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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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