Limnic eruptions are among the strangest natural disasters on Earth, occurring when enormous amounts of dissolved gas suddenly escape from deep lake water. The story examines Lake Nyos and other ...

If you were going for a refreshing swim, the last thing you’d expect is to suffocate from toxic gases. But when it comes ...

A sudden change on 29 August 2022 in the color and smell of Lake Kuk, in north-west Cameroon, has caused anxiety and panic among the local residents. Fears are driven by an incident that happened 36 ...

Fishing on an explosive lake sounds dangerous. I’m in Goma, in the Democractic Republic of Congo, where I spent yesterday with fishermen on Lake Kivu’s Himbi Beach. The goal: to hunt petite-sized ...