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The Sweet Spot in Time
Why the Ocean Matters to Everyone, Everywhere
Grunts, as seen from Aquarius Undersea Laboratory, near Key Largo, Florida, 2006
Fifty years ago, we could not see limits to what we could put into the ocean, or what we could take out. Fifty years into the future, it will be too late to do what is possible right now. We are in a “sweet spot” in time. Never again will there be a better time to take actions that can insure an enduring place for ourselves within the living systems that sustain us.
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Issue: Fall 2012 / Volume 88/4
Published: September 18, 2012
Sylvia A. Earle is the former Chief Scientist of US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, as well as the founder of Sylvia Earle Alliance, Mission Blue, and Deep Ocean Exploration and Research. Dr. Earle has been called “Her Deepness” by the New Yorker and the New...