Health to the ocean means health for us.
SYLVIA EARLENo water, no life. No blue, no green.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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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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What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.
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My mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
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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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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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Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe.
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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.
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It’s a fact of life that there will be oil spills, as long as oil is moved from place to place, but we must have provisions to deal with them, and a capability that is commensurate with the size of the oil shipments.
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Meat reared on land matures relatively quickly, and it takes only a few pounds of plants to produce a pound of meat.
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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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No water, no life. No blue, no green.
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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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Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.
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We have been far too aggressive about extracting ocean wildlife, not appreciating that there are limits and even points of no return.
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No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea.
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I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
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You don’t stand around arguing about who’s responsible, or who’s going to pay.
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For heaven’s sake, when you see the enemy attacking, you pick up the pitchfork, and you enlist everybody you see.
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We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.
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Ice ages have come and gone. Coral reefs have persisted.
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The end of commercial fishing is predicted long before the middle of the 21st century.
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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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Ocean acidification – the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increasingly acid.
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Forty percent of the United States drains into the Mississippi. It’s agriculture. It’s golf courses. It’s domestic runoff from our lawns and roads. Ultimately, where does it go? Downstream into the gulf.
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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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I’ve always said, ‘Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.’
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