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.
SYLVIA EARLEBy 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.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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I’m friends with James Cameron. We’ve spent time together over the years because he is a diver and explorer and in his heart of hearts a biologist. We run into each other at scientific conferences.
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I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
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To lose it means that we will dismember the vital systems that make the Arctic work. It’s not just a cost to the people who live there. It’s a cost to all people everywhere.
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Green’ issues at last are attracting serious attention, owing to critically important links between the environment and the economy, health, and our security.
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We wouldn’t be able to survive. We would have a hard time surviving if we were transported to the time when dinosaurs were around.
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Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.
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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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Everyone has power. But it doesn’t help if you don’t use it.
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With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea.
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Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that.
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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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We did not want, from garbage and nuclear wastes to sludge from sewage to entire ships that had reached the end of their useful life.
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A lumberman will look at a forest and see so many board feet of lumber. I see a living city.
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference.
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The most important thing for people to know about the governance of the Arctic is that we have a chance now to act to maintain the integrity of the system or to lose it.
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