Everyone has power. But it doesn’t help if you don’t use it.
SYLVIA EARLEWith every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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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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Is a slow but accelerating impact with consequences that will greatly overshadow all the oil spills put together. The warming trend that is CO2-related will overshadow all the oil spills that have ever occurred put together.
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Ocean acidification – the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increasingly acid.
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In terms of personal choices, let’s all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.
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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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The 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.
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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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If somebody dumps something noxious in my back yard, the dumper is the last one I would call on to repair the damage.
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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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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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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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The ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn’t frightening, it was more exhilarating.
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Protecting vital sources of renewal – unscathed marshes, healthy reefs, and deep-sea gardens – will provide hope for the future of the Gulf, and for all of us.
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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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Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that.
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