We did not want, from garbage and nuclear wastes to sludge from sewage to entire ships that had reached the end of their useful life.
SYLVIA EARLEI actually love diving at night; you see a lot of fish then that you don’t see in the daytime.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss.
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My mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
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Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
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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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Our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels and the corporate mandate to maximize shareholder value encourages drilling without taking into account the costs to the ocean, even without major spills.
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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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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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By the end of the 20th century, up to 90 percent of the sharks, tuna, swordfish, marlins, groupers, turtles, whales, and many other large creatures that prospered in the Gulf for millions of years had been depleted by overfishing.
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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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The sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million gallons of toxic dispersants into an already greatly stressed Gulf of Mexico will permanently alter the nature of the area.
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I’ve always said, ‘Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.’
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Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe.
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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 have heard endlessly that fish are so resilient that there is no way that you could exterminate a species. We are learning otherwise.
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You don’t stand around arguing about who’s responsible, or who’s going to pay.
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