...And Then 1700 People Died.

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Visit http://www.brilliant.org/answerswithjoe to start learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. This sounds crazy, but it's true. There are lakes in the world that randomly explode, and it works in much the same way as soda cans, but on a massive scale, and cause massive death and destruction. They're called limnic eruptions, and they're super weird. https://nebula.tv/videos/joescott-and-then-1700-people-died Want to support the channel? Here's how: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2YHgc363EdcusLIBbgxzg/join T-Shirts & Merch: http://www.answerswithjoe.com/store Check out my 2nd channel, Joe Scott TMI: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqi721JsXlf0wq3Z_cNA_Ew And my podcast channel, Conversations With Joe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJzc7TiJ2nnuyJkUpOZ8RKA You can listen to my podcast, Conversations With Joe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify 👉 https://spoti.fi/37iPGzF Apple Podcasts 👉 https://apple.co/3j94kfq Google Podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3qZCo1V Interested in getting a Tesla or going solar? Use my referral link and get discounts and perks: https://ts.la/joe74700 Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@answerswithjoe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/answerswithjoe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/answerswithjoe LINKS LINKS LINKS - https://letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/stem-in-context/chemistry-pop http://dept.harpercollege.edu/chemistry/chm/100/dgodambe/thedisk/chemrxn/rxnintr2.htm https://www.borgandoverstrom.com/en/blog/the-history-of-sparkling-water/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Minoru-Kusakabe/publication/316024552_Lakes_Nyos_and_Monoun_Gas_Disasters_Cameroon-Limnic_Eruptions_Caused_by_Excessive_Accumulation_of_Magmatic_CO2_in_Crater_Lakes/links/5d4d120aa6fdcc370a87361c/Lakes-Nyos-and-Monoun-Gas-Disasters-Cameroon-Limnic-Eruptions-Caused-by-Excessive-Accumulation-of-Magmatic-CO2-in-Crater-Lakes.pdf?origin=publication_detail (Wikipedia source) and https://books.google.com/books?id=nOIiDRIaJiMC&lpg=PA26&ots=L0nkzuEDR3&dq=Lake%20Monoun%20loud%20sound&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q=Lake%20Monoun%20loud%20sound&f=false https://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2001/killerlakestrans.shtml http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4748902.stm https://www.lakescientist.com/lake-facts/lakes-climate-change/ https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/environment/water/wells/waterquality/methane.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/defusing-africas-killer-lakes-88765263/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1836556/pdf/bmj00233-0037.pdf https://globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/kling/killer_lakes/killer_lakes.html https://www.iisd.org/ela/blog/commentary/lakes-stratify-turn-explain-science-behind-phenomena/ About the Lake Manoun eruption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Monoun About the Lake Nyos eruption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Photographs-showing-degassing-operation-at-Lakes-Nyos-and-Monoun-a-A-45-m-high-fountain_fig2_283765819 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1464343X19302286 https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S1464343X19302286-gr8.jpg https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-021-02523-5/index.html https://www.africanews.com/2022/01/20/in-rwanda-kivuwatt-transforms-gas-from-killer-lake-into-electricity// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Kivu TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Diet Coke Geyser 2:09 - Carbonation 3:48 - The Lake Monoun Disaster 6:02 - Limnic Eruptions 7:14 - The Lake Nyos Disaster 9:10 - Unanswered Questions 10:40 - Degassing Efforts 11:08 - Lake Kivu's Danger 12:21 - Power Plant Plans 13:27 - Sponsor - Brilliant