There is a terribly terrestrial mindset about what we need to do to take care of the planet.
SYLVIA EARLETo 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.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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I am not in any hurry to grow up.
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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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The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder.
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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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All through college, I had frequently been the only girl in a science class – which wasn’t such a bad deal.
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Nothing has prepared sharks, squid, krill and other sea creatures for industrial-scale extraction that destroys entire ecosystems while targeting a few species.
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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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Nearly all of the major kinds of life, divisions of life, phyla of animals, occur in the sea. Only about half of them can make it to land or freshwater.
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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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Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe.
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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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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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Humans are the only creatures with the ability to dive deep in the sea, fly high in the sky, send instant messages around the globe, reflect on the past, assess the present and imagine the future.
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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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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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