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It's a rave: Underground acoustics amplify soil health

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Ecologists monitor diversity of organisms via soundwaves.

Healthy soils produce a cacophony of sounds in many forms -- a bit like an underground rave concert of bubble pops and clicks.

Flinders University ecologists in Australia show this chaotic mixture of soundscapes can be a measure of the diversity of tiny living animals in the soil, which create sounds as they move and interact with their environment.

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