My first encounter with the ocean was on the Jersey Shore when I was three years old and I got knocked over by a wave.
SYLVIA EARLEWe have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.
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Meat reared on land matures relatively quickly, and it takes only a few pounds of plants to produce a pound of meat.
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Green’ issues at last are attracting serious attention, owing to critically important links between the environment and the economy, health, and our security.
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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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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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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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No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea.
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I love music of all kinds, but there’s no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing; my kids, too.
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Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss.
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They have a lateral line down their whole body that senses motion, but maybe it does more than that.
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It’s a fact of life that there will be oil spills, as long as oil is moved from place to place, but we must have provisions to deal with them, and a capability that is commensurate with the size of the oil shipments.
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Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
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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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If you think the ocean isn’t important, imagine Earth without it. Mars comes to mind. No ocean, no life support system.
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Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.
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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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