The Baia de Levante is a bay like no other — nestled next to the Aeolian island of Vulcano, it boasts one of the only characterized shallow carbon seeps in the world — a gradient of dissolved carbon dioxide that originates from extremely low pH, volcanic seeps.
Venting carbon fills the water, creating a rare ecosystem containing all manner of unexplored life.
If naturally evolved, hyper-efficient carbon capture microbes exist on Earth, they will be places like this.
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