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Mission Blue Questions 1.) Dr. Earle is sometimes called a radical. What is her response to this accusation? “If I seem like a radical, it may be because I see things that others do not. I think if others had the opportunity to witness what I have seen in my lifetime, what I see when I go diving, and the perspective that I’ve gained from thousands of hours underwater, I would not seem like a radical at all”. 2.) Dr. Earle spoke in Washington in May of 2010. What did she say? “I really come to speak for the ocean. We put billions into what takes us into the skies above, and it’s paying off handsomely. We’ve neglected the ocean, and it’s costing us dearly." 3.) On the Colbert show Dr. Earle was asked why we should be concerned about the ocean. What did she say? “But think of the world without an ocean. You’ve got a planet a lot like Mars. No convenient life support system. Most of the oxygen you breathe and that everybody breathes is generated by the ocean. And it absorbs much of the carbon dioxide. No ocean, no life, and no ocean, no us.” 4.) In 1953, which class did Earle take? Earle studied marine biology. 5.) For the last six decades, what has the Gulf of Mexico been dealing with? Big agriculture and industrial farming are happening in the Gulf of Mexico. The use of high quantities of nitrogen fertilizer that run off the land and make it into the Mississippi River fuels phytoplankton populations, leaving them to rot, which depletes the water's oxygen supply. This results in dead zones. 6.) How many dead zones in 1975? __________ and in 2014?_____________ 1, 5004 7.) What was the purpose of the undersea expedition Earle was on in 1964? To explore and document the nature of living creatures and the water in the Indian Ocean. 8.) What does study seaweed mean exactly? The seaweed dissertation talks about the different types of flowering ocean plants, mostly seaweed, that live in the Gulf of Mexico. Her dissertation examined thousands of

species of seaweed, their functions, where they grew, and even the discovery of new species. 9.) When did Earle first visit the Galapagos? In 1966, with twelve other scientists. 10.) How do fishermen obtain fins? They harvest fins by catching sharks in big loads and cutting the fins off. Then dump the bodies back into the water or let them decay. 11.) What was the name of the two-week mission that she went on where she lived underwater for two weeks? Tektite II 12.) What are your thoughts on how the media portrayed these five women? They were objectified and focused solely on their beauty or gender instead of their expertise and research in marine biology. The use of words like ‘unexpected’ and ‘real-life mermaids of the sea’ was behavior that I knew was going to be used, especially during that period of time. 13.) How did tektite change everything for Earle? After Tektite, she was launched into the public eye. She became a public face for science, specifically women in science. 14.) What percentage of the ocean has been explored/seen? Only 5% of the ocean has been discovered. 15.) Why did Earle leave NOAA? Sylvia Earle was the chief scientist at NOAA, but she ended up resigning because she could not express herself freely on certain occasions due to her opposition to the world's harsh industrial tactics. 16.) What has happened to the size and reproductive maturity over the years? Due to overfishing, fish are being harvested at such young ages that they are unable to reproduce. As industrial fishing continues, fish are being harvested at a younger and younger age. 17.) Why are Menhaden called the kidneys of the ocean? Menhaden are the base of the food chain for larger fish, and the ecosystem—mostly the Chesapeake Bay—will falter.

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