Nearly all of the major kinds of life, divisions of life, phyla of animals, occur in the sea. Only about half of them can make it to land or freshwater.
SYLVIA EARLEThe concept of ‘peak oil’ has penetrated the hearts and minds of people concerned about energy for the future. ‘Peak fish’ occurred around the end of the 1980s.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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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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I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so doing, secure hope for humankind.
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Ocean acidification – the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increasingly acid.
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Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica.
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I’ve always said, ‘Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.’
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I have heard endlessly that fish are so resilient that there is no way that you could exterminate a species. We are learning otherwise.
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It’s akin to using a bulldozer to catch a butterfly, destroying a whole ecosystem for the sake of a few pounds of protein. We wouldn’t do this on land, so why do it in the oceans?
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That, in turn, influences the temperature of the planet. The Arctic is now vulnerable because of the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, with a rate of melting that is stunning.
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If you peer beneath the bits and pieces of the moss, you’ll see toads, small insects, a whole host of life that prospers in that miniature environment.
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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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The fragility, and even the degradation of our planet’s blue heart.
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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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No water, no life. No blue, no green.
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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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I am not in any hurry to grow up.
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