Researchers use sound to determine soil’s health

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The Restoration Ecology team at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, has recently published new research that uses super-sensitive microphones to listen to and analyze the health of soil. The researchers say this new method could replace traditional ones, which are expensive, disruptive, and laborious. The World’s Bianca Hillier reports.

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