According to The Guardian, hundreds of oil spills have been recorded since the US war on Iran began in February, a situation the outlet described as a "generational" threat to wildlife.
The Guardian reported that vast, dark oil slicks in the Strait of Hormuz are visible from space. According to the outlet, throughout October oil tankers were struck by missiles or sea mines in the waterway and spilled crude into the sea.
The Guardian's summary says the pollution has spread across the Gulf and is contaminating coastlines. The text available to this newsroom ends before the outlet's full account of which areas and which species are affected, so those details could not be confirmed.
The Guardian's headline refers to boat strikes and the impact on fragile Gulf ecosystems. The summary, however, describes tanker incidents involving missiles and sea mines, and the available text does not explain how the two descriptions relate. The summary also does not say who carried out the strikes. The report was written by Lorenzo Tondo.
The full report is available in The Guardian's original article on oil slicks seen from space.