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Dumbo octopus are a group of about 17 species. Found at depths of ~9,800-13,000 feet, they are the deepest living octopus! 🐙
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"The most important thing we take from nature is our existence."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Syd Sujuaan
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"The most important thing we take from nature is our existence."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Syd Sujuaan
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"Not everyone can do everything, but everyone can do something to make a difference."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Emile Schilders
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Dumbo octopus are a group of about 17 species. Found at depths of ~9,800-13,000 feet, they are the deepest living octopus! 🐙
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A rose (anemone) for Valentine's Day! ❤️
Photo by Cindy Shaw
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Once a giant clam settles onto a reef to grow, it stays there for the remainder of its life - which may be over 100 years!
Photo by Grumpy Turtle Creative from the Great Barrier Reef Hope Spot
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Dumbo octopus are a group of about 17 species. Found at depths of ~9,800-13,000 feet, they are the deepest living octopus! 🐙
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"Not everyone can do everything, but everyone can do something to make a difference."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by
@KipEvansPhoto
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"You can't take care of climate change without taking care of the ocean."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Swanson Chan
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"The ocean is truly what keeps us alive. And we have to return the favor."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Francesco Ungaro
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BREAKING: Two new marine protected areas (MPAs) were approved by
#Chile
’s Council of Ministers, adding a total of 420,000 square kilometers of protected sea to Chile’s coast! 44% of its exclusive economic zone is protected!
#HopeSpots
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Mangroves are the ocean's giving tree. They are nursery grounds & habitat for birds, fish, invertebrates & other life, protect coastlines from pounding waves & give the planet a break by sequestering carbon.
Photo by Sabine Templeton from the Misool Marine Reserve Hope Spot
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"Coral reefs are not just about the coral and great kelp forests are not just about the kelp - it's about the sea creatures."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Juanma Clemente Alloza
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"The ocean is alive! It is the cornerstone of Earth’s life support system, and the cornerstone of the ocean’s life support system is life in the ocean."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Pascal van de Vendel
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Parrotfish are important players in keeping coral reefs healthy. They keep the reef tidy by eating algae, and produce excrements that include valuable nutrients and sand that creates beautiful white beaches.
Photo by Richard Ling
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Dumbo octopus are a group of about 17 species. Found at depths of ~9,800-13,000 feet, they are the deepest living octopus! 🐙
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A New Year is a great time to turn over a new leaf! Leafy sea dragons are only found in southern and eastern Australia, including the Kangaroo Island North Coast Hope Spot. Their leafy appendages help them blend into their kelpy habitat.🌿
Photo by Richard Wylie
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Diatoms make up to 20-25% of Earth's oxygen through photosynthesis. These tiny organisms are single celled algae, and play an important role in Earth's ecosystem!
Photo from the California Academy of Sciences Diatom Collection, arranged by A.L. Brigger
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"The world is blue. If you look at it from space, that image alone should inspire us to think that we too are sea creatures."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Hassan Nizam
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"Why is it that scuba divers and surfers are some of the strongest advocates of ocean conservation? Because they've spent time in and around the ocean, and they've personally seen the beauty, the fragility, and even the degradation of our planet's blue heart."
@SylviaEarle
💙🐟
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In case you've lost track, today is
#WhaleWednesday
.🐋
Photo by Dr. Elliott from NOAA's Sanctuaries Collection
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Humpback whale mothers nurse calves for a year. While humpbacks may sing loudly to communicate to one another, calves have been known to communicate quietly - or whisper - to mom! 💙🌊
Photo by Howard Chen from the Exmouth Gulf and Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area Hope Spot
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"The ocean is the blue heart of the planet — and we should take care of our heart. It's what makes life possible for us."
@SylviaEarle
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"People say, why should I care about the ocean? Because the ocean touches you, whoever you are or wherever you are, with every breath you take."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Jeremy Bishop
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"I always wanted to be a scientist. I always wanted to do something that would keep me asking questions, exploring, and getting to know life on Earth."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Bryce Groark
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"Not everyone can do everything, but everyone can do something to make a difference."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by
@KipEvansPhoto
from the Palau Hope Spot
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Today, the U.S. committed to the goal of protecting 30% of its land & waters by 2030 - the most ambitious conservation plan in U.S. history. Safeguarding the blue heart of the planet is an insurance policy for the future of the ocean, its wildlife, & for ourselves.
#Protect30x30
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"We are seeing a diminished planet – I'm a witness in my lifetime – but it’s not too late, armed with knowledge, to reverse the decline. The next 10 years will be a critically important decade."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Ian Parker
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We're beyond thrilled to announce
@SylviaEarle
is featured in
@TIME
Magazine's Firsts project!
#SheIsTheFirst
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The Galápagos Islands Hope Spot are the only home of marine iguanas.🌊🦎
Photo by
@KipEvansPhoto
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"The Earth is a unique system in the universe, the only planet we know of that’s hospitable for humankind. And that’s because we have the ocean."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Dustin Haney
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Happy Octopus Day! Dumbo octopus are a group of about 17 species. Found at depths of ~9,800-13,000 feet, they are the deepest living octopus! 🐙
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Happy birthday to our inspiration, fearless leader, and world-changer - Her Deepness, Dr.
@SylviaEarle
! 🌊 🐋 💙
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"I want everybody to go jump in the ocean to see for themselves how beautiful it is."
@SylviaEarle
Video by
@KipEvansPhoto
at the Malpelo Island Hope Spot
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Stay a spell and drift with this weedy sea dragon in the Sydney Coast Hope Spot ✨🌿🌊🐉
Video by
@hellokatuvi
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A huge wave of congratulations to Panama, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Colombia for the announcement of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor today. This collaborative, multinational achievement is hopeful progress towards protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030!
#HopeSpots
#30x30
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"Just as we have the power to harm the ocean, we have the power to put in place policies & modify our own behavior in ways that would be an insurance policy for the future of the sea, for the creatures there, & for us, protecting special critical areas in the ocean."
@SylviaEarle
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A whale shark's mouth can reach widths of 5 ft (~1.5 meters) across, which allows them to filter 1500 gallons (~5678 liters) per hour!
Photo by Champion Dr. Alex Hearn
@MigraMar
from the Galápagos Islands Hope Spot
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"The ocean is the planet's life support system, shaping climate and weather, generating oxygen, capturing carbon dioxide, governing the planetary processes that make Earth hospitable to life."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Syd Sujuaan
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Hawaiian monk seals are endemic to the Hawaiian archipelago. These endangered pinnipeds have been known to dive to nearly 1,800 feet and hold their breath for 20 minutes!
#EndangeredSpeciesDay
Photo by NOAA/PIFSC/HMSRP
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Humpback whale mothers nurse calves for a year. While humpbacks may sing loudly to communicate to one another, calves have been known to communicate quietly - or whisper - to mom! 💙🌊
Photo by Howard Chen from the Exmouth Gulf and Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area Hope Spot
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"You can't take care of climate change without taking care of the ocean."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Pauline Fiene from the Olowalu Reef Hope Spot
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"You don't have to touch the ocean for the ocean to touch you."
@SylviaEarle
💙🌊
Photo by Philip Graves
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"Not everyone can do everything, but everyone can do something to make a difference."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Jet Kim
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Three cheers for our partner, Ocean Voyages Institute
@oceancleanup
, who have just completed the largest open ocean clean-up ever! They successfully removed over 103 TONS of discarded fishing nets and plastic. Amazing work! 🙌💙
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BREAKING NEWS! 💙🎉🌊 Today, President Guillermo Lasso
@LassoGuillermo
of Ecuador signed an official decree expanding the marine protected area around the Galápagos Islands.
#HopeSpots
#30x30
Dive into the Ocean Story:
Photo by
@KipEvansPhoto
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The Galápagos Islands have a number of endemic species - wildlife that is found nowhere else on Earth. One such species is the Galápagos blue banded goby. These small and brightly colored fish reside in rocky reefs around the archipelago.
#HopeSpots
Photo by Alex Hearn
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Norway's Jæren Coast Hope Spot has a high diversity of marine species including invertebrates, fish, sharks, seals and seabirds.
#HopeSpots
Photos by Erling Svensen
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"I’m a biologist; I want to go where life exists. There might be life elsewhere in the universe, but we know for sure that there’s life in the ocean."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Bryce Groark from the Palmyra Atoll Hope Spot
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💙🐢
Photo by Marteyne van Well from the Laamu Atoll Hope Spot
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Norway's Jæren Coast Hope Spot has a high diversity of marine species including invertebrates, fish, sharks, seals and seabirds.
#HopeSpots
Photos by Erling Svensen
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A little
#WhaleSharkWednesday
from the Gulf of California Hope Spot. 🦈🌌
Video by Brett Loveman
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Happy
#WorldSeaTurtleDay
! Sea turtles are some of the most iconic ocean wildlife, but six of the seven species of sea turtles are listed as either threatened or endangered by IUCN.
Photo by Nonie Silver
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"We have to respect nature for what we have always taken for granted, that is what nature and the natural world provides, which is a world, a planet that works in our favor."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Nick Dunn
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"We are equipped with the superpower of knowing. We are one species with an oversized impact, an oversized responsibility and I’d say an oversized opportunity to take what we now know and act."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Hiroko Yoshii
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☀️💙🌊
Photo by Matt Curnock / Ocean Image Bank from the Great Barrier Reef Hope Spot
#HopeSpots
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"I'm a biologist; I want to go where life exists. There might be life elsewhere in the universe, but we know for sure that there’s life in the ocean."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Bryce Groark from the Palmyra Atoll Hope Spot
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Seagrasses are found at every continent except Antarctica.
Video by Joel Penner from the Laamu Atoll Hope Spot
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"Think of yourself as a part of the natural world and not just the human world."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Olga Tsai
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"Protecting nature is not a luxury; it is absolutely vital to everything we care about, including life itself."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Olga Tsai
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The Galápagos Islands Hope Spot are the only home of marine iguanas.🌊🦎
#HopeSpots
Photo by
@KipEvansPhoto
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"Fish have faces, fish are individuals, fish have personality, they have associations that we're just beginning to get to understand."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Sebastian Pena Lambarri
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There are about 200 species in the Syngnathidae family, which includes pipefish, seahorses, and seadragons.
Photo by
@NGO_MCCcambodia
from the Kep Archipelago Hope Spot
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👑🐠✨
Photo of a queen triggerfish in the Gulf of Mexico Deep Reefs Hope Spot by G.P. Schmahl/NOAA
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"The Earth is a unique system in the universe, the only planet we know of that’s hospitable for humankind. And that’s because we have the ocean."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Francesco Ungaro
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"We will fail if we don't respect the ocean."
@SylviaEarle
#NoBlueNoGreen
Photo by Lee Kelai
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“The ocean dominates the way the world works, makes our lives possible.”
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Hitoshi Namura
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One of your favorite tweets of 2020: in case you've lost track, today is Whale Wednesday. 💙🐋
Photo by Dr. Elliott from NOAA's Sanctuaries Collection
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"In the ocean, sharks are great indicators of health. A healthy reef has a lot of sharks, and an unhealthy reef has none. People think of sharks as the ultimate predators, but they're not. We are."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Kurt Cotoaga
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“The single non-negotiable thing life requires is water.”
@SylviaEarle
#WorldWaterDay
Photo by Bryce Groark from the Palmyra Atoll Hope Spot
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A blue moment from the Bunaken Marine Park Hope Spot. 💙🌊
Photo from Hope Spot Champions
@OceanGeographic
& Murex Dive
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Big, brightly colored sea anemones are common off the coast of British Columbia, including the Salish Sea Hope Spot!
#HopeSpots
Photo by
@cmittermeier
@Sea_Legacy
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"It's a miracle that life exists at all and that we have a piece of time that is ours, whoever we are."
@SylviaEarle
Photo by Hassan Nizam
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**BREAKING** The Humboldt Archipelago in Chile has been declared a Hope Spot in recognition as one of the most biodiverse and ecologically important parts of the Chilean coast and southeast Pacific
#HopeSpots
@SylviaEarle
@ExploraSub
@pewtrusts
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"For me, a Hope Spot is any place in the ocean that is still in pretty good shape, that if we act now and protect, it’s a cause for hope."
@SylviaEarle
#HopeSpots
Photo by Francesco Ungaro
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(Sea)stargazing in the Kangaroo Island North Coast Hope Spot. 🌊⭐️
#HopeSpots
Photos by
@ausocean
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"The ocean is truly what keeps us alive. And we have to return the favor."
@SylviaEarle
Video by Bryce Groark from the Great Barrier Reef Hope Spot
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Hello Friday! 💙🐟
Photo by The Ocean Agency from the Palau Hope Spot
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Gentle giants, basking sharks are the second largest fish in the ocean.
Photo by Kristin Campbell/Newport Coastal Adventure
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Although they may resemble seaweed, seagrasses are true plants and are more closely related to terrestrial flowering plants like grasses, lilies and palms.
Photo by Andy Ball from the Laamu Atoll Hope Spot
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Marine sanctuaries need your help! Comment by Aug 14 to keep them protected: 👩🏼💻🌎
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Today, we are celebrating the anniversary of the Cocos-Galápagos Swimway Hope Spot! 🦈💙 Creating a marine protected area in this Hope Spot is critical to protect migratory species like whale sharks, hammerheads, and sea turtles.
#HopeSpots
Photo by Edwar Hereno
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Manta ray skin, like all sharks and rays, is covered in scales called dermal denticles - literally "tiny skin teeth." 😁
Photo by Mohamed Nashah
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On World Oceans Day, June 8th, our founder Dr.
@SylviaEarle
is giving The State of the Ocean address at
#UNWorldOceansDay
. To watch the livestream, visit !
@OceanicGlobal
@UNEP
#WorldOceansDay
#WorldOceansDay2020
Photo by
@KipEvansPhoto
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