War in Strait of Hormuz unleashes environmental catastrophe as oil spills threaten Gulf ecosystems

Coastal communities face contaminated drinking water supplies and loss of fish stocks that they depend on for food and livelihoods.

In the Strait of Hormuz, where the arteries of global energy meet the violence of war, the sea itself has become a casualty. Since the outbreak of the US-Iran conflict, more than a hundred oil spills have bled into waters that sustain coral reefs, mangrove forests, and the drinking supplies of millions — a slow-motion catastrophe unfolding beneath the noise of military strikes. The crisis reveals an older, quieter truth: that the world's dependence on fossil fuels moving through contested straits does not merely risk economies, but unravels the living systems that no treaty can quickly restore

War in Strait of Hormuz unleashes environmental catastrophe as oil spills threaten Gulf ecosystems

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