If somebody dumps something noxious in my back yard, the dumper is the last one I would call on to repair the damage.
SYLVIA EARLELike a shipwreck or a jetty, almost anything that forms a structure in the ocean, whether it is natural or artificial over time, collects life.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.
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The Arctic is a place that historically, during all preceding human history, has largely been an icy realm with an impact on ocean currents.
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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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Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative – don’t wait for someone else to ask you to act.
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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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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.
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It’s mainly the high-end luxury market now that drives much of the fishing in the sea. It’s not feeding the starving millions. It’s feeding a luxury market.
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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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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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Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life.
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For heaven’s sake, when you see the enemy attacking, you pick up the pitchfork, and you enlist everybody you see.
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I actually love diving at night; you see a lot of fish then that you don’t see in the daytime.
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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.
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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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With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea.
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