The Arctic is a place that historically, during all preceding human history, has largely been an icy realm with an impact on ocean currents.
SYLVIA EARLEThe fragility, and even the degradation of our planet’s blue heart.
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I’ve always said, ‘Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.’
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My mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
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Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you’re lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you’re in a healthy ocean.
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Nothing has prepared sharks, squid, krill and other sea creatures for industrial-scale extraction that destroys entire ecosystems while targeting a few species.
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I personally have stopped eating seafood.
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All through college, I had frequently been the only girl in a science class – which wasn’t such a bad deal.
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You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don’t see sharks.
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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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What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.
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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
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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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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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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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The Exxon Valdez spill triggered a swift and strong response that changed policies about shipping, about double-hulled construction. A number of laws came into place.
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