Sylvia Earle, Ph.D.

He hoaaloha lōʻihi ʻo Sylvia a hāʻawi i kona ʻike i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka hoʻomohala ʻana o The Ocean Foundation. ʻO Kauka Sylvia A. Earle he kanaka kālai moana, mākaʻikaʻi, mea kākau, a ʻōlelo aʻo. ʻO Earle ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Deep Ocean Exploration and Research, Inc., ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Mission Blue a me SEAlliance. Loaʻa iā ia kahi kēkelē BS mai Florida State University, MS a me PhD. mai ke Kulanui o Duke, a he 22 degere hanohano. Ua alakaʻi ʻo Earle ma mua o hoʻokahi haneli mau huakaʻi a hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma mua o 7,000 mau hola ma lalo o ka wai, me ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka hui mua o nā aquanauts wahine i ka wā o ka Tektite Project ma 1970; ke komo ʻana i nā luʻu hoʻonaʻauao he ʻumi, ʻoi loa i Iulai 2012; a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka moʻolelo no ka luʻu hoʻokahi i 1,000 mika ka hohonu. ʻO kāna noiʻi e pili ana i nā kaiaola kai me ka ʻike kūikawā i ka ʻimi ʻana, ka mālama ʻana, a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻenehana hou no ke komo ʻana a me nā hana kūpono i ke kai hohonu a me nā wahi mamao ʻē aʻe.