It revealed the origin of the fairy circles

(ANSA) – Hamburg, 16 APR – revealed the origin of the Fairies ‘circles’, in the desert of Namibia (Africa): to draw the enigmatic rings of grass are termites, evidenced by Norbert Juergens, Hamburg University, in a study in Science.

It is an example of natural engineering in which, thanks to termites, fairy circles into a desert of short duration in a meadow. Fairy circles are circular designs of perennial grasses, follow regular patterns and can persist for decades.