Edith Widder

thumb|Edith Widder (2009) Edith Anne "Edie" Widder Smith (June 11, 1951 –) is an American oceanographer, marine biologist, and the Co-founder, CEO and Senior Scientist at the Ocean Research & Conservation Association. Quotes There are great discoveries yet to be made down there, fantastic creatures representing millions of years of evolution and possibly bioactive compounds that could benefit us in ways that we can't even yet imagine. Yet we have spent only a tiny fraction of the money on ocean exploration that we've spent on space exploration. We need a NASA-like organization for ocean exploration, because we need to be exploring and protecting our life support systems here on Earth. How we found the giant squid (February 2013) External links Category:Biologists from the United States Category:Marine biologists Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States Category:1951 births Category:Living people Category:Scientists from Boston Category:Oceanographers