For those of you not in the know, Bubble Motion is an Asian phenomenon led by American entrepreneur Thomas Clayton.

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Though the cupcake phenomenon is imploding, the college bubble is not likely to burst on its own.

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It is thought that recent high rainfall had displaced the CO2-rich water at the bottom, releasing a massive bubble of carbon dioxide gas from the lake in a natural phenomenon now referred to as "lake overturn".

BBC: 1986: Hundreds gassed in Cameroon lake disaster