Sounds and communication sounds of a diverse soil fauna in an extensively managed alpine meadow. Movement and feeding noises and, in particular, various virbation and stridulation sounds can be heard. These come from insects such as tetrigids and cicadas that live on the ground and in the litter layer. This is what a healthy meadow sounds like.
Recording of a variety of sounds in a forest soil with a layer of moss on top. Springtails and movement sounds of other arthopods can
Feeding noises in the ground
In this recording, gnawing/feeding noises recorded in the soil can be heard. The rhythmic gnawing makes these sounds identifiable, allowing pests in the root zone
Rainworm movements
Recording of the crawling noises of an earthworm. The rasping of the worm's bristles on the tube wall can be heard.
Garden ants, communicating in sol
The red garden ant (Myrmica rubra) builds its nests in the ground and we have already succeeded several times in recording its communication sounds. These
Polluted soil
Recording of cadmium-contaminated soil in the former sewage fields of Berlin. Practically no faunal activity, only water movements through the soil pores are audible.
Noise Pollution in soil
Recording of tractor noise as it can be heard in the ground at a depth of 10 cm at a distance of one meter from