湖こ水すい爆ばく発はつ

noun

limnic eruption

A rare natural disaster in which dissolved carbon dioxide suddenly erupts from deep lake water, suffocating nearby life. Technical term used in geology and disaster science.

• 1986年ねん、カメルーンのニオス湖こで湖こ水すい爆ばく発はつが発はっ生せいし、多た数すうの犠ぎ牲せい者しゃが出でた。

  In 1986, a limnic eruption occurred at Lake Nyos in Cameroon, causing many casualties.

• 湖こ水すい爆ばく発はつは、湖こ底ていに蓄ちく積せきされた二に酸さん化か炭たん素そが一いっ気きに放ほう出しゅつされる現げん象しょうだ。

  A limnic eruption is a phenomenon in which carbon dioxide accumulated at the bottom of a lake is released all at once.