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Atlas Obscura

Atlas Obscura

What you’re hearing is a symphony of vibrations and pulses that relay the state of the very soils these organisms are moving within

Atlas Obscura
Summary
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81% Informative

Ecoacoustics, or the study of environmental sounds, can be used to detect organisms in the soil, and identify the difference between restored and degraded land.

From millipedes to nematodes, soils across the world teem with billions of living organisms that make up Earth ’s biosphere and contribute to the global food supply.

The British Natural History Museum is installing soil acoustic sensors in its gardens to monitor urban wildlife.

Scientists are also using acoustics to see if they can speed up the restoration process.

Monitoring soil health by way of soundscapes could be used by farmers and growers to figure out where they need to preemptively intervene.

VR Score

85

Informative language

89

Neutral language

57

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

62

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Time-value

long-living

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