Channel: Reactions

Category: Science & Technology

Tags: fossil pitsamerican chemical societydegassingradioactivecameroonco2soilmagmaisotopewavedeadlytsunamisublimatenatural disastercarbongaslake nyosvolcanochemistrytsunami wavecarbon dioxideuntoldsuffocateexplosionreactionslake

Description: On August 21, 1986, violent explosions rocked Cameroon’s Lake Nyos. A wave of water over 15 meters (around 50 ft) high flattened vegetation along the southern shore, but a second deadly, nearly invisible wave of carbon dioxide blanketed the nearby towns, suffocating residents and animals. In this episode of #Untold, a new #YouTubeLearning series from ACS, PBS, and YouTube, we investigate how a lake could explode and shoot out a gigantic wave of deadly carbon dioxide gas. You might also like: UNTOLD | The Loneliest Whale youtube.com/watch?v=L7mTZAhCeyA UNTOLD | Challenger: The Real Story of an Avoidable Disaster youtube.com/watch?v=uI174WMnWl4 UNTOLD | The Great MOLASSES Flood of 1919 youtube.com/watch?v=iMPGm3OSvMg UNTOLD | Killer Tides youtube.com/watch?v=R7t7qrH_dsc Credits: Executive Producers: George Zaidan Hilary Hudson Producer/Editor: Darren Weaver Writer/Host: Alex Dainis, PhD Assistant Editor: Brett Kuxhausen Animator: Shea Lord Fact Checker: Bob Hunt Archive Producer: Annalea Embree Coordinating Producer: Samantha Jones, PhD Scientific Consultants: Michelle Boucher, PhD Leila Duman, PhD Bill Evans, PhD George Kling, PhD Lake Nyos Images & Footage George Kling, PhD Sources: docs.google.com/document/d/1hGbg_8gUXxp9os6gdRG-in8OlhdIRUTYBo0GxwQHRvI/edit?usp=sharing Produced by the American Chemical Society. Join the American Chemical Society! bit.ly/Join_acsmembership