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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.
Jun 28, 2024 · 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.
Sylvia Earle is President and Chairman of Mission Blue / The Sylvia Earle Alliance. She is a National Geographic Society Explorer in Residence, and is called Her Deepness by the New Yorker and the New York Times, Living Legend by the Library of Congress, and first Hero for the Planet by Time Magazine.
May 3, 2024 · ATHENS — At 88, Sylvia Earle is at an age when most people would be slowing down. But retirement doesn’t appear to be on the radar of the famous oceanographer and marine biologist, known by many as “Her Deepness” due to the more than 7,500 hours she’s spent underwater.
Oct 31, 2017 · Sylvia Earle is the FIRST woman named chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "I came along at a time when women were just beginning to be...
Jul 8, 2024 · MANILA, Philippines — American oceanographer Sylvia Earle took her first dive late last month into the turquoise waters of the Philippines’ Verde Island Passage (VIP), a strait tagged as the “center of the world’s marine shore fish biodiversity.”
News and Updates. View More News. Mission Blue Events. More With Dr. Sylvia Earle. Hope Spots are special places that are critical to the health of the ocean — Earth’s blue heart. Some Hope Spots are already formally protected, while others still need defined protection.
Aug 17, 2012 · As Earle puts it, “No blue, no green.”. Through Mission Blue, she hopes to help increase the size of protected marine habitats from less than one percent to at least 20 percent of the world’s oceans by 2020. “There is just one hope spot” she says. “It is the mostly-blue Earth.
Jul 18, 2024 · Dr. Sylvia Earle, a pioneer in ocean conservation, has clocked in over 7,000 hours underwater. Tim Taylor/Mission Blue “I have lived through the greatest era of exploration, ever,” says Earle.
Mar 24, 2016 · Sylvia Earle has logged more than 7,000 hours under water. In 1970, Earle was selected to lead the first all-female team of aquanauts in Tektite II, an underwater laboratory.
