From The Watchers, March 4:
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz sharply declined in early March after escalating conflict in the Gulf disrupted commercial navigation through the narrow corridor between Iran and Oman. While the strait is widely known as one of the world’s most important oil routes, it also connects natural gas exports from Gulf producers to global fertilizer production and agricultural supply chains. Disruptions affecting this corridor can therefore propagate beyond energy markets and influence fertilizer availability, agricultural input costs, and ultimately food prices worldwide.....
....According to Kpler commodity tracking data, approximately one-third of globally traded fertilizer, including nitrogen, phosphate, and sulphur, transits the Strait of Hormuz each month, representing 3 to 3.9 million tonnes of fertilizer exports.....
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Also at The Watchers:
Flaming mud volcano in Columbia
And:
Canada records lowest temperature in decades and record snowfall in winter 2025–26
