If you think the ocean isn’t important, imagine Earth without it. Mars comes to mind. No ocean, no life support system.
SYLVIA EARLEIf we could magically transport ourselves back to the young Earth, when it was only a billion years old or two billion years old or three billion years old or four billion years old.
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No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea.
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We have taken the manatees out of the areas in the Caribbean and really elsewhere in the world, and this disruption to the system makes such systems vulnerable to changes as they come by, whether it’s in terms of disease or terms or global warming for that matter.
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Meat reared on land matures relatively quickly, and it takes only a few pounds of plants to produce a pound of meat.
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The Arctic is a place that historically, during all preceding human history, has largely been an icy realm with an impact on ocean currents.
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With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea.
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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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They have curiosity. ‘Who, what, where, why, when, and how!’ They never stop asking questions, and I never stop asking questions, just like a five year old.
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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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When I first ventured into the Gulf of Mexico in the 1950s, the sea appeared to be a blue infinity too large, too wild to be harmed by anything that people could do.
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Nothing has prepared sharks, squid, krill and other sea creatures for industrial-scale extraction that destroys entire ecosystems while targeting a few species.
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I love music of all kinds, but there’s no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing; my kids, too.
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The ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn’t frightening, it was more exhilarating.
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The end of commercial fishing is predicted long before the middle of the 21st century.
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We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.
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Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
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