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Perhaps triggered by a landslide, a crater lake called Nyos emitted a large cloud of CO2 that suffocated 1,700 people.
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Perhaps triggered by a landslide, a crater lake called Nyos emitted a large cloud of CO2 that suffocated 1,700 people.
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Perhaps triggered by a landslide, a crater lake called Nyos emitted a large cloud of CO2 that suffocated 1,700 people.
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Perhaps triggered by a landslide, a crater lake called Nyos emitted a large cloud of CO2 that suffocated 1,700 people.
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Perhaps triggered by a landslide, a crater lake called Nyos emitted a large cloud of CO2 that suffocated 1,700 people.
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Lake Nyos sits on the flank of an extinct volcano in Cameroon's remote northwest.
Scientists Work to Prevent Cameroonian Lake from Exploding 2011
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It is 2,000 times larger than Lake Nyos, with more than two million people living along its shores.
Scientists Work to Prevent Cameroonian Lake from Exploding 2011
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Lake Nyos lacks such endowments, but remains a cherished place despite the sad memories.
Scientists Work to Prevent Cameroonian Lake from Exploding 2011
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The Lake Nyos disaster is often cited as evidence of the potential risks that have hobbled efforts to commercialize what many consider the only realistic way to satisfy the world's enormous energy needs without accelerating the pace of climate change: carbon capture and sequestration CCS.
The Carbon Conundrum 2008
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Minutes before midnight on Aug. 21, 1986, roughly one cubic kilometer of gaseous carbon dioxide escaped into the atmosphere from the floor of Lake Nyos in the hilly jungle terrain of western Africa.
The Carbon Conundrum 2008
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