The Explosive Hazard Hiding in an African Lake

[Ponzio]

Fascinating read.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/explosive-hazard-hiding-african-lake-180976024/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20201014-daily-responsive&spMailingID=43683728&spUserID=OTA1OTU5NzUzNTU2S0&spJobID=1861201045&spReportId=MTg2MTIwMTA0NQS2

 

[Trebdp83]

My first guess was a gassy hippo.

 

[highfigh]

Gas cloud kills Cameroon villagers | August 21, 1986 | HISTORY

An eruption of lethal gas from Lake Nyos in Cameroon kills nearly 2,000 people and wipes out four villages on August ...

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How did Lake Nyos suddenly kill 1,700 people?

One evening, people heard their local lake rumbling. A day and a half later, 1,700 people were dead. What happened on that fateful night?

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[lovinthehd]

Then there's the changes in temperature up north that also are perhaps releasing gasses as things warm a bit https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/09/colossal-crater-found-Siberia-what-made-it/