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Offline mode in the Earth.fm app

We are excited to announce the release of version 1.1 of the Earth.fm app, which is available via Google Play

Diary of a sound recordist: Naked ears on the soundstage

Looking down at my walking shoes, still dusty from my last walk, I felt the physical absence of my recording

The environmental cost of war

The number of people killed by war during human history (as of 2003) is estimated as falling somewhere between 150

Could conserving biodiversity limit future pandemics?

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the COVID-19 pandemic claimed the lives, directly or indirectly, of approximately 14.9 million

Why plastic flowers are trash

In UK cities, fake flowers festoon the exteriors of shops, restaurants, hotels, pubs, and bars, while, inside, entire walls have

What is non-sleep deep rest (NSDR)?

Non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) refers to a method of relaxation which is thought to confer similar benefits to those derived

Three years in the countryside: Notes from a field recordist

Hoopoe, starling, golden oriole. It’s an especially warm morning – a surprise after weeks of cloudy skies. I make an

The Beauty of Walking the Same Path

Just because you’ve hiked a trail, doesn’t mean you truly know it. Friends ask me for trail recommendations a lot,

Sounds from underground: the orchestra of the soil

It’s easy to take soil for granted. Perhaps that’s understandable: not only do we unthinkingly walk all over it (compounding

Are wild animals self-medicating?

It’s long been thought that chimpanzees use plants medicinally – now, a team from the University of Oxford have come

An increasing clamor: The rise of anthropophony

In ‘Silence Is Falling: The Loss of Nature Sounds’, Earth.fm recently addressed some of the reasons why field recordists are

‘Wilding’ on film: the Knepp project

In the bestselling Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm (2019), author Isabella Tree described the creation of

Silence is falling: the loss of nature sounds

A recent UK Guardian article summed up a truth behind field recording which we would surely all prefer not to

What is geoengineering and how scared should we be?

Climate engineering (also known as geoengineering) is a broad term which encompasses the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Seeing the Sound

As a field recordist who strives to capture the voice of the natural world, I’m often bemused by the efforts

Seagulls: friend or foe?

It feels fair to say that most people feel positively about wildlife – or at least certain elements of it.

In the Field 2: Field Recording Conference, July 4–6 2024

Dear field recordists and sound aficionados, an upcoming conference called In the Field 2 may be of interest. We’re excited

Making the inaudible audible: The unheard songs of trees, fruit, and insects

Just because we can’t hear something, that doesn’t mean it’s not producing sound. Case in point: the diverse seismic communication

Reflections on deep listening

Deep listening, for me, is primarily about being there. If you’re not there, you can’t really listen. I think we

Can we make friends with birds?

Turkish fisherman Adem Yılmaz would undoubtedly answer in the affirmative. Every spring, after spending half the year in Africa, migratory

Secret World of Sound reviewed

David Attenborough’s new series – the extremely earth.fm-appropriate Secret World of Sound, which we recently previewed – has now been

Anxiety versus birdsong

It may feel that we shouldn’t need scientific evidence to tell us that birdsong is conducive to relaxation. Still… What are

David Attenborough enters the ‘Secret World of Sound’

As anthropophonic sound pollution increasingly mutes the sounds of the natural world, it’s well past time for this subject to

Ecotherapy: benefits of the great outdoors

Also known as nature therapy, ecotherapy involves activities which take place out of doors, in both urban and rural spaces

Nature sounds in music

Following our recent article, ‘Eight Pieces of Classical Music Inspired by the Natural World’, we’re pleased to bring you a

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