My mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
SYLVIA EARLESome experts look at global warming, increased world temperature, as the critical tipping point that is causing a crash in coral reef health around the world.
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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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It’s a fact of life that there will be oil spills, as long as oil is moved from place to place, but we must have provisions to deal with them, and a capability that is commensurate with the size of the oil shipments.
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Protecting vital sources of renewal – unscathed marshes, healthy reefs, and deep-sea gardens – will provide hope for the future of the Gulf, and for all of us.
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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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When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less so; now the situation is reversed.
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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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Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
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Like a shipwreck or a jetty, almost anything that forms a structure in the ocean, whether it is natural or artificial over time, collects 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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What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.
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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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The fragility, and even the degradation of our planet’s blue heart.
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I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
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I’ve had the joy of spending thousands of hours under the sea. I wish I could take people along to see what I see, and to know what I know.
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I’ve always said, ‘Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.’
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