Sylvia Earle | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Earle in 2012 | |
| Born | Sylvia Alice Reade August 30, 1935 Gibbstown, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | |
| Spouses | John Taylor
(m. 1957; div. 1963)Giles Mead
(m. 1966; div. 1975) |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Oceanography Marine Conservation |
| Institutions | NOAA, National Geographic |
| Thesis | Phaeophyta of Eastern Gulf of Mexico |
| 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 Administration,[2] and was named by Time Magazine as its first Hero for the Planet in 1998.[1]
Earle is part of the group Ocean Elders, which is dedicated to protecting the ocean and its wildlife.[3]
Earle gained a large amount of publicity when she was featured in Seaspiracy (2021), a Netflix Original documentary by British filmmaker Ali Tabrizi.[4][5]
Earle eats a vegetarian diet.[6] She describes the chemical buildup in carnivorous fish, the 90% depletion of populations of large fish, and references the health of oceans in her dietary decision. Also, she describes the seafood industry as “factory ships vacuuming up fish and everything else in their path. That’s like using bulldozers to kill songbirds…”.[7]
In a discussion at the Good Food Conference in California, Earle warns of disappearing fish stocks, and that while coastal people's diets have included seafood for centuries, the commercial fishing industry no longer makes sense. She encourages transitions to plant-based diets as a solution.[8]
- ^ a b Rosenblatt, Roger (October 5, 1998). "Sylvia Earle: Call Of The Sea". Time. Archived from the original on December 24, 2007. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ^ a b "Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer Information, Facts, News, Photos". National Geographic. Archived from the original on April 13, 2010. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
- ^ "About Us". Ocean Elders. December 2, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ "The 7 biggest claims from the Seaspiracy documentary". The Independent. March 31, 2021. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
- ^ Head, Ally (April 6, 2021). "Seaspiracy: 10 facts the doc taught us, & if they're really true". Marie Claire. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
- ^ "Sylvia Earle wants you to do unto fish as you would like them to do to you, and eat your veggies". scubazoo.tv. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "US oceanographer Dr Sylvia Earle". Financial Times. August 9, 2013. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
- ^ "NatGeo Explorer Sylvia Earle Says Clean and Vegan Seafood Could Save Our Oceans". LIVEKINDLY. September 10, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2021.