Lecture presentation featuring Dr. Sylvia A. Earle, Oceanographer and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence. 

Dr. Earle has experience as a field research scientist, government official, and director for corporate and nonprofit organizations. Formerly chief scientist of NOAA, Earle is the founder of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research, Inc., founder of Mission Blue and SEAlliance, and chair of the Advisory Councils of the Harte Research Institute and the Ocean in Google Earth. She has a B.S. degree from Florida State University, M.S. and PhD. from Duke University, and 22 honorary degrees. She has authored more than 190 scientific, technical, and popular publications; lectured in more than 80 countries; and appeared in hundreds of radio and television productions.

Her special focus is on developing a global network of areas on the land and in the ocean to safeguard the living systems that provide the underpinnings of global processes, from maintaining biodiversity and yielding basic life support services to providing stability and resiliency in response to accelerating climate change.

With introduction by Dr. Sarah Parcak, UAB Department of Anthropology and 2016 TED Prize winner