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Miami Herald
Miami Herald
National
Ashley Miznazi

As climate gets hotter, the termites get hungrier, UM-led study finds

Here’s something that will send a shiver up the spine of anyone who has battled termites — meaning just about every homeowner in Florida.

Termites get hungrier as temperatures get hotter, according to a new study, with their appetites for wood somehow whetted by rising temperatures.

That finding comes from more than 100 researchers across six continents who measured how fast termites ate blocks of dead wood left outside for at least a year in different regions with varying temperatures and rainfall.

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