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.
SYLVIA EARLEThe ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn’t frightening, it was more exhilarating.
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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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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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The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder.
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For humans, the Arctic is a harshly inhospitable place, but the conditions there are precisely what polar bears require to survive – and thrive. ‘Harsh’ to us is ‘home’ for them.
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Photosynthetic organisms in the sea yield most of the oxygen in the atmosphere, take up and store vast amounts of carbon dioxide, shape planetary chemistry, and hold the planet steady.
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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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I’m not against extracting a modest amount of wildlife out of the ocean for human consumption, but I am really concerned about the large-scale industrial fishing that engages in destructive practices like trawling and longlining.
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Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica.
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When I first ventured into the Gulf of Mexico in the 1950s, the sea appeared to be a blue infinity too large, too wild to be harmed by anything that people could do.
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There’s no place that we know about that can support life as we know it, not even our sister planet, Mars, where we might set up housekeeping someday, but at great effort and trouble we have to recreate the things we take for granted here.
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It’s akin to using a bulldozer to catch a butterfly, destroying a whole ecosystem for the sake of a few pounds of protein. We wouldn’t do this on land, so why do it in the oceans?
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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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Everyone has power. But it doesn’t help if you don’t use it.
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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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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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