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Source of mysterious ‘fairy circles’ found – Live Science
Fairy circles might finally make sense.
These regular barren patches that pop up in grasslands in Australia and Namibia have long created controversy, with some researchers arguing that they might be the result of underground termite activity
. But now, the most detailed monitoring effort ever shows that fairy circles are engineered by the grasses themselves
.
The research, published Sept. 21 in theJournal of Ecology
, reveals how harsh, dry conditions in Australia, punctuated by occasional…
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