Aeon (2026)
Worm munch might seem like a curiosity, but it represents a much bigger change in how we understand nature. More than just the behaviour of single creatures, such sounds can also reveal the health of whole ecosystems – and the underground is emerging as a new acoustic frontier.
Related Research Themes
Ecology
Testing the effectiveness of different ecological approaches for nature recovery to support biodiversity and the delivery of ecosystem services such as climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Scale and Technology
Tracking and evaluating nature recovery at both fine resolution and large spatial scales utilising state-of-the-art remote sensing, big data, and deep machine learning techniques.
Related Projects
Ecoacoustics for assessing ecosystem health and function, from air to soil
Developing scaleable, transferable, and open approaches for ecoacoustics to assess nature recovery across global ecosystems
Ecoacoustic Data Analytics
Advancing AI methods to determine ecosystem composition from acoustic recordings, distinguishing species, geophonic & anthropogenic sounds in soundscapes as well as flagging unusual or unanticipated sounds.
Ecoacoustics & citizen science at the Rothbury Estate
Monitoring the sound of nature recovery at the Rothbury Estate in colaboration with the Wildlife Trusts and citizen scientists.
The role of regenerative farming for biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
We utilise both standardised and cutting-edge methods to explore biodiversity and ecosystem functioning along a land use gradient to better understand the role of regenerative farming.
