We did not want, from garbage and nuclear wastes to sludge from sewage to entire ships that had reached the end of their useful life.
SYLVIA EARLEBottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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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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You don’t stand around arguing about who’s responsible, or who’s going to pay.
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The ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn’t frightening, it was more exhilarating.
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Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you’re lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you’re in a healthy ocean.
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Every fish fertilizes the water in a way that generates the plankton that ultimately leads back into the food chain, but also yields oxygen, grabs carbon – it’s a part of what makes the ocean function and what makes the planet function.
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Is a slow but accelerating impact with consequences that will greatly overshadow all the oil spills put together. The warming trend that is CO2-related will overshadow all the oil spills that have ever occurred put together.
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What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.
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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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We wouldn’t be able to survive. We would have a hard time surviving if we were transported to the time when dinosaurs were around.
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The end of commercial fishing is predicted long before the middle of the 21st century.
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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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The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder.
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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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We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.
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In terms of personal choices, let’s all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.
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