I’ve always said, ‘Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.’
SYLVIA EARLEWe wouldn’t be able to survive. We would have a hard time surviving if we were transported to the time when dinosaurs were around.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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Since the middle of the 20th century, more has been learnt about the ocean than during all preceding human history; at the same time, more has been lost.
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As if the ocean somehow doesn’t matter or is so big, so vast that it can take care of itself, or that there is nothing that we could possibly do that we could harm the ocean.
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference.
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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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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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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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Ice ages have come and gone. Coral reefs have persisted.
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My mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
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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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The fragility, and even the degradation of our planet’s blue heart.
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Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss.
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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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In terms of personal choices, let’s all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.
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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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