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Although I was familiar with the sounds of nature stuff, I did not know about the depth of soundscapes and the fact that authorities are using this to catch poachers, is just so amazing! This is definitely a welcome break from the usual, kind of depressing, climate change deep dives from this newsletter haha :D

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Wow, so fascinating. I haven't listened to the links yet, but I will. Do you know of Cosmo Sheldrake? He records the sounds of the soil, among other things: https://www.spun.earth/expeditions/patagonia (scroll down to the section Ear to the Soil). Amazing.

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Wow. this is so cool! Thanks for sharing :) Have never thought of fungal diversity, but I can see how important it is for soil health.

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Important for the soil, thus for forests, and thus for climate change. It is immensely fascinating.

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Jumping on this chain to say I looooved Entangled Life by Cosmo's brother Merlin Sheldrake. What a book.

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YES -- I have the book -- all about fungi, mushrooms, mycelium -- the Wood Wide Web. Hugely inspiring.

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