I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
SYLVIA EARLEMy first encounter with the ocean was on the Jersey Shore when I was three years old and I got knocked over by a wave.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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We have taken the manatees out of the areas in the Caribbean and really elsewhere in the world, and this disruption to the system makes such systems vulnerable to changes as they come by, whether it’s in terms of disease or terms or global warming for that matter.
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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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The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder.
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Photosynthetic organisms in the sea yield most of the oxygen in the atmosphere, take up and store vast amounts of carbon dioxide, shape planetary chemistry, and hold the planet steady.
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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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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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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.
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My first encounter with the ocean was on the Jersey Shore when I was three years old and I got knocked over by a wave.
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The ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn’t frightening, it was more exhilarating.
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You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don’t see sharks.
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The concept of ‘peak oil’ has penetrated the hearts and minds of people concerned about energy for the future. ‘Peak fish’ occurred around the end of the 1980s.
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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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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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People still do not understand that a live fish is more valuable than a dead one, and that destructive fishing techniques are taking a wrecking ball to biodiversity.
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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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