Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Sylvia Earle
Born: August 30, 1935 (age 89)
Bio: Sylvia Alice Earle is an American marine biologist, explorer, author, and lecturer. She has been a National Geographic explorer-in-residence since 1998. Earle was the first female chief scientist of the U.S.
Known for:
- The World Is Blue (2009)
- Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans (1995)
- Dive!: My Adventures in the Deep Frontier (1999)
- Hello, fish (1999)