Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life.
SYLVIA EARLELike a shipwreck or a jetty, almost anything that forms a structure in the ocean, whether it is natural or artificial over time, collects life.
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For humans, the Arctic is a harshly inhospitable place, but the conditions there are precisely what polar bears require to survive – and thrive. ‘Harsh’ to us is ‘home’ for them.
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The ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn’t frightening, it was more exhilarating.
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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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There is a terribly terrestrial mindset about what we need to do to take care of the planet.
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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we could use the sea as the ultimate place to dispose of anything.
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We wouldn’t be able to survive. We would have a hard time surviving if we were transported to the time when dinosaurs were around.
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Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
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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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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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There’s no place that we know about that can support life as we know it, not even our sister planet, Mars, where we might set up housekeeping someday, but at great effort and trouble we have to recreate the things we take for granted here.
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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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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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Ocean acidification – the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increasingly acid.
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The fragility, and even the degradation of our planet’s blue heart.
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