LAKE NYOS Flashcards
1
Q
Location
A
- Cameroon
- Africa
2
Q
Gas
A
- build up of CO2
- silent killer
- no signs of struggle or trauma
3
Q
Social impacts
A
- 1750 people killed
- whole villages
4
Q
Future
A
- nothing similar will occur again
- education and research into what occurred
- regularly decompress gas
- educated on warning signs
5
Q
Where did the gas from…
A
- underwater volcano
- landslide caused the water to displace
- gas then released
