Said@Duke: Oceanographer, Duke Alumna Sylvia Earle on the Ocean's Importance in Climate Change

Sylvia Earle, who graduated from Duke in 1956 and earned her Ph.D. here in 1966, is a renowned marine biologist, oceanographer and activist. She delivered the keynote speech at the student-organized Summit for Ocean Stewards on Sept. 13.  

“The ocean is still—despite all that we have put into it and have taken out of it—it's still the greatest wilderness on the planet," she said. "We’ve been really complacent about what we put into the sea and really complacent about what we take out of the ocean. It has to change. We have the best chance there will ever be to protect the habitability of Earth by protecting the deep sea.”

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