The John Batchelor Show / PREVIEW: SEA BIRDS: GUANO: In "Ten Birds That Changed the World," author Stephen Moss recounts how sea bird droppings (guano), rich in phosphates and nitrates, were harvested off Peru and sold as fertilizer, making William Gibbs wealthy while exploiting a

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