[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fuea1fu2QStJBnXR1Ih3yT3kCcUpM2ocl16OHgzYlZFM":3},{"locale":4,"topic":5,"relatedTrends":69},"fr",{"topic":6,"slug":7,"canonicalSlug":7,"topicAliases":8,"nicheKey":9,"nicheName":10,"nicheNameEn":11,"nicheIcon":12,"country":13,"countries":14,"agentKey":15,"score":16,"type":17,"isFresh":18,"isPublic":18,"detectedAt":19,"sources":20,"evidence":63,"article":66},"Long-term environmental contamination from post-conflict pollution and warfare","long-term-environmental-contamination-from-post-conflict-pollution-and-warfare",[],"ecologie","Écologie & Environnement","Ecology & Environment","🌱","US",[13],"ecologie-US",100,"spiking",true,"2026-05-26T04:47:01.712Z",[21,27,33,38,43,48,53,58],{"title":22,"url":23,"domain":24,"snippet":25,"content":26},"The pollution that outlives war","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.aljazeera.com\u002Famp\u002Fopinions\u002F2026\u002F5\u002F23\u002Fthe-pollution-that-outlives-war","aljazeera.com","Toxic remnants of war continue to poison communities and ecosystems long after active fighting has ended.","Al Jazeera\n\nSee this story on our app\n\n Advertisement \n\nAd\n\nClose the sidebar Close the sidebar\n\n!\n\n](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.aljazeera.com\u002Fauthor\u002Ffelix_horne_150430084444360)\n\nBy \n\nPublished On 23 May 2026 23 May 2026\n\nClick here to share on social media\n\nShare\n\nLink copied!\n\n!\n\nA satellite image shows a likely oil spill covering dozens of square kilometres near Iran's Kharg Island, May 6, 2026 [European Union\u002FCopernicus Sentinel-2\u002FHandout via Reuters]\n\nWar is measured first in lives lost, families uprooted and neighbourhoods reduced to rubble. But there are also deadly consequences that are often ignored. Pollution caused by war can settle over cities, contaminate water and soil, and shape public health long after the fighting is over. This is the case with the Iran war.\n\nThe six weeks of bombardment in Iran and the Gulf that saw attacks on energy infrastructure have already taken a toll. Burning fuel tanks send toxic particles into the air, while debris, run-off and oil residues threaten coastal waters and marine ecosystems across the Gulf, where pollution can spread far beyond the immediate strike zone.\n\nlist of 4 items\n*   list 1 of 4[US strikes southern Iran in ‘self defence’ targeting Iranian mine boats](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.aljazeera.com\u002Fvideo\u002Fnewsfeed\u002F2\n\n[Content truncated...]",{"title":28,"url":29,"domain":30,"snippet":31,"content":32},"Annihilating South Lebanon : What we know so far about Ecocide and urban devastation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.greenpeace.org\u002Fmena\u002Fen\u002Fannihilating-south-lebanon\u002F","greenpeace.org","Autumn 2023. That was when everything began. Two weeks after October 8, and following the first rounds of mutual shelling that started on that date,...",null,{"title":34,"url":35,"domain":36,"snippet":37,"content":32},"As Ukraine Hits Oil Refineries, Russians Pay a Heavy Environmental Toll","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nytimes.com\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F19\u002Fworld\u002Feurope\u002Frussia-ukraine-oil-attacks-war-tuapse.html","nytimes.com","Yevgeny Vitishko, who lives in the Russian town of Tuapse, always wears white shirts. But the day a local oil refinery caught fire after a Ukrainian drone...",{"title":39,"url":40,"domain":41,"snippet":42,"content":32},"Persian Gulf war raises risk of environmental disaster","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tehrantimes.com\u002Fnews\u002F526646\u002FPersian-Gulf-war-raises-risk-of-environmental-disaster","tehrantimes.com","TEHRAN – The dangerous war that the U.S. and Israel jointly started against Iran at the end of February has incredibly increased the risks of an...",{"title":44,"url":45,"domain":46,"snippet":47,"content":32},"CFA bemoans ecocide tendencies in global wars","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.modernghana.com\u002Fnews\u002F1495673\u002Fcfa-bemoans-ecocide-tendencies-in-global-wars.html","modernghana.com","Wars have always left behind graves, broken families, and shattered economies . Yet beyond the visible destruction lies another silent casualty that...",{"title":49,"url":50,"domain":51,"snippet":52,"content":32},"The wake of war: Costs for civilisation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thedailystar.net\u002Fslow-reads\u002Fgeopolitical-insights\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-wake-war-costs-civilisation-4147771","thedailystar.net","Beyond the immediate battlefield, war inflicts enduring damage on cultural identity, ecological health, and global economic stability.",{"title":54,"url":55,"domain":56,"snippet":57,"content":32},"War's Toxic Legacy: Lasting Environmental Damage Beyond Destruction","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.whalesbook.com\u002Fnews\u002FEnglish\u002Fenergy\u002FWars-Toxic-Legacy-Lasting-Environmental-Damage-Beyond-Destruction\u002F6a11a9f3e28c1d234359fe13","whalesbook.com","Wars leave a lasting environmental damage beyond the immediate destruction. 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