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.
SYLVIA EARLEThe Arctic is an ocean. The southern pole is a continent surrounded by ocean. The North Pole is an ocean, or northern waters. It’s an ocean surrounded by land, basically.
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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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I am not in any hurry to grow up.
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Photosynthetic organisms in the sea yield most of the oxygen in the atmosphere, take up and store vast amounts of carbon dioxide, shape planetary chemistry, and hold the planet steady.
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The fragility, and even the degradation of our planet’s blue heart.
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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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Ocean acidification – the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increasingly acid.
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When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less so; now the situation is reversed.
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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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Green’ issues at last are attracting serious attention, owing to critically important links between the environment and the economy, health, and our security.
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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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The end of commercial fishing is predicted long before the middle of the 21st century.
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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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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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A lumberman will look at a forest and see so many board feet of lumber. I see a living city.
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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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