More creatures live in soil than any other environment on Earth. But what are they all doing there? Amber Dance reports on the world's widest biodiversity.
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Amber Dance is a freelance science writer based in the Los Angeles area, and a former News intern with Nature.
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Dance, A. Soil ecology: What lies beneath. Nature 455, 724–725 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/455724a
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