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Hope springs eternal

Marine biologist Brad Norman tagging a whale shark off the coast of Western Australia.

For more than a half-century, ocean exploration pioneer Sylvia Earle has seen the beauty under the sea as well as alarming changes that call for marine conservation.

As Earth’s life support system, the oceans are our blue heart that is now in deep trouble.

A Rolex Testimonee since 1982, Earle stresses that “No ocean, no us” in Perpetual Planet: Heroes Of The Oceans, which premiered on rolex.org, on the occasion of World Oceans Day. The BBC Studios’ Science Unit-produced film for Rolex is also being broadcast on National Geographic channels.

Sylvia Earle on Caladesi Island in the Florida Gulf Coast Hope Spot near Dunedin where she grew up and fell in love with the ocean.

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