Photograph by David Doubilet
Photograph by David Doubilet
Marine biologist Sylvia Earle has been an Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic since 1998, the year Time magazine named her the first “hero for the planet.” She has pioneered research on marine ecosystems, led more than 70 expeditions, and holds numerous diving records, including the depth record for solo diving at 3,300 feet. She was the first female chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and played a key role in establishing marine protected areas globally, including the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Monument—140,000 square miles of ocean that is home to more than 7,000 kinds of marine life.
She has authored more than 175 publications including her September 2009 book, The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean’s Are One. She also authored the 2008 National Geographic book Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas, a compendium of maps, images and information about the nature of the ocean and the current changes that are influencing life on Earth. Earle has received more than 100 national and international awards and honors including the coveted 2009 TED Prize.
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Sustainable Seas: The Vision, the Reality
Earle demonstrates how the ocean provides the underpinning of our economy, health, security, and most importantly, the existence of life itself. Once thought to be infinitely resilient, the ocean clearly is in trouble, and therefore, so are we. Actions taken in the next ten years to change what we put into and take out of the ocean will matter more than what we do in the next thousand years.
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In her latest book, world-famous marine scientist Sylvia Earle, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, tells how 50 years of destructive—and ever increasing—oceanic change is threatening the very existence of life on Earth.
Legendary ocean researcher and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean—and shocking stats about its rapid decline—as she makes her TED Prize wish: that we will join her in protecting the vital blue heart of the planet.
Watch marine biologist Sylvia Earle present at the Google Zeitgeist Partner Forum.
Find out more about National Geographic’s new atlas of the oceans, co-authored by Dr. Earle.
A worldwide effort is under way to perform a census of the world’s oceans, pulling information about species from around the world into one location.
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