I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
SYLVIA EARLEMy mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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There is a terribly terrestrial mindset about what we need to do to take care of the planet.
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When I write a scientific treatise, I might reach 100 people. When the ‘National Geographic’ covers a project, it communicates about plants and fish and underwater technology to more than 10 million people.
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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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You don’t stand around arguing about who’s responsible, or who’s going to pay.
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Take away the ice and snow, increase the temperature by even a little, and the realm that makes their lives possible literally melts away.
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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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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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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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What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.
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Large areas of the Gulf have escaped being scraped by trawls, crushed by more than 40,000 miles of pipelines, or displaced by one of 50,000 oil and gas wells drilled since the middle of the 20th century. Some places have been deliberately protected.
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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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I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so doing, secure hope for humankind.
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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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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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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.
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