The stunning underwater world that’s at risk as the Iran war drags on | CNN Not far from the vessels stuck in the Persian Gulf is a one-of-a-kind marine ecosystem that’s home to dolphins, sea turtles and coral. How do oil slicks affect them?

A wildlife disaster unfolds alongside the human tragedy in the Strait of Hormuz

@greenpeace.org reports Iranian vessel Shahid Bagheri, stuck by a US warplane in early March, is still leaking oil near the Strait, with nearby wetlands at risk:

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12/ This is now a high-likelihood, high-impact risk.

#AMOC collapse would devastate European agriculture, shift tropical monsoons, raise Atlantic sea levels by up to a metre, and destabilise food systems globally.

Yet it's barely mentioned in national security planning. That has to change!

Globe showing the Atlantic Ocean with arrows depicting the AMOC circulation: warm surface currents (pink/red) flowing northward from the tropics toward the Arctic, and cold deep return currents (blue/purple) flowing southward. The background shows sea surface temperature trends, with a prominent blue cold patch, the "cold blob", south of Greenland, contrasting with warming (orange/red) across the rest of the ocean.

1/ There's a system of ocean currents in the Atlantic that shapes Europe's #climate, drives monsoons, and keeps sea levels stable along the US coast.

In the last 5 years, the scientific evidence that it could collapse has shifted dramatically.

Most people have no idea. 🧵

A collapse of the AMOC, deemed likely by the turn of the century, wd make agriculture impossible in countries like the UK/Ireland - with polar winters but hotter summers than now, plus droughts - & other huge impacts globally. Won't happen overnight but huge existential risk must spur urgent action👇

David Attenborough takes on PHEASANTS!

“Native to Asia, but now released into our countryside on an industrial scale, over 30 million every year… eating vast numbers of insects, reptiles and amphibians every day.”

Time for the Government to regulate this out-of-control industry

#SecretGarden

🚨 Mackerel is being taken off the shelves amidst an overfishing crisis. Cod is on red alert & herring is also at risk. The ocean is sounding the alarm, it's time for us to listen 🐟

ACT NOW to call on govt to end overfishing in our waters: https://bit.ly/4trrBfe

Who’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution? | George Monbiot The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

It's the opposite of his intention, but the Idiot Emperor is forcing the world off fossil fuels. This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘It beggars belief’: MoD sources warn Palantir’s role at heart of government is a threat to UK’s security Experts say that claims UK data remains under government ownership miss the point that the company has the capability to build its own detailed picture of the British population, and even infer state ...

NEW: Two senior MOD whistleblowers with inside knowledge of Palantir's systems have come forward to @thenerve.news to say government ministers are ignorant of the grave national security risks the technology poses.

Hugely important by @charlienotold.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...

15 plants to feed birds naturally Grow food to reduce spread of bird diseases and provide a range of long-lived habitat

15 plants to feed birds naturally and other guidance www.wildway.info/p/15-plants-... an emergency post to help everyone with the new @rspb.bsky.social advice to not feed birds in summer

#NetworkRail are getting bogged down in their own justifications but the point is that the swift nesting sites are blocked and they can unblock them. 📧email CEO Jeremy Westlake asking him to unblock them: jeremy.westlake@networkrail.co.uk #SaveOurSwifts #UnblockTheNests

Swift nests in #Derbyshire have been cemented over by Network Rail so the soon to be returning birds will have nowhere to go. Please voice your concern to their CEO Jeremy Westlake:
jeremy.westlake@networkrail.co.uk

#Swifts #NetworkRail #Environment #Birds #Wildlife #UnblockOurNests

I’ve known Lebanon for three decades. What’s happening now is an invasion.

This is Gaza 2.0 – and the world is barely paying attention.

@CaroleCadwalladr for the Nerve

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Oil slick from bombed Iranian ship threatens protected wetland Shahid Bagheri leaking fuel towards Hara mangrove forest, home to migrating birds and endangered turtles

Oil from an Iranian ship struck near the Strait of Hormuz threatens to poison one of the region's most important wetlands.

Local fishing communities depend on the mangrove forest for food.

If oil reaches them, it's likely to kill the fish they need to survive.

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Bottom trawling is so damaging to marine life nothing but a total ban on this fishing practice is sufficient & in the feebly-governed UK, incl Scotland, we can at least ban this plague of life in our waters in ALL MPAs!
UKGov's plan to ban practice in *parts* of 41 MPAs is nowhere near enough!

Octopus reports sharp rise in solar panel sales since start of Iran war Firm’s sales up 54% this month and Good Energy reports doubling of interest in solar after latest oil price shock

Unintended consequences

As the war in Iran makes oil & gas supplies increasingly vulnerable, more people are seeking lower bills & increased security by installing solar panels, says @octopus.energy:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Epic river migrations of fish rapidly collapsing, UN report finds Vast journeys, among world’s great wonders, found to be under threat as freshwater fish populations crash by 81%

“freshwater fish populations worldwide have crashed by ~81% since 1970

the report found the collapse of river migrations was a largely overlooked biodiversity crisis”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"A recent analysis reveals that the ongoing US-Israel-Iran has generated approximately 5 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent greenhouse gas emissions in its first 14 days alone ... surpassing the combined annual emissions of 84 low-emitting countries"
via Science Acumen
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Last days of ‘consultation’ on Woodberry Down Phase 5. 28 March 10 am - 1 pm. Sustainable Hackney's view is shaped by our response to the Climate Crisis www.sustainablehackney.org.uk/post/woodber... @sustainhackney.bsky.social @saveleamarshes.bsky.social

Britain’s secret state and the need for whistle-blowing In November 2003, I was charged with a breach of the Official Secrets Act in the UK. My ‘crime’ had been to reveal an email from the US National Security Agency (NSA) to Britain's intelligence agency,...

23 years ago GCHQ official Katharine Gun leaked an email to the media in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq.

Where are the whistleblowers now?

www.declassifieduk.org/britains-sec...

UK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George Monbiot The war on Iran has put fossil-fuel prices centre stage, but don’t believe those who tout ‘maximising the North Sea’ as our salvation, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

“Rightwing politicians, junktanks & billionaire press tell us our energy security will be enhanced & our bills fall if we abandon net zero, ditch renewables, reinvest in North Sea gas. These claims are not just a bit wrong. They’re the exact opposite of the truth”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Sea Levels Are Already Higher Than Many Scientists Think, New Study Shows

"Coastal sea levels are, on average, eight inches to a foot higher than these scientific studies and maps indicate worldwide, the research found."

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/c...

Today is the Purim holiday. Israeli settlers attacked me and my neighbors in Hebron.

I filmed this video with my cellphone out of the frontdoor of my terrace.
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Permission for illegal military action from British bases?

Exclusive: Ridley Road market traders forced out by tax haven registered landlord Hackney’s iconic street market is under threat again, seven years after its last fight for survival

In a re-run of 2018, Ridley Road Shopping Village is under threat.

I am outraged at this action from Larochette — not only are they proposing to evict traders, again, the way they have communicated this to traders and the public has been totally unacceptable

www.the-londoner.co.uk/exclusive-ri...

End the sewage pollution scandal We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...

Are you watching Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

Charity launches legal action over River Wye pollution concerns River Action says National Resources Wales is failing to stop chicken manure polluting the river.

'the legal action was "ultimately about correcting unlawful decision-making", and alleged NRW had "wrongly told itself that it lacked power to regulate farm pollution beyond the farm boundary".' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You could do a hell of a lot of *real* decarbonisation with £2m a day

Andrew Cooper: 'Cap will end one of the worst injustices of the leasehold system' For many people, the reality of home ownership has fallen far short of the dream they were promised.

So many people in Mid Cheshire have been screwed over by the current leasehold system. I'm delighted that the Government are taking steps to tackle it, but much more needs to be done.

I discuss this topic more in my latest column for the Northwich and Winsford Guardian👇

On Russian interference in UK politics/Brexit: