Sylvia Earle
Also Known As: Sylvia Alice Earle, Sylvia A. Earle
Biography: Sylvia Alice Earle (born August 30, 1935 in Gibbstown, New Jersey) is an American oceanographer. She was chief scientist for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 1990–1992. She is a National Geographic explorer-in-residence, sometimes called "Her Deepness" or "The Sturgeon General".
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Gibbstown, New Jersey
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Birthday: August 30, 1935
Age: 89 years old
Gender: Female
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Shark Island
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-19
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The 11th Hour
Overview: A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems. Featuring ongoing dialogues of experts from all over the world, including former Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev, renowned scientist Stephen Hawking, former head of the CIA R. James Woolse
Genres: Documentary Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-17
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Eating Our Way to Extinction
Overview: With searing insight that shines light in dark corners, EATING OUR WAY TO EXTINCTION is a compelling feature documentary that opens the lid on the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about. Confronting and entertaining, this documentary allows audiences to question their everyday choices, industry leaders and governments. Featuring a wealth of world-renowned contributors including Sir Richard Branson and Tony Robbins, it has a message of hope that will empower audiences.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-16
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Who We Were
Overview: A look at the current state of the world, from the hand of six intellectuals and scientists who reflect on the present and postulate about the future.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2021-07-08
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Perpetual Planet: Heroes of the Oceans
Overview: Oceanographer Sylvia Earle and a cast of marine scientists tell the story of the incredible work being done to protect our oceans fragile ecosystem.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-04-22
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Saving Sea Turtles: Preventing Extinction
Overview: Saving Sea Turtles: Preventing Extinction tells the story of the 2014 sea turtle standing season in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Over 1,400 sea turtles washed ashore in early winter, and 90% were the critically endangered Kemp’s Ridley. Narrated by Sylvia Earle, this documentary tells the story of why these turtles strand and what rescuers do to return them to the wild.
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Original Language: en
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Sonic Sea
Overview: The devastating impact of industrial and military ocean noise on whales and other marine life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-22
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Ocean Odyssey
Overview: 500 million years ago life left this blue womb and colonized the land, but we are still intricately linked to the ocean. Our climates, coastlines, ecosystems, and economies are tied to the perpetual movement of water between continents. The great ocean currents are the arteries and veins of Planet Earth! This is the story of one particularly fascinating flow – the East Australian Current, a massive oceanic river that stretches the length of Australia’s east coast.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-05-28
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Poisoning Paradise
Overview: Journey to the seemingly idyllic world of Native Hawaiians, whose communities are surrounded by experimental test sites for genetically engineered seed corn and pesticides sprayed upwind of their homes, schools, hospitals, and shorelines.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-03
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Chasing Ice
Overview: When National Geographic photographer James Balog asked, “How can one take a picture of climate change?” his attention was immediately drawn to ice. Soon he was asked to do a cover story on glaciers that became the most popular and well-read piece in the magazine during the last five years. But for Balog, that story marked the beginning of a much larger and longer-term project that would reach epic proportions.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-01
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Mission Blue
Overview: This documentary follows oceanographer Sylvia Earle's campaign to save the world's oceans from threats such as overfishing and toxic waste.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-30
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Guardians of the Kingdom
Overview: Two mothers-one human, one whale- are bound by the history of the Kingdom they share and the future ahead.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-20
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Shark Land: Welcome to Cocos Island
Overview: “Entourage” star Adrian Grenier ventures to Cocos Island off the shore of Costa Rica to bring attention to the plight of endangered sharks who are being threatened by poachers and ocean pollution.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-01
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Doppelgängers³
Overview: An experimental documentary that draws on the experience of diasporas to challenge the commercialisation of the moon. Through encounters with doppelgängers and meetings with scientists, visionaries, and cultural inventors, Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian and her doppelgängers offer an experimental vision and template for a future diaspora beyond Earth. The film culminates in an analog space mission in a deep cave in Spain in which we see Ben Hayoun-Stépanian and her doppelgängers experiencing a moon utopia. But things do not go according to plan.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-09
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Sea of Hope: America's Underwater Treasures
Overview: Follow ocean legend Sylvia Earle, renowned underwater National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry, writer Max Kennedy and their crew of teenage aquanauts on a year-long quest to deploy science and photography to inspire President Obama to establish new Blue Parks to protect essential habitats across an unseen American Wilderness.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-15
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She Is the Ocean
Overview: Examine the lives of eight extraordinary women who define the courage and spirituality it takes to lead a life of the sea. A Big Wave Surfer, a Freediver, a Midwife, a scientist, a fourteen years old surfing prodigy, even a Cliff Diver.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-16
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Earth Report: State of the Planet 2007
Overview: On April 27th, at 2pm, National Geographic is using a version of the Environmental Performance Index to take a "pulse" of how countries are performing in regards to their environmental stewardship of the planet. Please forward this video to those you love, our planet Earth needs you. We don't have a moment to waste. Let's love and protect our Mother Planet now
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-10
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Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy
Overview: Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy, tells the story of Mike deGruy, an irrepressibly curious and enthusiastic underwater filmmaker who died suddenly in 2012. DeGruy filmed the oceans for more than three decades becoming as famous for his on camera storytelling as for his glorious, intimate visions of the sea and the creatures who live in it. Inspired to share his legacy as a filmmaker and storyteller, and to spread his mission for protecting the ocean, his wife and filmmaking partner Mimi deGruy returned to the edit room to produce Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-10
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Bag It
Overview: An average guy makes a resolution to stop using plastic bags at the grocery store. Little does he know that this simple decision will change his life completely. He comes to the conclusion that our consumptive use of plastic has finally caught up to us, and looks at what we can do about it. Today. Right now.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-01
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Seaspiracy
Overview: Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species — and uncovers an alarming global conspiracy.
Genres: Documentary Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-24
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México Pelágico
Overview: While the Pelagic Life team is chasing the elusive sardine baitball in the open ocean near Baja California, they stumble upon a crude shark fishing operation that sparks a seismic shift in the group’s thinking. Departing from their original concept of documenting awesome sea-life phenomenon, they transform their mission to creating awareness of Mexico’s sea-life while creating sustainable livelihoods for the shark fishermen in order to preserve a delicate and critical ecosystem.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-10-30
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Wealth Untold
Overview: A multigenerational network of women leaders fights to protect Belize's world-renowned barrier reef from environmental threats that endanger the livelihoods of coastal communities.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-06
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