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 EARLEYou should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don’t see sharks.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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Meat reared on land matures relatively quickly, and it takes only a few pounds of plants to produce a pound of meat.
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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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I personally have stopped eating seafood.
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Humans are the only creatures with the ability to dive deep in the sea, fly high in the sky, send instant messages around the globe, reflect on the past, assess the present and imagine the future.
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That, in turn, influences the temperature of the planet. The Arctic is now vulnerable because of the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, with a rate of melting that is stunning.
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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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We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.
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I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
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When I write a scientific treatise, I might reach 100 people. When the ‘National Geographic’ covers a project, it communicates about plants and fish and underwater technology to more than 10 million people.
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Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative – don’t wait for someone else to ask you to act.
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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.
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Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life.
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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’m not against extracting a modest amount of wildlife out of the ocean for human consumption, but I am really concerned about the large-scale industrial fishing that engages in destructive practices like trawling and longlining.
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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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