"Hero for the Planet Ocean" Dr Sylvia Earle on Protecting Our Oceans

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TIME magazine on Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue and the quest to save the ocean

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"In her more than 50-year career in ocean science, Earle has studied the deep, dived it and written about it. Now she's trying to save the oceans, and she's focusing on one simple idea: protect them. Create true reserves — marine protected areas (MPAs) — on the high seas, sanctuaries for everything that swims, just as governments have created parks on land. About 12% of the planet's land surface is conserved in some way, but little more than 1% of the 139.5 million sq. mi. of the oceans have any protection whatsoever."

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