Sunfish aneh dan Harapan untuk Lautan

Sunfish aneh dan Harapan untuk Lautan. National Geographic Explorer Tierney Thys, biologi marin dan Extraataudinaire pengembara, mungkin paling dikenali untuk kerja-kerja besar beliau mengesan 10 kaki panjang, 5,000 pound lautan SunFish, atau mola, di seluruh dunia. Penyelidikan beliau mengenai gergasi mola telah menjangkau lebih satu dekad, dan ini berangin Northern California tidak memberikan petunjuk memperlahankan bila-bila masa tidak lama lagi.

Bukan sahaja Tierney juara untuk laut dalam DUNIA saintifik, tetapi juga dalam DUNIA teater dan tarian. Bersama-sama dengan rakan-rakan peguam bela lautan, Sylvia Earle, kedua-duanya bertindak sebagai penasihat sains utama bagi Okeanos prestasi, potret pelbagai disiplin kehidupan laut melalui tarian.

Tierney menyampaikan mesej inspirasi harapan, walaupun di tengah-tengah berita buruk yang seolah-olah tetap. "Saya melihat harapan yang luar biasa di mata anak-anak kita," kata Tierney. Beliau kini bekerja dengan Expeditions Pelajar National Geographic untuk membuat musim panas marin biologi ekspedisi untuk tinggi-sekolah di Belize.

Kerjanya dalam bidang ini, di dalam kelas, dan on-line Explorer harian dalam Jam Haiwan National Geographic, permainan interaktif untuk muda peneroka dalam latihan, membuat Tierney salah satu Explorers kita yang paling sempurna dan dihormati.

Strange Sunfish and Hope for the Ocean. National Geographic Explorer Tierney Thys, marine biologist and adventurer extraordinaire, is perhaps best known for her work tracking massive 10-foot long, 5,000-pound ocean sunfish, or mola, around the globe. Her research on giant mola has spanned over a decade, and this breezy Northern Californian gives no indication of slowing down anytime soon.

Not only is Tierney a champion for the ocean in the scientific world, but also in the world of theater and dance. Along with fellow ocean advocate, Sylvia Earle, the duo acted as lead science advisers for the performance Okeanos, a multidisciplinary portrait of ocean life through dance.

Tierney conveys an inspiring message of hope, even amidst seemingly constant bad news. "I see incredible hope in the eyes of our children," says Tierney. She is currently working with National Geographic Student Expeditions to create a summer marine-biology expedition for high-schoolers in Belize.

Her work in the field, in classrooms, and on-line as the Daily Explorer in National Geographic's Animal Jam, an interactive game for young explorers-in-training, makes Tierney one of our most well-rounded and well-respected Emerging Explorers.