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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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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 love music of all kinds, but there’s no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing; my kids, too.
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They have curiosity. ‘Who, what, where, why, when, and how!’ They never stop asking questions, and I never stop asking questions, just like a five year old.
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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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The fragility, and even the degradation of our planet’s blue heart.
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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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No water, no life. No blue, no green.
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We have taken the manatees out of the areas in the Caribbean and really elsewhere in the world, and this disruption to the system makes such systems vulnerable to changes as they come by, whether it’s in terms of disease or terms or global warming for that matter.
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Everyone has power. But it doesn’t help if you don’t use it.
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The ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn’t frightening, it was more exhilarating.
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There are some who would like to see the oil rigs removed right down to the ground once their job is done, and there are others, and I count myself among them, who think that once they are in place they begin to be adopted by life in the ocean as a habitat.
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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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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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I would love to slip into the skin of a fish and know what it’s like to be one. They have senses that I can only dream about.
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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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The concept of ‘peak oil’ has penetrated the hearts and minds of people concerned about energy for the future. ‘Peak fish’ occurred around the end of the 1980s.
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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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Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative – don’t wait for someone else to ask you to act.
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That, in turn, influences the temperature of the planet. The Arctic is now vulnerable because of the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, with a rate of melting that is stunning.
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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 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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When I write a scientific treatise, I might reach 100 people. When the ‘National Geographic’ covers a project, it communicates about plants and fish and underwater technology to more than 10 million people.
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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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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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I actually love diving at night; you see a lot of fish then that you don’t see in the daytime.
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My mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
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My parents moved to Florida when I was 12, and my backyard was the Gulf of Mexico.
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