Places change over time with or without oil spills, but humans are responsible for the Deepwater Horizon gusher – and humans, as well as the corals, fish and other creatures, are suffering the consequences.
SYLVIA EARLEWith every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.
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You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don’t see sharks.
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If somebody dumps something noxious in my back yard, the dumper is the last one I would call on to repair the damage.
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Photosynthetic organisms in the sea yield most of the oxygen in the atmosphere, take up and store vast amounts of carbon dioxide, shape planetary chemistry, and hold the planet steady.
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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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Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe.
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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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When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less so; now the situation is reversed.
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Ice ages have come and gone. Coral reefs have persisted.
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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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With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea.
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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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In terms of personal choices, let’s all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.
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A lumberman will look at a forest and see so many board feet of lumber. I see a living city.
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On a sea floor that looks like a sandy mud bottom, that at first glance might appear to be sand and mud, when you look closely and sit there as I do for a while and just wait, all sorts of creatures show themselves, with little heads popping out of the sand. It is a metropolis.
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