SHIPS STUCK IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ POSE ‘SUPER-SPREADER’ BIODIVERSITY THREAT, SCIENTISTS WARN

Biologists say cargo ships stranded in Gulf may carry highly potent invasive species around the world as trade resumes The closure of the strait of Hormuz has created conditions for an extreme global biodiversity… More than 1,500 commercial vessels have been stuck in the Gulf since the strategic waterway closed on 28 February after the outbreak of the US-Israel war on Iran.

Environment | The Guardian reports that biologists say cargo ships stranded in Gulf may carry highly potent invasive species around the world as trade resumes The closure of the strait of Hormuz has created conditions for an extreme global biodiversity…

The report adds: More than 1,500 commercial vessels have been stuck in the Gulf since the strategic waterway closed on 28 February after the outbreak of the US-Israel war on Iran.

An international team of marine biologists said that with the stranded ships remaining motionless, their hulls were becoming encrusted with marine life – from microbes and algae to barnacles and other invertebrates –…

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