Digging holes (IMAGE)

Aarhus University

Digging holes

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By digging holes next to the ant mounds Rikke Reisner Hansen was able to both see and measure how the mounds affects the soil around them. The thermometer showed that the temperature is slightly warmer next to the ant mound because the ants emit heat.

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Rikke Reisner Hansen (private photo)

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