On a sea floor that looks like a sandy mud bottom, that at first glance might appear to be sand and mud, when you look closely and sit there as I do for a while and just wait, all sorts of creatures show themselves, with little heads popping out of the sand. It is a metropolis.
SYLVIA EARLEThere are some who would like to see the oil rigs removed right down to the ground once their job is done, and there are others, and I count myself among them, who think that once they are in place they begin to be adopted by life in the ocean as a habitat.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found it.
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We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.
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Take away the ice and snow, increase the temperature by even a little, and the realm that makes their lives possible literally melts away.
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I have come up at the end of a dive, and the boat was not where I left it. I had to take care of a buddy who did panic. But I was confident the boat would come back.
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By the end of the 20th century, up to 90 percent of the sharks, tuna, swordfish, marlins, groupers, turtles, whales, and many other large creatures that prospered in the Gulf for millions of years had been depleted by overfishing.
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There are some who would like to see the oil rigs removed right down to the ground once their job is done, and there are others, and I count myself among them, who think that once they are in place they begin to be adopted by life in the ocean as a habitat.
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You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don’t see sharks.
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All through college, I had frequently been the only girl in a science class – which wasn’t such a bad deal.
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Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss.
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The fragility, and even the degradation of our planet’s blue heart.
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And there’s no question that it is a factor, but it’s preceded by the loss of resilience and degradation.
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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 find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
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Everyone has power. But it doesn’t help if you don’t use it.
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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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