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'Worst case scenario' likely as ships trapped by Trump's war could spur 'super spreader’
The Cost of a War Measured in Dead WaterA Conflict That Pretends to Stop at the HorizonA report on Tuesday said more than 1,500 ships have been sitting idle near the Strait of Hormuz since President Donald Trump’s war with Iran began on February 28, and scientists now warn the shutdown could trigger a cross-border ecological disaster. The immediate story is not just clogged trade. It is that stalled war logistics can turn into an invasive-species pipeline, with organisms colonizing hulls and then spreading when shipping resumes.Power Made This RiskThe key fact is not the biology. It is the…
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