There are some who would like to see the oil rigs removed right down to the ground once their job is done, and there are others, and I count myself among them, who think that once they are in place they begin to be adopted by life in the ocean as a habitat.
SYLVIA EARLELook at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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There’s something missing about how we’re informing the youngsters coming along about what matters in the world. We teach them the numbers and the letters, but we fail to communicate the importance of our connection to the living world.
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You don’t stand around arguing about who’s responsible, or who’s going to pay.
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I would love to slip into the skin of a fish and know what it’s like to be one. They have senses that I can only dream about.
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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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My mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
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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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They have a lateral line down their whole body that senses motion, but maybe it does more than that.
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No water, no life. No blue, no green.
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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 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 my Force Fins, which are the kind of fins Special Forces use and really are adapted from the fins of fish. They’re very efficient.
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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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The end of commercial fishing is predicted long before the middle of the 21st century.
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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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