We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.
SYLVIA EARLEThat, in turn, influences the temperature of the planet. The Arctic is now vulnerable because of the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, with a rate of melting that is stunning.
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I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found it.
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You don’t stand around arguing about who’s responsible, or who’s going to pay.
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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 humans, the Arctic is a harshly inhospitable place, but the conditions there are precisely what polar bears require to survive – and thrive. ‘Harsh’ to us is ‘home’ for them.
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The concept of ‘peak oil’ has penetrated the hearts and minds of people concerned about energy for the future. ‘Peak fish’ occurred around the end of the 1980s.
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Everyone has power. But it doesn’t help if you don’t use it.
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Why is it that scuba divers and surfers are some of the strongest advocates of ocean conservation? Because they’ve spent time in and around the ocean, and they’ve personally seen the beauty.
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In terms of personal choices, let’s all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.
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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.
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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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Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica.
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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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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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You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don’t see sharks.
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Is a slow but accelerating impact with consequences that will greatly overshadow all the oil spills put together. The warming trend that is CO2-related will overshadow all the oil spills that have ever occurred put together.
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