Movie S1.

Time-lapse thermal imaging of the mound shows that during the day, the flutes are warmer than the center. This profile is inverted at night. Simultaneous measurements of CO2 show that it accumulates in the nest during the day and is flushed out when the temperature profile inverts.

Termite mounds harness diurnal temperature oscillations for ventilation

Hunter King, Samuel Ocko, and L. Mahadevan

PNAS. 2015. 112:11589-11593 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1423242112