The Strait of Hormuz isn't fertilizer's first starring role — and 1856 law still defines U.S. overseas territory | Fortune
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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 fertilizer transformed the modern world.
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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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