Dr. Sylvia Earle

Don't you?

Don't you?

Well, as often as I can get there. Yeah. But running through airports, lifting bags into the overhead compartment on a long-distance flight.

Well, as often as I can get there. Yeah. But running through airports, lifting bags into the overhead compartment on a long-distance flight.

Or just staying active every day.

Or just staying active every day.

What happened to Cousteau, too, he said the first time he put his face in the water, he came back up. He went down, came back up. It's like, where am I? I had no idea that this existed.

What happened to Cousteau, too, he said the first time he put his face in the water, he came back up. He went down, came back up. It's like, where am I? I had no idea that this existed.

That it's alive. It's not just rocks and water.

That it's alive. It's not just rocks and water.

From the top all the way to the bottom.

From the top all the way to the bottom.

And even beneath the bottom of the ocean, all life needs water, at least life as we know it. And 97% of Earth's water is ocean. And the rest, that 3%, is mostly ice. Antarctic and Arctic and glacier ice. And we need to take care of the ocean. That's where life is. The ocean governs climate and weather. The ocean governs our life support system. The ocean makes Earth habitable, the living ocean.

And even beneath the bottom of the ocean, all life needs water, at least life as we know it. And 97% of Earth's water is ocean. And the rest, that 3%, is mostly ice. Antarctic and Arctic and glacier ice. And we need to take care of the ocean. That's where life is. The ocean governs climate and weather. The ocean governs our life support system. The ocean makes Earth habitable, the living ocean.

It isn't just rocks and water. But 97% of the ocean is currently open for exploitation. Only 3% is highly or fully protected. And that's part of why I'm here on the Gulf of Mexico. There's a goal, I'm sure you know, many people probably don't know, that

It isn't just rocks and water. But 97% of the ocean is currently open for exploitation. Only 3% is highly or fully protected. And that's part of why I'm here on the Gulf of Mexico. There's a goal, I'm sure you know, many people probably don't know, that

Nations around the world, most of them, have come together to say that by 2030, it's not far away now, of course, but to safeguard 30% of the land and sea that give back to nature to secure our safety, our security, by securing our life support system, the diversity of life in the ocean.

Nations around the world, most of them, have come together to say that by 2030, it's not far away now, of course, but to safeguard 30% of the land and sea that give back to nature to secure our safety, our security, by securing our life support system, the diversity of life in the ocean.

So many possible things. Nobody can do... I can't do what you do, Julia. I mean, I can't do what anybody else does. Everybody has power. My question is, what have you got? Do you have a way with music? Are you a great communicator? Are you good with kids? Do you love animals?

So many possible things. Nobody can do... I can't do what you do, Julia. I mean, I can't do what anybody else does. Everybody has power. My question is, what have you got? Do you have a way with music? Are you a great communicator? Are you good with kids? Do you love animals?