Rare 'limnic eruptions' can unleash deadly, invisible gas clouds from deep lakes, as seen in Cameroon's 1986 Lake Nyos ...

In August 1986, a limnic eruption at Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a massive cloud of carbon dioxide that killed more than 1,700 people and thousands of animals. The disaster occurred when gas that ...

But even while Lake presided over the destruction of an agency vital to U.S. national-security interests and the squandering of taxpayer dollars—more on this later—she often seemed to be focused on ...

Scientists from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) documented a number of changes inside Mexico's El Chichón volcano during monitoring between June and December 2025. El Chichón's ...

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A rapidly growing sunspot has fired off at least 18 M-class and three X-class flares in just 24 hours, including an intense X8.3 eruption. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

On this episode of Science Dispatch, we dive into the latest Kīlauea eruption and the alarming chemistry behind the air people are breathing. The volcano is releasing massive amounts of sulfur dioxide ...

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