From black rain to marine pollution, the war in Iran is an environmental disaster

In this week’s newsletter: with US-Israeli strikes hitting oil refineries, military bases and nuclear facilities, monitors are warning that the conflict will have devastating effects• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIf the first casualty of war is the truth, the environment can’t come far behind.The black rain that fell across Tehran two weekends ago was perhaps the most symbolic symptom of a litany of environmental devastation being wrought on Iran by the US-Israeli war machine since the start of the month. As I reported last week, we already know the conflict will have major long-term environmental repercussions.Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lakeButterflies crossing oceans, moths navigating by the stars: unravelling the mysteries of insect migrationsWe need to be honest about Iran – and how our rampant greed for oil is causing mayhem | Geo...


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