GREENVILLE, N.C., July 28 -- East Carolina University issued the following press release:
GREENVILLE, N.C. (07/27/2026) - New research by an international coalition of 24 marine scientists, including East Carolina University associate professor of biology Dr. April Blakeslee, cautions that the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which began on Feb. 28, has set the stage for an unprecedented ecological crisis. The group is advocating for early action and providing solutions to prevent what they call a bioinvasion super-spreader event, to prevent harm to ports, shipping industries, coastal ecosystems and the economy worldwide.
The researchers said that as more than 1,500 stranded vessels sit idle in the Persian/Arabian Gulf and Gulf ...