Venice Canals are Clear Enough
to See Dolphins and Fish!
As Covid-19 halts tourism in the city
Swans have returned to the canals and dolphins have been spotted in the port.
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By Julia Jacobo
The coronavirus
pandemic has had an unexpected side effect in Venice, where the
normally cloudy canals have transformed into water crystal clear enough
to see fish swimming below.
Que C'est Triste Venise
Charles Aznavour.
Italy's tourism industry came to a screeching halt once the number of coronavirus cases began to spike in the country, but those who remain have been posting to social media images of the traffic-less canals.Charles Aznavour.
Swans were seen in the water, while dolphins have been spotted swimming in the port.
However, the transparent water isn't so much a sign of better water
quality as it is the result of the lack of boat traffic, which typically
kicks sediment to the surface, Pierpaolo Campostrini, the managing
director for the Consortium for Managing Scientific Research on Venice
Lagoon System, told ABC News via email.
"The low turbidity of the water does not mean cleanliness," Campostrini said. "The transparency is due to the absence of sediment resuspension."
The cold temperature of the water also plays a part, Campostrini said.
At about 57 degrees Fahrenheit, there is little synthesis of organic
compounds from carbon dioxide, which doesn't begin until about 62
degrees Fahrenheit.
It's likely that the air quality has improved
since "every kind of pollutants decreased a lot," but a chemical
analysis would need to be performed to say so for sure, Campostrini
added.
Amid the crisis, the clear water is a small reprieve for Venice, which just months ago experienced flooding by the highest tide in more than 50 years, causing inestimable damage to the centuries-old city.
Medical facilities in Northern Italy's hard-hit Lombardy region will
soon be unable to help the sick, regional governor Attilio Fontana said
Wednesday.
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