No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea.
SYLVIA EARLEIn terms of personal choices, let’s all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.
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My parents moved to Florida when I was 12, and my backyard was the Gulf of Mexico.
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I have come up at the end of a dive, and the boat was not where I left it. I had to take care of a buddy who did panic. But I was confident the boat would come back.
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Any astronaut can tell you you’ve got to do everything you can to learn about your life support system and then do everything you can to take care of it.
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I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
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The ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn’t frightening, it was more exhilarating.
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You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don’t see sharks.
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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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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.
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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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The end of commercial fishing is predicted long before the middle of the 21st century.
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The Arctic is an ocean. The southern pole is a continent surrounded by ocean. The North Pole is an ocean, or northern waters. It’s an ocean surrounded by land, basically.
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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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My mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
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Protecting vital sources of renewal – unscathed marshes, healthy reefs, and deep-sea gardens – will provide hope for the future of the Gulf, and for all of us.
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You don’t stand around arguing about who’s responsible, or who’s going to pay.
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