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Earthworm Bioturbation: Soil Mixing Cross-Section (2D)

Interactive 2D soil cross-section: earthworms tunnel between the leaf-litter surface and the clay hardpan, dragging organic matter down and mixing soil layers. Watch aeration percentage and mixing depth climb as a live cellular soil grid tracks every burrow.

Earth2DModerate60 FPS⇄ 3D version

Earthworms are ecosystem engineers: by tunnelling between the surface litter layer and deeper soil, they aerate compacted ground and drag organic matter down into horizons it would otherwise never reach. This 2D companion to the 3D "Worms Soil" terrarium models that same process on a cellular soil grid rather than a continuous mesh — every cell carries its own material band and organic content, and each worm's passage opens a burrow cell and blends organic matter into it. Tune worm count, activity speed and soil moisture, trigger a rain event or drop fresh leaf litter, and watch the live soil-aeration percentage and mixing-depth readout climb as the burrow network spreads.

⚙ Under the hood

A 2D cellular soil cross-section where earthworms tunnel between the leaf-litter surface and the clay hardpan, dragging organic matter downward and opening burrow cells. A live grid tracks soil aeration percentage and organic mixing depth as the burrow network spreads.

bioturbationsoil ecologyearthwormssoil aerationorganic mattercross-section

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install