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Alpine meadow, Valais, Switzerland

15 January 2025

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.

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Alpine meadow, Valais, Switzerland

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

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

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

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

Rainworm movements

Recording of the crawling noises of an earthworm. The rasping of the worm's bristles on the tube wall can be heard.

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.

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