She earned a scholarship to Florida State University, where she studied botany and graduated at 19. She also became certified as a SCUBA diver at this time, in order to study ocean plant life firsthand. By 20, Earle earned a master’s degree in botany from Duke University.Įarle then began her doctoral work at Duke, focusing on algae, which produce most of the oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere through photosynthesis. There, Earle met John Taylor, a graduate student in zoology. Earle suspended her studies when the two married. She gave birth to a daughter and son and soon resumed her doctoral studies. An excellent student, Earle graduated high school at 16. Neither of Earle’s parents attended college, but they instilled a love of nature in their daughter at an early age. She recalled spending hours by the pond in her backyard, filling jars with fish and tadpoles, recording her observations in notebooks. Her family moved to Dunedin, Florida (located near Clearwater on the Gulf of Mexico) when Earle was 13 and her interest turned to Gulf Coast wildlife.
Sylvia Earle was born on August 30, 1935 in Gibbstown, New Jersey and lived on a small farm near Camden with her parents and two brothers. The first woman to lead the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Earle advocates for ocean conservation and education. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has documented damage to them from marine heatwaves in recent years.Referred to as “Her Deepness,” National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence Dr. Sylvia Earle holds the record for deepest walk on the sea floor and is a world-renowned expert on marine biology. Kelp are threatened by human-caused climate change, which warms the oceans. They found the kelp-whose support of numerous lifeforms was noted by Charles Darwin-sequester 4.91 million metric tons of CO 2, thus removing planet-warming gas from the atmosphere. “Globally, these kelp forests produce an estimated average $500 billion per year,” they concluded, making them “over three times more valuable than previously acknowledged”. They also calculated the benefits from kelp’s role in nitrogen and CO 2 removal.
The international team of scientists quantified the contribution of six kinds of kelp to fisheries production through the species they support. The study published in Nature Communications offered a rare gauge of the contribution from the tall seaweed, which is threatened by climate change, valuing it at three times the amount previously thought. Scientists estimate sea kelp generates $500 bn a year (PHSY.ORG) The other component will establish an inter-ministerial commission and regional coordination mechanisms to facilitate coordination between sectors of the blue economy. The Moroccan government will use the loan to strengthen natural resource management, develop institutional frameworks and improve strategic sectors that will make the country’s blue economy more resilient to climate change. This will include vocational training in blue economy management, training in ecosystem restoration and management and improving climate resilience in coastal areas. According to a news story in Afrik21, a key component of the funding will be invested in sustainable aquaculture and tourism projects to help jumpstart the country’s Covid-19 recovery.
The blue economy development programme hopes to stimulate job creation and economic growth, while shoring up food security and improving the sustainability and resilience of Morocco’s natural resources. World Bank signs $350 million loan for blue economy projects in Morocco (The Fishsite)
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