Any astronaut can tell you you’ve got to do everything you can to learn about your life support system and then do everything you can to take care of it.
SYLVIA EARLEThe sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million gallons of toxic dispersants into an already greatly stressed Gulf of Mexico will permanently alter the nature of the area.
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I would love to slip into the skin of a fish and know what it’s like to be one. They have senses that I can only dream about.
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What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.
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They have a lateral line down their whole body that senses motion, but maybe it does more than that.
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People still do not understand that a live fish is more valuable than a dead one, and that destructive fishing techniques are taking a wrecking ball to biodiversity.
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We have been far too aggressive about extracting ocean wildlife, not appreciating that there are limits and even points of no return.
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For heaven’s sake, when you see the enemy attacking, you pick up the pitchfork, and you enlist everybody you see.
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Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you’re lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you’re in a healthy ocean.
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Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative – don’t wait for someone else to ask you to act.
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No water, no life. No blue, no green.
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There is a terribly terrestrial mindset about what we need to do to take care of the planet.
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I’ve had the joy of spending thousands of hours under the sea. I wish I could take people along to see what I see, and to know what I know.
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My mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
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Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that.
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If you think the ocean isn’t important, imagine Earth without it. Mars comes to mind. No ocean, no life support system.
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My first encounter with the ocean was on the Jersey Shore when I was three years old and I got knocked over by a wave.
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