Engineering360: "Pests or partners? How termite mounds may help building designers"

Oh my not only do they destroy our building but they add to global warming and likely release methane from the breakdown of plant matter underground!

?? :) They were there before our buildings, and were part of the integrated environment before our addition to the global warming that has made it into a problem for us. They are hopefully immune to our excesses. If they can, they should sue humans for the disturbance to the environment.