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The end of commercial fishing is predicted long before the middle of the 21st century.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less so; now the situation is reversed.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle 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.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle 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.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle The most important thing for people to know about the governance of the Arctic is that we have a chance now to act to maintain the integrity of the system or to lose it.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle If you think the ocean isn’t important, imagine Earth without it. Mars comes to mind. No ocean, no life support system.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle Health to the ocean means health for us.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don’t see sharks.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle 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.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle 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.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle Ocean acidification – the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increasingly acid.
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