"Therapeutic Benefits of Listening to Underground Sounds from Earth's Largest Organism"

Sound designer Jeff Rice recorded the sounds of Pando, the largest organism on Earth consisting of about 40,000 genetically identical trees connected by the same root system. Rice used a hydrophone to capture the deep, soothing rumbling sound of the tree's vast root system during a thunderstorm. Listening to nature sounds has been found to have mood-boosting, pain-relieving, and stress-reducing effects, and Rice's recordings of Pando could have immense potential for exploring the inner workings of the tree's hidden hydraulic system, root depth, insect colonies, and much more.