Discovering Marine Biodiversity
No matter what the situation, resources available for research are always limited. When setting priorities for funding research, governments, industries, and funding agencies must balance the demands of human health, food supply, and standards of living, against the benefits of discovering more about the planet's biodiversity. Scientists have discovered almost 2 million species indicating that we have made great gains in our knowledge of biodiversity. However, this knowledge may distract attention from the estimated four-fifths of species on Earth that remain unknown to science, many of them inhabiting our oceans. This is a major problem in preventing the loss of marine biodiversity, as we simply can't find out
A Living Legend
Dr. Sylvia Earle,is a world-renowned oceanographer, explorer, author, and lecturer. In the early 1990s she was the Chief Scientist of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration in the US. In 2009 she won the prestigious TED prize. As part of the prize, she was able to share a wish, which captured some major concerns about dwindling ocean biodiversity and its importance to all life on earth.
Ted Talks - Sylvia Earle
Ted Talks - Sylvia Earle