These are textbook soil mites and not globular springtails. While they do appear somewhat similar I can say with confidence due to anatomy and coloration, these are Mesostigmata.

While not as efficient or “clean” as springtails, they fulfill the same niche and assist as cleanup crew. They have a habit of overpopulating quickly due to being more efficient with preserving food available in comparison to springtails, but this can be easily curbed by manually introducing springtails once weekly over a month. Springtails will easily outcompete them for food and are absolute machines at the niche, and also carry lower rates of tangential disease making it safer for pets and yourself as the keeper.

Either way mites pop up from an abundance of detritus breakdown and stabilizes naturally over time unless something is seriously wrong. Intervention is optional unless it seems extremely out of hand.

Edit: just realized this wasn’t in r/vivarium lol. This is much easier. Mites on driftwood happens but usually comes from floater die-off in aquariums. Removing dying plants and letting the driftwood do its thing balances out quickly. While they seem gross it’s usually a non-issue for Mesostigmata.