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Published online 15 July 2009 | Nature 460, 321-323 (2009) | doi:10.1038/460321a
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Earth science: A lakeful of trouble
Africa's Lake Kivu contains vast quantities of gas, which makes it both dangerous and valuable. Anjali Nayar asks whether it is possible to tap the gas without causing a disaster.
In late 2001, Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was growing restless. Plumes of smoke issued from the central crater, alarming volcanologists in the nearby city of Goma.
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