We're Paying the Cost of Doing Business at No Cost

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We have been doing this now for decades, and we're paying the cost. The ocean is seriously disrupted just fo this one form of capturing ocean wild life that not only is bad for the creatures they catch, but for this whole ecosystem that gets destroyed in the process. And we don't account for the loss. It's all considered to be the cost of doing business at no cost. So all of us are paying because we have a notean that we need for our existence, our health, our security. We know it, we can measure itand we also know what to do to turn things from decline.

It’s a well-worn cliché that oceans cover seventy percent of the surface of Earth, but we tend to give them secondary consideration when thinking about the environment. But climate change is wreaking havoc on the oceans, not to mention pollution and overfishing — 90% of the world’s marine fish stocks are fully exploited or depleted. Today’s guest, Sylvia Earle, is a well-known ocean scientist, a celebrated underwater explorer, and a tireless advocate for the world’s oceans. We talk about the current state of our oceans, what we know and have yet to learn about them, and what we can do individually and collectively to make things better.

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Sylvia Earle received her Ph.D. in phycology from Duke University. She is currently National Geographic’s Rosemary and Roger Enrico Chair for Ocean Exploration, as well as founder of Mission Blue, SEAlliance and Deep Ocean Exploration and Research. She formerly served as Chief Scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Among her awards are the TED Prize, the National Women’s Hall of Fame, and the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from the Seattle Aquarium. She is the author of several books, the most recent of which is National Geographic Ocean: A Global Odyssey.