Compléter 172-testVersion en ligne 172-test par Farhad Key 1 concentrated harmless underground out cloud this killing off were Volcanoes blast more than 100 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year but the gas is usually . When a volcano erupts , carbon dioxide spreads into the atmosphere and isn't in one spot . But sometimes the gas gets trapped under enormous pressure . If it escapes to the surface in a dense , it can push out oxygen - rich air and become deadly . Huge clouds of carbon dioxide released from California's volcanic Mammoth Mountain in 1984 , thousands of trees . The U . S . Forest Service declared the area - limits to campers and keeps a close eye on gas levels there to day .