Ask the indomitable Dr Sylvia Earle what message she has for climate change deniers, especially when it comes to the future health and wellbeing of our vast but increasingly vulnerable oceans, she replies with five simple, yet compelling words: “Get out of the way.”
At the age of 85 and with a stellar career in marine biology, oceanography and exploration under her trusty diver’s belt, this renowned American champion of the marine world – and the billions of creatures living in it – is in no mood for small talk.
“This is the pivotal point in time,” she says frankly, citing global climate change, the ongoing pandemic, rising water temperatures, poorer air quality, shrinking ice caps, deforestation, the rapid
