Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you’re lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you’re in a healthy ocean.
SYLVIA EARLESince the middle of the 20th century, more has been learnt about the ocean than during all preceding human history; at the same time, more has been lost.
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Large areas of the Gulf have escaped being scraped by trawls, crushed by more than 40,000 miles of pipelines, or displaced by one of 50,000 oil and gas wells drilled since the middle of the 20th century. Some places have been deliberately protected.
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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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What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.
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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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In terms of personal choices, let’s all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.
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The sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million gallons of toxic dispersants into an already greatly stressed Gulf of Mexico will permanently alter the nature of the area.
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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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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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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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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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Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss.
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For heaven’s sake, when you see the enemy attacking, you pick up the pitchfork, and you enlist everybody you see.
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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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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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