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143: How To Save Our Oceans With Dr. Sylvia Earle
Episode 14325th October 2021 • Mama Earth Talk • Mariska Nell
00:00:00 01:16:34

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In this episode, we talk to Dr. Sylvia Earle. She is National Geographic’s Explorer At Large, internationally renowned oceanographer, explorer and author of the highly-anticipated forthcoming book National Geographic Ocean: A Global Odyssey She has been called Her Deepness, A Living Legend, dubbed Time Magazine’s first Hero of the Planet. She holds the record for deepest walk on the sea floor and is a world-renowned expert on marine biology. She has led more than a 100 oceanic expeditions and has logged over 7,000 hours under water.   

She is also the President & Chairman of Mission Blue as well as The Sylvia Earle Alliance. She has developed a comprehensive reference explaining the fundamental science of the ocean with more than 100 maps and diagrams, including seafloor and political maps of all Earth's seas and oceans. She has made a lifelong commitment to protect the planet with a soft spot for our blue heart aka the ocean.    

During this episode we talked about how Dr. Earle’s journey started, her love for our ocean. She shared why it was important for her to write her latest book . We also digged a little deeper into the importance of the ocean and how we can do our part to help protect it and how hotspots around the world are bringing hope to our ocean.   

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Dr. Earle's Book - National Geographic Ocean : A Global Odyssey

Hope Spots

Where can people find Dr. Earle?

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Instagram - Dr. Earle

Instagram - Mission Blue

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Website

KEY TAKE AWAY

“Together we can be the heroes, for all of civilization to follow. ”

The photo used for this podcast is take by Kip Evans Photography "Sylvia Earle passes a barrel sponge as she explores outside Aquarius laboratory."

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