Podcasts about Lake Nyos

Hayley covers a woman who purportedly reigned as popess for two years during the Middle Ages. Then Kat covers a limnic eruption at Lake Nyos in Cameroon that killed 1,746 people in 1986. Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You're in luck! Listen to our bonus shows on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy | Linktree Produced by Parasaur Studios © 2025

Send us a textThis week we're looking at times the Earth revolted against us with some strange natural disasters. Learn about Galeras, Lake Nyos, Lake Peigneur, and the Carrington Event.Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinsonFollow the show on Instagram @OurWeirdWorldPodWant more John? Everyone wants more John. Visit www.johnhinsonwrites.com for all the books, podcasts, waterfalls, and more!

Well Hi Geoffs! This week Madison is talking about the origins behind ‘pouring one out for the homies' and then Spencer discusses the terrifying true story of the Lake Nyos disaster. We've got an obituary that reminds us to call people out, and one for a jack of all trades. Oh, and we didn't forget, we've also got some dumb.ass.criminalsssss! Buy our book: prh.com/obitchuaryGet your Merch: wonderyshop.com/obitchuaryCome see us live on tour: obitchuarypodcast.comJoin our Patreon: Patreon.com/cultliterNew episodes come out every Thursday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers.Follow along online: @obitchuarypod on Twitter & Instagram @obitchuarypodcast on TikTokCheck out Spencer's other podcast Cult Liter wherever you're listening!Write to us: obitpod@gmail.comSpencer Henry & Madison ReyesPO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807Sources:https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/skagitvalleyherald/name/eric-hayertz-obituary?id=53914885https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/80-year-old-woman-died-1-month-sleep-number-bed-trapped-wall-2-days-la-rcna183976https://abc7.com/diamond-thieves-kenwood-ohio/994534/https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2870/a-sumerian-wall-plaque-showing-libation-scenes/https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1116&context=stu_hon_theseshttps://www.theishtargate.com/Death-and-the-Afterlife/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Mesopotamian_underworldhttps://www.bibleref.com/Psalms/16/Psalm-16-4.html#:~:text=John%20Jude%20Revelation-,Psalm%2016%3A4,their%20names%20on%20my%20lipshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libation#:~:text=The%20libation%20was%20part%20of,directed%20to%20the%20underground%20dead.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumerhttps://www.apofenie.com/letters-and-essays/2021/7/12/libations-in-saturdays-waters-a-series-of-estranged-libationshttps://www.worldhistory.org/article/701/ancient-mesopotamian-beliefs-in-the-afterlife/https://africame.factsanddetails.com/article/entry-55.htmlhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/history-of-libations-on-graveshttps://www.joincake.com/blog/pour-one-out/https://beyondthedash.com/blog/cultural-spotlight/what-does-it-mean-to-pour-one-out/7297https://www.brides.com/libation-ceremony-5079929https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/the-enduring-ritual-of-libations-unveiling-the-deep-roots-of-an-ancient-practicehttps://vinepair.com/wine-blog/libations-and-the-ancient-history-of-pouring-one-out/https://www.sciencealert.com/how-this-small-lake-in-africa-once-killed-1-700-people-overnight-and-we-still-don-t-know-why?utmhttps://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/lake-nyos.htm?utm_https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/037702739290067N#:~:text=On%20August%2021%2C%201986%2C%20a,and%206000%20head%20of%20cattlehttps://allthatsinteresting.com/lake-nyos-disaster?utm_sourceSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today I talk about speed limits, theterminal velocity of poo, Lake Nyos disaster and more. Be sure to subscribe to the new Morning Show Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0lpLoVbTjvBaks8W5oMh2gSensei Scramblin on WavLake https://wavlake.com/album/75922a64-dbf8-48ab-a852-e7aa0afc3739Even more ways to use your Fold Account. Now use your BTC to buy gift cards or spendas cash with your debit card. Check itout today. https://use.foldapp.com/r/FANEWETXThere are several ways you can support the show, the easiestis to make sure you are subscribed to the YT channel. You can also check out my product videos and start yourAmazon Shopping at my storefront https://amazon.com/shop/thelotsprojectToday's product of the day is the Blockstream Jade Hardwarewallet. Secure your Bitcoin with anaffordable hardware wallet that is easy to use and very secure. Get 10% off with discount codeTheLOTSProject or just click this link https://store.blockstream.com/?code=TheLOTSProject

There are about 117 million lakes on our planet, and they cover almost 4% of the continental land. Lakes can be small or big, clean or dirty, vital for local infrastructure or...deadly. And if you've been wondering which lake is the most dangerous in the world and why, this video will answer your questions. TIMESTAMPS: Where the most dangerous lake in the world is situated 1:11 What makes Lake Kivu so dangerous 2:05 What happened at Lake Monoun in 1984 2:27 What happened at Lake Nyos in 1986 3:06 What characterizes crater lakes 4:11 What was the solution 6:21 How much contains methane gas Lake Kivu contains 7:06 How many people could die if Lake Kivu explodes 7:52 Music: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/... SUMMARY: - The most dangerous lake in the world is situated in Africa on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. It's Lake Kivu, the ninth deepest lake in the world. - On August 15, 1984, a loud boom sounded from the lake, according to locals. People saw a huge gas cloud over the surface of the water. This natural disaster took the lives of 37 people. - The theory was proved false 2 years later on August 21, 1986, when a much more disastrous explosion shook Lake Nyos, which is located just 62 miles away from Lake Monoun. This time, the catastrophe happened at night and took the lives of more than 1,700 people. - Crater lakes usually have extremely high levels of CO2 due to the volcanic activity that's happening many miles beneath the surface. Under normal circumstances, this gas is occasionally released during the lake water turnover. - Nowadays, measures have been taken to prevent similar catastrophes from happening. The solution was quite simple: degassing. Authorities installed a pipe that runs to the very bottom of Lake Nyos. - Lake Kivu contains more than 55 billion cubic meters of methane gas, which is generated at the bottom of the lake. On top of that, it's also located in a crater, and its volcanic rock bed has layers of carbon dioxide. - Either the methane explosion or CO2 poisoning could take the lives of more than 2 million people living in the basin of Lake Kivu. Subscribe to Bright Side : https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook:   / brightside   Instagram:   / brightgram   5-Minute Crafts Youtube: https://www.goo.gl/8JVmuC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bastille is a former jail that dates back to the Wild West and ran as a jail for nearly 70 years. The building has had many iterations after it closed as a jail. This was an art gallery, a restaurant, a bar and a nightclub. Today, it stands empty and in need of major renovations. This may or may not please the current residents of the building, the ghosts. For years, ghost stories have been told about the building. Join us as we explore the history and hauntings of the Hanford Bastille. The Moment in Oddity features a mummified clown and This Month in History features Lake Nyos exploding. Check out the website: http://historygoesbump.com Show notes can be found here: https://historygoesbump.blogspot.com/2024/08/hgb-ep-553-hanford-bastille.html Become an Executive Producer: http://patreon.com/historygoesbump Music used in this episode:  Main Theme: Lurking in the Dark by Muse Music with Groove Studios (Moment in Oddity) "Vanishing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (This Month in History) "In Your Arms" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Outro Music: Happy Fun Punk by Muse Music with Groove Studios Other music used in this episode: Industrial Solvent by Tim Kulig(timkulig.com) soundcloud.com/timkuligfreemusic pixabay.com/users/timkulig-31678821/ Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ IMDB: www.imdb.com/name/nm0997280/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 

Welcome to "Take On The World," where we unravel the mysteries of our planet's most baffling events. In today's episode, we delve into the haunting tale of the Lake Nyos Disaster, a tragedy that unfolded on August 21, 1986, in northwestern Cameroon, claiming the lives of 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock. Join us as we explore a serene lake turned deadly force. Picture Lake Nyos, tranquil and picturesque, transforming overnight into a catastrophic killer. A limnic eruption, an event so rare and devastating, released between 100,000–300,000 tons of carbon dioxide, suffocating everything within a 25-kilometer radius. What triggered this catastrophe? The theories vary, from landslides to volcanic activity or even a sudden change in temperature. We'll dive into the geologists' investigations, the aftermath, and the poignant survivor stories, particularly the harrowing account of Joseph Nkwain from Subum, who woke to a world of silence and loss. This episode not only sheds light on the immediate effects and the medical impacts on survivors but also examines the steps taken to prevent future disasters. From the installation of degassing systems at Lake Nyos to the ongoing studies in other African lakes like Lake Kivu, we explore the scientific community's response to this natural disaster. The Lake Nyos disaster serves as a stark reminder of nature's unpredictable power and the importance of scientific inquiry in understanding and mitigating natural disasters. Join us as we pay tribute to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity.

It's a theme week! This time we are throwing it back to our early days as podcasters and looking at natural disasters and how they have impacted history! Kat tells us about the Lake Nyos disaster (you've just got to listen to this one) then Kaleigh gives us the story of the eruption of Mt. Tambora and the Year Without a Summer.Let's Chat! Twitter: @TINAHLpodcastEmail: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.comRemember to rate us wherever you can!

On 21 August 1986, hundreds of villagers in a remote part of Cameroon mysteriously died overnight, along with 3,500 livestock.In the weeks-long investigation that followed, scientists tried to work out what had happened. How had hundreds died, but hundreds of others survived?In 2011, scientists Peter Baxter and George Kling told Tim Mansel how they cracked the case.(Photo: Dead cattle by the shore of Lake Nyos, Cameroon. Credit: Eric Bouvet/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images)

Hey there Nature Nerds- this week Jen shares the creepy and mysterious story of Lake Nyos! Links: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gas-cloud-kills-cameroon-villagers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos_disaster https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/defusing-africas-killer-lakes-88765263/ https://theconversation.com/cameroons-exploding-lakes-disaster-expert-warns-deadly-gas-release-could-cause-another-tragedy-190154

Nature is always coming up with clever ways to rid the Earth of humans. In this one, Ian and Liv talk about a lethal cloud of carbon dioxide that is released from a lake in Africa, which smothers and kills almost everyone within miles. Lake Nyos is the culprit, but even more shocking, this isn't the only time this has happened. Also, Ian didn't cut a burp during the editing process. Liv gets her "Stranger Things" fix.

In 1986 an unknown natural disaster at Lake Nyos in Menchum, Cameroon left more than 1700 people dead in one night - and puzzled scientists. Listen to learn how they solved the mystery. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lake-nyos-the-deadliest-lake-in-the-world

Early in the morning of August 21, 1986, in a valley near Lake Nyos, Cameroon, something horrible happened.  1,746 people were killed, as were over 3,500 cattle and almost every other animal that breathed air.  There were no signs of violence or destruction. Everyone and everything seemed to have simply died.   They were the victims of one of Earth's rarest and most frightening disasters.  Learn more about limnic eruptions, what they are, and how they can be prevented on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast!  https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EverythingEverywhere Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Cause prioritisation: Preventing lake Kivu in Africa eruption which could kill two million., published by turchin on December 28, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Epistemic status: a preliminary look at a possible cause area TL;DR: Lake Kivu could erupt and kill 2 million people around it. But we could prevent this by installing oblique pipes, which will slowly and safely release gases and generate energy. Large lake Kivu on the border between Rwanda and Democratic Republic of the Congo has a lot of gases dissolved near its bottom and it can erupt as lake Nyos did in 1986 when 1700 people were killed, but Kivu eruption could be 2000 times stronger. A future overturn and gas release from the deep waters of Lake Kivu would result in catastrophe, dwarfing the historically documented lake overturns at the much smaller Lakes Nyos and Monoun. The lives of the approximately two million people who live in the lake basin area would be threatened. An experimental vent pipe was installed at Lake Nyos in 2001 to remove gas from the deep water, but such a solution for the much larger Lake Kivu would be considerably more expensive. The approximately 510 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in the lake is a little under 2 percent of the amount released annually by human fossil fuel burning. Therefore, the process of releasing it could potentially have costs beyond simply building and operating the system. Wiki A report Gas emissions from lake Kivu claims that lake Kivu has erupted in the past with a periodicity of 1000 years and could do it again in 100-200 years. Lake Kivu has 65 cubic miles of methane (this is around 140 Mt and will produce additional methane concentrations increase of 28 ppb if released in the atmosphere, adding to the current level of around 1900 ppb). The lake also has 260 cubic miles of CO2. Mitigation Vertical pipes allow slowly extraction of gases from the lake and the collection of methane for energy use. Commercial extraction already started, but it is slow. There are risks related to gas extraction via pipes: Risk 1: what if the pipes will destabilise the lake? Risk 2: releasing CO2 will contribute to global warming. Methane is even worse as a greenhouse gas, but it could be collected with profit. CO2 actually may be used too for fracking and for chemical and food production. Concerns about these risks are slowing down current methane extraction. However, if the lake erupts, all methane and CO2 will go into the atmosphere and will be equal to several years of the Earth's emissions, mostly because of short-term methane's greenhouse effects. But a part of methane will be combusted in eruption. The strong methane fire may take the form of an explosion which will contribute to gas release and to the devastation around the lake (total methane energy in the lake is around 1 gigaton TNT). However, explosive methane fire will prevent CO2 accumulation on lower grounds near the shores and CO2 suffocating effects will be smaller because gases will mix with the atmosphere quickly. The project to reduce gases in the lake is ongoing, but its impact is not clear to me: it may not be enough to stop the increase of the gases' concentration, which is still increasing, but could be enough to create risks of the eruption is something goes wrong (a pin and balloon effect). Especially because it is made for profit which creates an incentive to take higher risks. A much larger and simultaneously safer project is needed to prevent the eruption of the lake. As gas concentrations rise in Kivu's depths, so does the risk. Wüest and colleagues found that from 1974 to 2004 the concentration of CO2 increased by 10%. But the bigger concern at Kivu is the methane concentration, which rose 15-20% during the same period. BBC Oblique pipes I think that the pipes should be built in a ...

Í Kamerún í Vestur Afríku er vatnið Nyos.  Vatnið hefur verið nefnt dauðavatnið vegna þess að það var tifandi tímasprengja sem sprakk árið 1986 og létust tæplega 1800 manns af völdum köfnunar.  Þátturinn er í boði: Til að gerast áskrifandi af Hvað er málið? vikulegu þáttunum getið þið farið inn á

In this week's episode, Abby tells the crew all about the natural disaster at Lake Nyos.In Cameroon, West Africa during the month of August in 1986, a crater lake called Lake Nyos abruptly erupted a large cloud of mysterious white gas which traveled into the nearby villages, wreaking death and destruction on whatever it touched.Listen in to hear all the details on this devastating natural disaster and how scientists cracked the case and worked to ensure it never happened again.**If you listen to this episode you will hear a very important announcement at the beginning so don't skip ahead! It's been an honor and a privilege to take this journey with you all and we can't thank you enough for your support.Until next time, good ep and good night!Credits:Smithsonianmag.comWikipedia.comwww.washingtonpost.comSeattletimes.comwww.worldatlas.comVolcano.oregonstate.eduwww.britannica.comwww.bbc.co.ukMusic By:Brokeforfree.comMatt EdwardsEdited By:MichaelWebsite:https://anxiousandafraid.com/Support the show by purchasing our merch!https://www.teepublic.com/stores/anxious-and-afraid-the-pod?ref_id=13121

On the night of August 21, 1986, approximately 1,800 people died in the West African villages surrounding Lake Nyos. Surviving villagers battled a range of ailments, claiming to have seen a thick white blanket hovering above the lake before falling ill. In the wake of the tragedy, questions arose... Was this the result of a secret weapons test? A natural occurrence? Or a supernatural force? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Adam and Cindy look back on a mid-80s disaster that could literally only happen in Africa. And how it might happen again. Show notes: https://unpops.co/3S4qjo8

Taylor tells Josie about Bolivia's infamous San Pedro prison. Plus: the deadly tragedy of Cameroon's Lake Nyos.

This week on Horrible History, Rachel heads to Van Nuys, California to tell an insane story that involves a decades-long who-done-it, a bad bitch, a hero dad, a jealous ex, and a fuck boi.   The murder of Sherri Rasmussen. Then, Emily heads to Africa to talk about the 1986 disaster: the Lake Nyos explosion that killed over 1,700 people. Hopefully, you're horrified!Sources: Support the show

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about Lake Nyos -- an African lake that released deadly amounts of carbon dioxide, killing everyone and everything near it.   Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.comResources used in this episode:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limnic_eruption https://whatifshow.com/how-to-survive-a-limnic-eruption/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/defusing-africas-killer-lakes-88765263/ 

Ryan describes and discusses the infamous Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art theft of 1990. Erik explains the strange eruption known as the Lake Nyos incident. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ryan-gerney/support

Lake Nyos is a crater lake in Cameroon with a deadly past. In 1986 it released a huge amount of carbon dioxide, killing 1,746 people.

We're back!!! We didn't break up or die. We just didn't get our shit together to get new episodes up until now.On this comeback episode of Killer Earth, Kat and Vanessa discuss the deadliest lake in the world, Cameroon's Lake Nyos. Did you know a lake can kill you just by being near it? Neither did we! Find us on Facebook, on Instagram @killerearthpodcast, on TikTok @killerearthpodcast, and on Twitter @KillerEarthPod. Please buy our merch so we can keep affording the good tequila. Shop our store at killereathpodcast.com. Thank you and we love you all! 

Staying out of the water won't save you.On today's episode, Eric finishes his stories about Les UX by telling us how the group started. Next, Daniel makes his presentation debut talking about a story local to our hometown of Chillicothe, Ohio. And lastly, we go back to Africa to hear about a killer lake. Hold your breath, and let's get weird.https://linktr.ee/Culttalknet

Here's an episode from the vaults. recorded in the early days and pushed around by other episodes, this week's campfire takes us to the mysterious land of Africa where it's not just animals you have to fear.  Because in Africa, even the lakes can kill you. First we look at Lake Natron, a lake so caustic that it can turn living things into stone. Then, we look at Lake Nyos, a lake that in the 1980's killed over 1700 people and animals in just one night. Today we prove that it's not just ghosts and serial killers you have to worry about, because even Mother Nature wants you dead. Today's Ad Link: https://www.facebook.com/CodyJamesAuthor/

In 1986 an unknown natural disaster at Lake Nyos in Menchum, Cameroon left more than 1700 people dead in one night - and puzzled scientists. Learn how they solved that mystery. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lake-nyos-the-deadliest-lake-in-the-world

You've heard of natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, forest fires, volcanoes, hurricanes, and landslides and how lethal each of them can be. But what if I told you Lakes could kill? Accompanying Blog post: https://acunit.home.blog/2021/10/06/the-dead-of-lake-nyos/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/zebmc/message

We're all back and rearin' to go. This episode Josh does a bunch of heavy lifting, talking about a disaster at Lake Nyos that claimed the lives of over a thousand locals. Jord talks about a man with a weird hand and a penchant for gold. You'll also learn about soaking.

Most people wouldn't think a burp could kill you. By the time you finish this episode, you won't be most people. This episode has everything: fish farts, exploding lakes, tennis pro Vitas Gerulaitis, ancient African spirits, and a 0.0075% survival rate. You'll also hear about people's eyes popping out of their sockets while their skin blisters from within, and others who just drop dead like their strings were cut. But you will also learn how to protect your family against the non-spoiler cause of this disaster. Of course, you may also be left wondering why you never knew the ocean exploded before.Find us on any of your favorite channelsApple : https://tinyurl.com/5fnbumdwSpotify : https://tinyurl.com/73tb3uuwIHeartRadio : https://tinyurl.com/vwczpv5jStitcher : https://tinyurl.com/mcyxt6vwGoogle : https://tinyurl.com/3fjfxattSpreaker : https://tinyurl.com/fm5y22suPodchaser : https://tinyurl.com/263kda6wRadioPublic : https://tinyurl.com/w67b4kecPocketCasts. : https://pca.st/ef1165v3CastBox : https://tinyurl.com/4xjpptdrBreaker. : https://tinyurl.com/4cbpfaytDeezer. : https://tinyurl.com/5nmexvwtFollow us on the socials for moreFacebook : www.facebook.com/doomsdaypodcastInstagram : www.instagram.com/doomsdaypodcastTwitter : www.twitter.com/doomsdaypodcastIf you like the idea of your podcast hosts wearing more than duct tape and bits of old Halloween costumes for clothes and can spare a buck or two, you can now buy me a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/doomsdayFuneral Kazoo HQ : www.funeralkazoo.com/doomsday

This week we’re diving into torture, whether state sanctioned or the work of criminal elements like cartels and serial killers. Highlights: [0:00] CoRri talks about the tragic and terrifying Lake Nyos disaster [16:40] Mark issues and episode content warning for descriptions of torture, we re-introduce our wonderful guest, Hollywood Steve of the Dead and Lovely podcast, and we talk about Mark’s need for sensory input that drove this week’s choice of topic. [28:55] We recap our watch-along and talk about what we’ve been watching this week. [53:18] A detour into the cultural dystopia of the late ’90s and early aughts inspired by HBO Max’s new Woodstock ’99 documentary. [1hr2mins] We talk about whether humans are the only animal that tortures, and what kinds of torture have existed and currently exist.

Wassup Weenies! In this episode we find out Victor does the worst Batman impression, we talk about our new soup themed comic book, Crowboy forgets he played gigs, Mr Graves excessive wanking, Growing a Tail and Food Poisoning! Count Factula brings you wonderful facts about the Dark beginnings of Corn Flakes, the mysterious deaths of Lake Nyos, A human woman giving birth to rabbits and the peculiar world of Renaissance Florence! We attempted a cringe worthy game called "So you think you can sing?" (it didn't go well, we won't be offended if you skip it...) Shit News brings you the latest headlines about Arrested Nudists, Noahs Ark, Shark Attacks and doing the washing up! We finish with the Blank-O-Mattic where we find out how we first met our wife!

Your freaks are back with another episode full of things you probably don't want to hear! First up, Lauren gives us an update on the situation in Australia. The short version? It's terrible right now! Then Megan tells us all about the 1986 disaster at Lake Nyos in Cameroon. The short version? It's a lake that let out one big poisonous fart! Stay freaky, y'all.

Imagine suddenly not being able to breath the air around you. When Lake Nyos suffered a limnic eruption in 1986, that's exactly what happened to 1746 people. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellthatwasweird/message

We're off to the African country of Cameroon this week to talk about the Lake Nyos tragedy, in which a small, rural crater lake exploded on a calm August evening. The eruption released a cloud of toxic gas that swept down into the valley below, killing every aerobic organism within a 15 kilometer radius - including at least 1750 people living in the villages of Nyos and Subum. We discuss the potential causes of the eruption; the incredible rescue and cleanup management; and Cameroon's efforts to de-saturate the lake, prevent another event, and move 20,000 displaced villagers back home. We'll also touch on the 2 other lakes in West Africa with the potential to explode, and Greg takes a deep dive into his secondhand textbook collection to give us a rundown on the difference between meromictic and monomictic lakes, as well as the particular conditions necessary for a limnic eruption. Sources for this episode include: “Eco-Autopsy of the Lake Nyos Disaster in Cameroon” by A. G. Aghaindum, 2017 “The African lake with explosive power”, by J. Wenz, Knowable Magazine, 2020 “Defusing Africa's Killer Lakes” by K. Krajick, Smithsonian Magazine, 2003 “Lake Nyos disaster, Cameroon, 1986: the medical effects of large scale emission of carbon dioxide” by P. Baxter, M. Kapila, D. Mfonfu, BMJ, 1989 “Lake Nyos disaster survivors to return home after 30 years”, Al Jazeera English (video), 2016 “The Killer Lake Powering Rwanda”, BBC click (video) "When Lake Michigan Burps", by Laura Otto, University of Wisconsin / Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences blog, 2017

Dave (a professional structural engineer) is dishing up some construction related blunders on this week's show.  If you have interest in that engineer/contractor design/build process than listen in!Josh wrapped us up with another morbid bonus segment - the Lake Nyos disaster!Support the show (http://www.youcanman.com)

Learn about how having hope for the future could protect you from risky behaviors like drinking and gambling; how your dog’s personality can change over time; and “limnic eruptions” — or, deadly exploding lakes. Having hope for the future could protect you from risky behaviors like drinking and gambling by Kelsey Donk How hope can make you happier with your lot - UEA. (2020, December 16). Uea.Ac.Uk. https://www.uea.ac.uk/news/-/article/how-hope-can-make-you-happier-with-your-lot?T=AU  Keshavarz, S., Coventry, K. R., & Fleming, P. (2020). Relative Deprivation and Hope: Predictors of Risk Behavior. Journal of Gambling Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-020-09989-4  Hardy, B. (2020, July 27). 8 Science-Backed Ways to Increase Your Hope | Forge. Medium; Forge. https://forge.medium.com/10-science-based-ways-to-increase-your-hope-430892caacb2  Finding Hope. (2015). Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pieces-mind/201504/finding-hope  Your Dog's Personality Can Change Over Time by Mae Rice Good dog? Bad dog? Their personalities can change. (2019). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/msu-gdb022119.php  Chopik, W. J., & Weaver, J. R. (2019). Old dog, new tricks: Age differences in dog personality traits, associations with human personality traits, and links to important outcomes. Journal of Research in Personality, 79, 94–108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2019.01.005  These Exploding Lakes Killed Thousands of People in an Instant by Reuben Westmaas Turner, L. (2015, September 23). Is Lake Kivu Set to Explode? Pacific Standard; Pacific Standard. https://psmag.com/environment/what-happens-if-lake-kivu-explodes  ‌Exploding Killer Lakes. (2016, March 2). OZY. https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/exploding-killer-lakes/65346/  Lake Monoun. (2021). Bris.ac.uk. http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2002/whitehouse/monoun.htm  ‌Bressan, D. (2016, August 31). The Killer Lakes Of Africa - A Rare But Dangerous Volcanic Phenomenon. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2016/08/31/the-killer-lakes-of-africa-a-rare-but-dangerous-volcanic-phenomenon/?sh=63c6226b1247  SciShow. (2014). Limnic Eruptions: When Lakes Explode [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8AonDeS8HY  Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

During the middle of the night on August 21, 1986, Lake Nyos, a small lake in northwestern Cameroon, erupted and killed 1,746 people and 3,500+ livestock in the surrounding area. Instagram: disastrouspodcastTwitter: disastrouspodCWebsite: disastrouspodcast.com

Ok it’s time to get weird.  Kitsie’s podcasting from and RV and still hasn’t found Sasquatch, Nick is RAVING about Lovecraft Country on HBO, and there may or may not have been an actual mermaid sighting last week on twitter.   Kitsie tells the insane story of the Lake Nyos incident, this one takes scary to a whole new level, was it the malevolent Spirit on the shores, or was it something even more terrifying.   Nick get’s the listeners involved in his story, and then has a quiz for kitsie at the end.  They may or may not have decided street lights are the devil!   And a story from listener Julie, who feels she may have witnessed a glitch in the matrix.   Thanks for coming back week after week, we appreciate and love you!

In 1986, a deep volcanic lake in Cameroon erupted half a million tons of carbon dioxide. The toxic gas washed over the surrounding countryside with deadly consequences, and the mystery of the lake took scientists years to unravel.

In 1986, a deep volcanic lake in Cameroon erupted half a million tons of carbon dioxide. The toxic gas washed over the surrounding countryside with deadly consequences, and the mystery of the lake took scientists years to unravel.

We're gonna rock down to Cameroon Avenue in this two part water feature. Cody and CJ try their absolute darnedest to understand chemistry, geology, and the art of war. There is no one to blame other than the earth herself. No gods! No kings! Only Justice! justicetimemachine@gmail.com | @justicetimemachine --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/justice-time-machine/support

In 1986, a small lake in Cameroon caused a deadly disaster that baffled the international scientific community. Over time, however, they learned the secret Lake Nyos was hiding underneath its surface, and worked tirelessly to keep local villagers safe.

 Ever wonder if you could dance to death? Turns out you can, and people did.  The beat was so good that in 1518, people couldn't stop themselves. Then we discuss the Lake Nyos incident that left over a thousand dead simultaneously.  We also read our very first listener story! DJ drop the beat and make it dance-y! Join our Patreon! For $2 a month receive an extra episode each week!  Nightgeist swag and more is waiting for you! Please Subscribe, Rate, & Review Us :)Email us your experiences with the unknown at nightgeistpod@gmail.comLeave a voicemail/text us your tales of spooky at 707-200-3898Follow us on Instagram  @Nightgeistpodcast  

Robin & Adam proudly present Episode 92 of Scary(ish)! Adam digs into the true story of a bizarre disaster in Cameroon while Robin tells the terrifying true tale of a New Jersey family moving into their "Dream Home." Listen, Share, Subscribe, and Review!

We examine the year 1986 and the Lake Nyos Disaster.   Find me at: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084  Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ   Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band   https://curiosity.com/topics/these-exploding-lakes-killed-thousands-of-people-in-an-instant-curiosity/ https://schoolsciencetaskaboutdisasterivangarcia.weebly.com/hydrological-disaster-limnic-eruption.html http://www.lifedaily.com/story/this-man-awoke-to-a-nightmare-20-years-later-scientists-solve-this-terrible-mystery/7/ http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2013/07/26/lake_nyos_killed_1746_when_it_released_a_huge_pocket_of_co2.html

Jordan Shiveley and Brock Wilbur return to the charnel pit of shadow positivity. First, Jordan tells the tale of an advertising man who became a darkness feeder. Then, Brock calls attention to Lake Nyos in Cameroon and the blood-red lake that still threatens this part of the world. (CW: Home Invasion/Assault/Genocide/Mass Tragedy) Keep your teeth sharp and many, and your hearts dark and true. Produced by Daniel Logan. https://voidmerch.threadless.com/collections/caring-into-the-void-podcast-merch/

A former prisoner of the Japanese in WW2, plus Hitler's girl guides, how Benidorm became a tourist hotspot, Italian migrant tragedy in post-war Belgium, and the Lake Nyos disaster. Photo: Allied Prisoners of War in a Japanese prison camp 1945 (British Pathé)

On 21 August 1986 villagers in the north-west of Cameroon awoke to find that many of their friends and neighbours had died in their sleep. More than 1,700 people and much of their livestock are thought to have perished as a result of unexpected volcanic activity under Lake Nyos, which produced a cloud of deadly carbon dioxide. Tim Mansel spoke to two scientists who went to find out how it had happened. Photo: Dead livestock near Lake Nyos (Peter Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

Clare, Eleanor and Sarah bring you some weird and unusual stories in episode 4 (it is episode 4 right guys?) A self-proclaimed bummer from Clare talking about the Lake Nyos disaster. Els tells you about Clement, a lawyer who went above and beyond to prove his client's innocence. And Sarah's story is about the beautiful but ultimately deadly Balloonfest '86. As always, contains swearing.  Follow us on Instagram & Twitter @whatawaypod and tell us what you think of Episode 4!

Today we’re going to the Mountains of the Moon – but not those on the moon itself. We’re going to central Africa. There isn’t really a mountain range specifically named the Mountains of the Moon. The ancients, from Egyptians to Greeks, imagined or heard rumor of a mountain range in east-central Africa that was the source of the river Nile. In the 18th and 19th centuries, explorations of the upper Nile found the sources of the Blue Nile, White Nile, and Victoria Nile and identified the Mountains of the Moon with peaks in Ethiopia as well as 1500 kilometers away in what is now Uganda. Today, the range most closely identified with the Mountains of the Moon is the Rwenzori Mountains at the common corner of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda. This location is within the western branch of the East African Rift system, an 8,000-kilometer-long break in the earth’s crust that’s in the slow process of tearing a long strip of eastern Africa away from the main continent. We talked about it in the episode for December 16, 2014.The long linear rifts in east Africa are grabens, narrow down-faulted troughs that result from the pulling apart and breaking of the continental crust. The rifts are famously filled in places by long, linear rift lakes including Tanganyika, Malawi, Turkana, and many smaller lakes. Virunga Mountains (2007 false-color Landsat image, annotated by Per Andersson : Source)When rifting breaks the continental crust, pressure can be released at depth so that the hot material there can melt and rise to the surface as volcanoes. In the Rwenzori, that’s exactly what has happened. The Virunga volcanoes, a bit redundant since the name Virunga comes from a word meaning volcanoes, dominate the Rwenzori, with at least eight peaks over 10,000 feet high, and two that approach or exceed 4,500 meters, 15,000 feet above sea level. They rise dramatically above the floors of the adjacent valleys and lakes which lie about 1400 meters above sea level. These are active volcanoes, although several would be classified as dormant, since their last dated eruptions were on the order of 100,000 to a half-million years ago. But two, Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira, have erupted as recently as 2002, when lava from Nyiragongo covered part of the airport runway at the town of Goma, and in 2011 with continuing lava lake activity. Nyiragongo has erupted at least 34 times since 1882. The volcanic rocks of these and the older volcanoes fill the rift enough that the flow of rivers and positions of lakes have changed over geologic time. Lake Kivu, the rift lake just south of the volcanoes, once drained north to Lake Edward and ultimately to the Nile River, but the volcanism blocked the outlet and now Lake Kivu drains southward into Lake Tanganyika. Local legends, recounted by Dorothy Vitaliano in her book on Geomythology, Legends of the Earth (Indiana University Press, 1973), tell the story of demigods who lived in the various Virunga volcanoes. As demigods do, these guys had frequent arguments and battles, which are probably the folklore equivalent of actual volcanic eruptions. The stories accurately reflect – whether through observation or happenstance – the east to west migration of volcanic activity in the range. The gases associated with the volcanic activity seep into the waters of Lake Kivu, which has high concentrations of dissolved carbon dioxide and methane. Generally the gases are contained in the deeper water under pressure – Lake Kivu is the world’s 18th deepest lake, at 475 meters, more than 1,500 feet. But sometimes lakes experience overturns, with the deeper waters flipping to the surface. When gases are dissolved in the water and the pressure reduces, they can abruptly come out of solution like opening a carbonated beverage bottle. This happened catastrophically at Lake Nyos in Cameroon in 1986, asphyxiating 1700 people and thousands of cattle and other livestock. The possibility that Lake Kivu could do the same thing is a real threat to about two million people. The critically endangered mountain gorilla lives in the Virunga Mountains, which also holds the research institute founded by Dian Fossey.—Richard I. Gibson

What's up, Oddballs! This week we're getting mysterious and digging into some of the world's weirdest natural disasters. Raygun enchants you with the mystery of Lake Nyos and Sarah gets weird with Bermuda Triangle theories. Pop a bottle (or box) of wine and hang with us. Stay Weird. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OddballsPodcast/  Instagram: @TheOddballsPodcast Twitter: @TheOddballsPod Email: TheOddballsPodcast@gmail.com

You don't expect a lake to just explode. But in 1986, Lake Nyos in Cameroon did exactly that on a hot August night, sending a jet of water skyward. The water wasn't the problem, however. The real problem was a mysterious something which killed over 1700 people and thousands of head of livestock.

Let's be honest - nature can be terrifying af. In today's episode, we explore the historic tragedy in Pompeii, the events that will follow the eruption of the super-volcano beneath Yellowstone national park, and the horrific 1986 disaster of Lake Nyos. - Connect With Us - Instagram - @ EsotericOddities Twitter - https://twitter.com/esotericodditie Facebook - https://facebook.com/esotericoddities Email - Odditiespodcast@gmail.com Soundcloud - https://Soundcloud.com/esotericoddities - Sources - http://bit.ly/2vChxUq http://bit.ly/2wWSWZNhttp://bit.ly/2b3DFhs http://bit.ly/18IIidn    

David and Rachel discuss the rare limnic eruption at Lake Nyos in Cameroon.

Learn about mischievous money manager Bernie Madoff; then learn about the limnic eruption at Lake Nyos.

We bum each other out with stories of canine suicide and carbon dioxide poisoning. Find our show notes at www.thatsweird.org Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThatsWeirdCast Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatsweirdcast Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thatsweirdcast Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsweird --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On August 21, 1986, a giant cloud of carbon dioxide rose from Lake Nyos in Cameroon, Africa. As the cloud filtered down it displaced all of the air in its wake. Sixteen miles away it settled into three villages killing some 1,700 people. Lake Nyos was the first known large-scale asphyxiation caused by a natural event.

SynTalk thinks about the past, present and the future of water, and its dialectical relationship with Earth and life. We enter the worlds of rain, snow, ocean, monsoon, subterranean & surface rivers, dams, volcanoes, canals, lakes, estuaries, mountains, polar regions, and drains. What exactly is a river? Is water the same everywhere? The concepts are derived off / from Thales, Anaximander, Pierre Perrault, & Edme Mariotte, among others. We think of water both as an element and a compound. What would water be as a ‘ground’ of design and thinking, given that we are so wedded to the fixed dimensions of terra firma? How water is open, fluid (in space & time), and relative, and always retains its identity (?). Why are maps blue only somewhere, when water is everywhere? Do we privilege one moment in time (as rivers) in the hydrological cycle? Can we challenge ourselves to live in moments of (say) the rain or evaporation? Is there a need to include soil moisture in our imagination? How the sun is the essential driver of the water cycle, even though sunlight penetrates only till about ~100 metres in the sea. Do rivers also need water? How water is a lot more than H2O, with dissolved & suspended loads, nutrients, isotopic content, and microbial life. How & why rivers keep changing their dendritic courses? Are rivers fundamentally a series of holding & overflow systems, rather than systems with a source and a destination? How the ‘main stream’ of certain rivers may have been fallaciously justified historically by the surveyors? How stagnant water can be anti life. Have we (contextually) subjugated and privileged water, and told it: ‘be there, don’t come here’? Are floods a problem? Why do we channelize rivers, when water finds its own level? Is the earth losing water? When did it first rain on earth, and did rains come much before the rivers? The links between ~11 days, Cameroon’s Lake Nyos disaster, Catcher in the Rye, stream orders, The Big Muddy, photolysis, fair weather, Nile floods, run-offs, Sun, ecological cycles, electricity, Avogadro’s number, gravity, & independence. How water acts as Earth’s thermostat, & also helps the planet self sustain. Why doesn’t water vapour heat the earth up despite being a powerful greenhouse gas? Are there some water molecules that have never left the deep oceans or the atmosphere? How variation (a feature, & not a bug) is the life of water flow. What would happen if 100% of the rivers were dammed; could nature strike back? Can/should we simulate nature? Should dams be undone? Can future be a place of liberated water, with dissolved lines between land and water? The SynTalkrs are: Prof. Dilip da Cunha (architecture, design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia), Shripad Dharmadhikary (social & environmental activism, Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, Pune), & Prof. Ramesh Rengaswamy (paleoclimatology, oceanography, PRL, Ahmedabad).

Today’s podcast takes a weird turn at the way our Earth works, and how gas can be captured underwater, releasing in a catastrophic event that can be deadly. We focus on one specific historical event, the limnic eruption of Lake Nyos, Cameroon, on August 21st, 1986, and look at what could be in store in […]

How villagers in a remote region of Cameroon awoke one morning to find hundreds of their friends and neighbours had mysteriously died in the night. We hear from the scientists who were sent in to find out what had happened.

Lake Nyos in Camaroon held a deadly secret. Deadly enough to kill over 1700 people and 3500 livestock animals almost instantly.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

For residents in the villages around Lake Nyos, the world ended on August 21st, 1986. This week we tell the stories of few that lived to tell one of the most terrifying stories ever told. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy