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Although termites are not related to ants, they have a similar way of life. Sometimes they are even called white ants. Their huge nests are made from sand mixed with their own droppings!


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Only ourselves to blame
A new report on the Earth's climate by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that human activity is responsible for an overall rise in global temperatures. The IPCC had previously thought that the rise in temperature was due to human activity, but they had no definite proof. Since 1976 the world has been warming by 2?C a century. By using methods such as examination of tree rings, the IPCC has discovered that the rise in global temperatures over the last 1,000 years cannot be due only to natural factors and that humans are responsible for much of the change.
20 NOVEMBER 1999, P. 24
New Scientist
20 NOVEMBER 1999, P. 24

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