And there’s no question that it is a factor, but it’s preceded by the loss of resilience and degradation.
SYLVIA EARLEIce ages have come and gone. Coral reefs have persisted.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There’s still time, but not a lot, to turn things around.
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There’s no place that we know about that can support life as we know it, not even our sister planet, Mars, where we might set up housekeeping someday, but at great effort and trouble we have to recreate the things we take for granted here.
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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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If we could magically transport ourselves back to the young Earth, when it was only a billion years old or two billion years old or three billion years old or four billion years old.
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If you think the ocean isn’t important, imagine Earth without it. Mars comes to mind. No ocean, no life support system.
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I’m not against extracting a modest amount of wildlife out of the ocean for human consumption, but I am really concerned about the large-scale industrial fishing that engages in destructive practices like trawling and longlining.
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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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Like a shipwreck or a jetty, almost anything that forms a structure in the ocean, whether it is natural or artificial over time, collects life.
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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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I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
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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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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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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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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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