Ice ages have come and gone. Coral reefs have persisted.
SYLVIA EARLEI am not in any hurry to grow up.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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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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With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea.
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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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Some 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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There is a terribly terrestrial mindset about what we need to do to take care of the planet.
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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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Why is it that scuba divers and surfers are some of the strongest advocates of ocean conservation? Because they’ve spent time in and around the ocean, and they’ve personally seen the beauty.
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The ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn’t frightening, it was more exhilarating.
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Just as we have the power to harm the ocean, we have the power to put in place policies and modify our own behavior in ways that would be an insurance policy for the future of the sea, for the creatures there, and for us, protecting special critical areas in the ocean.
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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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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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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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I love my Force Fins, which are the kind of fins Special Forces use and really are adapted from the fins of fish. They’re very efficient.
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I’ve always said, ‘Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.’
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