Wednesday, July 20, 2011

HTNI #47

It is a rare type of natural disaster in which carbon dioxide suddenly erupts from deep lake water, suffocating wildlife, livestock and humans. Such an eruption may also cause tsunamis in the lake as the rising CO2 displaces water. Only two such instances have been recorded in history -- Once in 1984 in Cameroon at Lake Monoun and the other being at the neighbouring Lake Nyos in 1986. What are these types of explosions called?


Answer to Yesterday's Question.


This is the Mascot of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 , named Karla Kick. Only Tezeshwar got this right.

1 comment:

Harikrishnan Vijayan said...

Lake overturn. It need not be co2 methinks