Click, crackle and pop: healthy soil makes more noise, scientists find

Researchers at Australia's Flinders University hope the acoustic method will make it easier to find and fix soil degradation

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Ever wondered what the Earth sounds like? New research suggests healthy soil has a distinctive soundtrack of its own - the crackles, pops and clicks of ants and worms bustling around underground.

Scientists from Australia's Flinders University listened to microphones planted in the ground to see if invertebrate instrumentals are a good indicator of biodiversity and soil health.

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