Ice ages have come and gone. Coral reefs have persisted.
SYLVIA EARLEThey 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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Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life.
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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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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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Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.
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The end of commercial fishing is predicted long before the middle of the 21st century.
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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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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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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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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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We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.
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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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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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I personally have stopped eating seafood.
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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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