Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss.
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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.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss.
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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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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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I’ve always said, ‘Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.’
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No water, no life. No blue, no green.
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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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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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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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The fragility, and even the degradation of our planet’s blue heart.
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I’m friends with James Cameron. We’ve spent time together over the years because he is a diver and explorer and in his heart of hearts a biologist. We run into each other at scientific conferences.
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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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I have heard endlessly that fish are so resilient that there is no way that you could exterminate a species. We are learning otherwise.
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I love music of all kinds, but there’s no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing; my kids, too.
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They have curiosity. ‘Who, what, where, why, when, and how!’ They never stop asking questions, and I never stop asking questions, just like a five year old.
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