JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Aug 10 (IPS) – Rabiya Jaffery is a freelance journalist covering climate change, migration, and human rights in the Middle East and South Asia. She is currently a reporting fellow for Norvergence, an international climate communications NGO.The Persian Gulf is one of the most strategic waterways in the world and is also one of the most polluted.
According to estimates by experts, pollution levels in the Persian Gulf are 47 times higher than the world’s average and are steadily increasing.
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Aug 10 (IPS) – Rabiya Jaffery is a freelance journalist covering climate change, migration, and human rights in the Middle East and South Asia. She is currently a reporting fellow for Norvergence, an international climate communications NGO.The Persian Gulf is one of the most strategic waterways in the world and is also one of the most polluted.According to estimates by experts, pollution levels in the Persian Gulf are 47 times higher than the world’s average and are steadily increasing.Read the full story, “Warming Temperatures & Decades of Oil Spills Cause Irreversible Damage to the Persian Gulf”, on globalissues.org →