Image © Coralie Bernier  

Have you ever felt a headache when surrounded by incessant chatter? Or perhaps you've been surprised by your smoke detectors suddenly going off when you least expected it? 

If so, you should know that some underwater creatures experience similar disturbances. Dive with us into the depths of the sea and discover the types of noise pollution that exist and their various sources. In this comic strip, you'll discover the main repercussions and victims of this marine pollution. You'll see the abrupt impact of recent years on areas which, not so long ago, were considered untouched, but which are now undergoing drastic upheaval due to global warming. But rest assured, solutions are being developed: researchers in underwater acoustics are using their expertise to preserve these marine environments... but you also have a role to play!  

• QUE DE BRUIT DANS L'OCEAN - hal.science (https://hal.science/hal-03770099/document)  

• Atlas du paysage sonore marin | Soundscape Atlas - UQAR.ca (https://soundscape-atlas.uqar.ca/atlas-du-paysage-sonore-marin-fr/page/be3KK95W4EiaaeC3jSc5nq)  

• Projet MARS | Station de recherche (projet-mars.ca) (https://www.projet-mars.ca/)  

• The soundscape of the Anthropocene ocean | Science (https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aba4658)  

• Pourquoi il est nécessaire d’agir contre la pollution par le bruit sous-marin - WWF.CA (https://wwf.ca/fr/stories/pourquoi-il-est-necessaire-dagir-contre-la-pollution-par-le-bruit-sous-marin/)  

• La pollution sonore sous-marine : Un monde marin plus ou moins silencieux! - gouv.qc.ca (https://www.environnement.gouv.qc.ca/jeunesse/chronique/2013/1306-pollution-sonore-sous-marine.htm)  

• "Maman, m’entends-tu?": Le défi des jeunes bélugas du Saint-Laurent - Baleines en direct (https://baleinesendirect.org/maman-mentends-tu-le-defi-des-jeunes-belugas-du-saint-laurent/)  

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• Vidéo : Découverte | Comment réduire la pollution sonore dans Saint-Laurent? Radio Canada Info (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZlfANZXzOw)