If somebody dumps something noxious in my back yard, the dumper is the last one I would call on to repair the damage.
SYLVIA EARLEYou should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don’t see sharks.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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The fragility, and even the degradation of our planet’s blue heart.
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Some experts look at global warming, increased world temperature, as the critical tipping point that is causing a crash in coral reef health around the world.
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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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In terms of personal choices, let’s all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.
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On a sea floor that looks like a sandy mud bottom, that at first glance might appear to be sand and mud, when you look closely and sit there as I do for a while and just wait, all sorts of creatures show themselves, with little heads popping out of the sand. It is a metropolis.
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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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When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less so; now the situation is reversed.
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Why is it that scuba divers and surfers are some of the strongest advocates of ocean conservation? Because they’ve spent time in and around the ocean, and they’ve personally seen the beauty.
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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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Green’ issues at last are attracting serious attention, owing to critically important links between the environment and the economy, health, and our security.
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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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I’ve had the joy of spending thousands of hours under the sea. I wish I could take people along to see what I see, and to know what I know.
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And there’s no question that it is a factor, but it’s preceded by the loss of resilience and degradation.
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My mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
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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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