{"id":4376,"date":"2022-06-26T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/?p=4376"},"modified":"2022-06-14T05:46:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T05:46:58","slug":"the-ocean-is-not-a-quiet-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/the-ocean-is-not-a-quiet-place\/","title":{"rendered":"The ocean is not a quiet place"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n The sound of the marine environment has been underestimated, mainly because it is not audible to the human ear.\n (Shutterstock)<\/span><\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n\nThomas Uboldi<\/a>, Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Rimouski (UQAR)<\/a><\/em><\/span>\n\n

For a long time, the great ocean explorers used sight to reveal the secrets of the marine environment, downplaying its acoustic aspects. Indeed, the ocean has long been considered a place devoid of any sound.<\/p>\n\n

This belief originated when Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his companions produced a remarkable feature film about the marine environment, The Silent World<\/em>. Scuba divers often appear to be swimming through a calm and muffled universe, where communication between animals is done through through visual displays and chemistry. <\/p>\n\n

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