With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea.
SYLVIA EARLEI personally have stopped eating seafood.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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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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Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that.
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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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Everyone has power. But it doesn’t help if you don’t use it.
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That, 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’ve had the joy of spending thousands of hours under the sea. I wish I could take people along to see what I see, and to know what I know.
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Ice ages have come and gone. Coral reefs have persisted.
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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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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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They are so beautiful, a pair is in the Museum of Modern Art. The set I have are ruby red. I call them my ruby flippers.
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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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Every fish fertilizes the water in a way that generates the plankton that ultimately leads back into the food chain, but also yields oxygen, grabs carbon – it’s a part of what makes the ocean function and what makes the planet function.
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I’ve always said, ‘Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.’
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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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All through college, I had frequently been the only girl in a science class – which wasn’t such a bad deal.
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