What impact did Mt Nyiragongo have on environment?
What impact did Mt Nyiragongo have on environment? Environmental risks Poisonous gases caused acid rain , which affected farmland and cattle. Many farmers lost income. Had the lava reached Lake Kivu, or seismic activity disrupted the lake, then dangerous levels of carbon dioxide and methane could have been released. What were the effects of the 2002 eruption? [1] In January 2002, Nyiragongo volcano erupted 14–34 × 106 m3 of lava from fractures on its southern flanks. The nearby city of Goma was inundated by two lava flows, which caused substantial socioeconomic disruption and forced the mass exodus of the population,...