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Bird droppings were a foundation of modern agriculture and American empire

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Bird droppings were a foundation of modern agriculture and American empire

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  • currentsapi-gapfill(Mixed)By Edward D Melillo

    The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly one-third of the world’s fertilizer normally passes, has made clear that access to nutrients for crops remains as strategically important in the 21st century as access to oil. As an environmental historian, I study how fe…

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