There is a terribly terrestrial mindset about what we need to do to take care of the planet.
SYLVIA EARLEAnything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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My parents moved to Florida when I was 12, and my backyard was the Gulf of Mexico.
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The end of commercial fishing is predicted long before the middle of the 21st century.
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Some experts look at global warming, increased world temperature, as the critical tipping point that is causing a crash in coral reef health around the world.
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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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You don’t stand around arguing about who’s responsible, or who’s going to pay.
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The ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn’t frightening, it was more exhilarating.
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Take away the ice and snow, increase the temperature by even a little, and the realm that makes their lives possible literally melts away.
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It’s mainly the high-end luxury market now that drives much of the fishing in the sea. It’s not feeding the starving millions. It’s feeding a luxury market.
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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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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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They have a lateral line down their whole body that senses motion, but maybe it does more than that.
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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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Just as we have the power to harm the ocean, we have the power to put in place policies and modify our own behavior in ways that would be an insurance policy for the future of the sea, for the creatures there, and for us, protecting special critical areas in the ocean.
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Our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels and the corporate mandate to maximize shareholder value encourages drilling without taking into account the costs to the ocean, even without major spills.
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We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.
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