I have come up at the end of a dive, and the boat was not where I left it. I had to take care of a buddy who did panic. But I was confident the boat would come back.
SYLVIA EARLEYou don’t stand around arguing about who’s responsible, or who’s going to pay.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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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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What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.
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The ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn’t frightening, it was more exhilarating.
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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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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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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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People still do not understand that a live fish is more valuable than a dead one, and that destructive fishing techniques are taking a wrecking ball to biodiversity.
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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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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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I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so doing, secure hope for humankind.
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Every fish fertilizes the water in a way that generates the plankton that ultimately leads back into the food chain, but also yields oxygen, grabs carbon – it’s a part of what makes the ocean function and what makes the planet function.
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We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.
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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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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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They have a lateral line down their whole body that senses motion, but maybe it does more than that.
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