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Sylvia Earle

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Sylvia Earle is the Founder & Chairman of Mission Blue as well as the Founder of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research (DOER). She set the deepest untethered seafloor walk record in 1979 and holds a Ph.D. in Phycology from Duke University.

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Jun 10 2026

TOP 10 Most-Read Thought Leaders in Nature

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