The
Venice canal, typically bogged down with tourists in gondolas and cruise ships, is now crystal clear, according to photos shared by Twitter user @FolinAlberto.
Cruise ships are typically seen
sailing into the Venice lagoon and have caused harmful levels of pollution, Euro Weekly News writes. Without them, the water has had a chance to clear.
A typical March would see
nearly 700,000 people arrive in Venice on cruise ships or otherwise, the South China Morning Post reports.
The decline in tourism has brought "back the lagoon waters of ancient times, those of the post-war period, when it was even still possible to bathe in the waters of the canals," according to local newspaper La Nuova di Venezia e Mestre.
Air quality has also improved in Italy.
Though social isolation has been difficult, it's
had a massively positive effect on CO2 emissions, according to European Space Agency data analyzed by the Washington Post.
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