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Aug 16, 2014 · In July 1970 Sylvia Earle joined other female scientists for a mission in an underwater habitat called Tektite II, in the Virgin Islands. The team conducted ecological and physiological experiments.
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Author abbrev. (zoology) Earle. Sylvia Alice Earle (born August 30, 1935) is an American marine biologist, oceanographer, explorer, author, and lecturer. She has been a National Geographic Explorer at Large (formerly Explorer in Residence) since 1998. [1][2] Earle was the first female chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
Sylvia Earle (born August 30, 1935, Gibbstown, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American oceanographer and explorer known for her research on marine algae and her books and documentaries designed to raise awareness of the threats that overfishing and pollution pose to the world’s oceans. A pioneer in the use of modern self-contained underwater ...
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Earle is the president and Chairman of the Mission Blue/Sylvia Earle Alliance, an ocean advocacy group. Their most recent effort is to develop a global network of “Hope Spots,” dedicated to protecting the biodiversity on which Earth’s interconnected ecosystems depend, particularly in light of the accelerating threat of climate change.
Apr 18, 2024 · Sylvia Earle was surrounded. In every direction, as far as she could see, the deep, translucent blue of the Pacific Ocean pressed against her, the water so vibrant it seemed “to glow with internal light.”. At 1,250 feet below the surface, as far from fresh air as the Empire State Building is tall, she was subject to more than 550 pounds of ...
Sylvia Earle, National Geographic’s Rosemary and Roger Enrico Chair for Ocean Exploration, is an oceanographer, founder of Mission Blue, SEAlliance, and Deep Ocean Exploration and Research. Through Mission Blue, more than 150 geographically defined “Hope Spots” are achieving enhanced research and protection with a network of local Champions and communities in more than 60 countries.
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Aug 15, 2014 · Mission Blue escorts us through Earle’s youth – which opened up when her family moved from New Jersey to Florida when she was 12 years old. Antique footage of Earle swimming in the Gulf as a young woman and as an up-and-coming scientist diving on early expeditions gives a nostalgic twist, and reaffirms the sense that Earle is doing the work she was born to do.
