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Methane mining could trigger killer gas cloud [1]

A rush to extract methane from the depths of Africa's Lake Kivu could trigger a huge upwelling of suffocating gas, potentially affecting over 2 million people.

Publication Date: 
12/09/2009
Shanta Barley [2]
New Scientist [3]
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Congo [4], Lakes [5], Carbon Dioxide [6], Green House Gases [7], Energy [8], Electricity [9], Hydrology [10], Rwanda [11]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/shanta-barley
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/new-scientist
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/congo
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lakes
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/electricity
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hydrology
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rwanda