Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe.
SYLVIA EARLEMeat 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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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.
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As if the ocean somehow doesn’t matter or is so big, so vast that it can take care of itself, or that there is nothing that we could possibly do that we could harm the ocean.
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My first encounter with the ocean was on the Jersey Shore when I was three years old and I got knocked over by a wave.
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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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I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
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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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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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My parents moved to Florida when I was 12, and my backyard was the Gulf of Mexico.
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Ice ages have come and gone. Coral reefs have persisted.
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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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Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
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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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Ocean acidification – the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increasingly acid.
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We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.
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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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Places change over time with or without oil spills, but humans are responsible for the Deepwater Horizon gusher – and humans, as well as the corals, fish and other creatures, are suffering the consequences.
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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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Everyone has power. But it doesn’t help if you don’t use it.
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Forty percent of the United States drains into the Mississippi. It’s agriculture. It’s golf courses. It’s domestic runoff from our lawns and roads. Ultimately, where does it go? Downstream into the gulf.
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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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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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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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No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea.
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The 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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If you think the ocean isn’t important, imagine Earth without it. Mars comes to mind. No ocean, no life support system.
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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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