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a marine biologist

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SYLVIA EARLE

  • she was born on August 30, 1935
  • she was a marine biologist, explorer, author and lecturer
  • she is from America
  • she used to work for National Geographic

ABOUT HER LIFE

  • she was the Curator of Phycology at the California Academy of Sciences
  • she was a research associate at the University of California, Berkeley, Radcliffe Institute Scholar
  • she was a research fellow at Harvard University

CAREER

Cuba

Iraq

Bahamas

Some places:

Virgin islands

Oahu, Havaii

WHERE WAS SYLVIA DIVING AND EXPLORING?

CAREER

  • in 1979 she also began her tenure as the Curator of Phycology at the California Academy of Sciences, where she served until 1986
  • from 1980 to 1984, she served on the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere

RECORD

  • in 1979, she made an open-ocean JIM suit dive to the sea ocean floor near Oahu, setting a women's depth record of 381 metres
  • she founded Mission Blue (also known as the Sylvia Earle Alliance, Deep Search Foundation, and Deep Search) in 2009
  • alongside her work at Mission Blue, she also serves on several boards, including the Marine Conservation Institute

MISSION AND BOARDS

Netflix filmed a film about her, You can watch a trailer here

VIDEO

Made by: Gita Vujnovac, 6.a

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