Sylvia Earle Research Paper

Many people want to change the way we look at things, only a few succeed. Sylvia Earle is a modern American oceanographer, marine biologist, and a former chief scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA is an organization that works to predict change in the weather, coasts, and oceans. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also works to protect and manage marine and coastal ecosystems (“About our Agency”, 2018). Earle is one of the first people to make use of modern SCUBA gear, identified new species of marine life, and found new underwater landscapes such as underwater dunes (“Sylvia A. Earle,” 2017) (Yeh, 2018). Earle gave a TED Talk in 2009 about how the ocean and the animals within it are slowly decreasing, and without it, Earth will become like Mars, unable to sustain life (“My Wish: Protect our Oceans,” 2009). Sylvia Earle is one of the few people that tried to change the world, and succeeded. Earle created hope spots, innovated new ways to help …show more content…
Earle had the idea of hope spottss in the ocean. Hope spots are not legally protected ocean areas, but Mission Blue works with individuals and organizations get results that will help to protect the hope spots in the future. (“Frequently Asked Questions,” 2017). Hope spots are places in the ocean that need to be preserved in order to save a rare species, protect a spawning ground, or a place where negative human impacts can be reversed (Mission Blue, 2017). Among many others, one such place is, the Lakshadweep Islands. The Lakshadweep Islands are among the highest diversity reefs in India, are relatively high in marine mammal population, and are an important biogeographic link between the subcontinent and East Africa.These islands were made into hope spots because they were (and still are) recovering from a coral mass mortality, which killed 70-90% of the coral in 1998 (“Hope Spots,”