And there’s no question that it is a factor, but it’s preceded by the loss of resilience and degradation.
SYLVIA EARLEThe fragility, and even the degradation of our planet’s blue heart.
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What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.
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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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I want everybody to go jump in the ocean to see for themselves how beautiful it is, how important it is to get acquainted with fish swimming in the ocean, rather than just swimming with lemon slices and butter.
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When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less so; now the situation is reversed.
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The ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn’t frightening, it was more exhilarating.
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Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss.
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Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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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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Since 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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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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My mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
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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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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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No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea.
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