LONDON – The Bay of Naples is renowned for its breathtaking beauty and glittering clear waters. For centuries, tourists have flocked to the region to experience its glories.

But beneath the waves scientists have uncovered an alarming secret: streams of gas bubbling up from the seabed around the island of Ischia.

“The waters are like a jacuzzi – there is so much carbon dioxide fizzing up from the seabed,” said Dr Jason Hall-Spencer, of Plymouth University, England. “Millions of litres of gas bubble up every day.”

The gas streams have turned Ischia’s waters into acid, and this has had a major impact on sea life and aquatic plants. Now marine biologists fear the world’s seas could follow suit.

Read more in The New Zealand Herald.

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