We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.
SYLVIA EARLEI have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found it.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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I am not in any hurry to grow up.
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As if the ocean somehow doesn’t matter or is so big, so vast that it can take care of itself, or that there is nothing that we could possibly do that we could harm the ocean.
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Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica.
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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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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.
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To lose it means that we will dismember the vital systems that make the Arctic work. It’s not just a cost to the people who live there. It’s a cost to all people everywhere.
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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 fragility, and even the degradation of our planet’s blue heart.
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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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Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe.
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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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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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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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Any astronaut can tell you you’ve got to do everything you can to learn about your life support system and then do everything you can to take care of it.
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