Photograph by David Doubilet
Photograph by David Doubilet
“My wish is that you will use all means at your disposal … to ignite public support for a global network of marine protected areas, hope spots large enough to save and restore the ocean, the blue heart of the planet.”
—Sylvia Earle’s 2009 TED Prize Wish
Thanks to hard work, more than 6,000 hours logged underwater, and the poise that comes with having worked in just about every facet of ocean conservation, Sylvia Earle’s wish is gaining traction, one marine preserve at a time.
The first female chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Time magazine’s first Hero for the Planet, Earle advises heads of state in the U.S. and abroad on critical marine protection legislation and works at the forefront of marine catastrophes, including the Deep Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Through countless media interviews, books, testimony before Congress, and on public, private, and academic stages worldwide, she strives to help us understand the consequences of everything we put into and everything we take out of the ocean—noting that every breath of air we take and every drop of water we drink depends upon its health.
Earle 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 reminds us there is reason for hope—that continued decline in the health of our ocean is preventable, not inevitable. Although humans are largely responsible for many stresses on the ocean—pollution, global climate change, and overfishing—we also are its best hope for survival.
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Earle demonstrates how the ocean provides the underpinning of our economy, health, security, and the existence of life itself. Once thought to be infinitely resilient, the ocean is in trouble, and therefore, so are we. With equal parts warning and hope, she shows us how actions we take in the next ten years will matter more than what we do in the next one hundred years.
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Sylvia Earle, remembering the blue wilderness of her childhood, warns that the ocean is in trouble.
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.
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