All through college, I had frequently been the only girl in a science class – which wasn’t such a bad deal.
SYLVIA EARLEHealth to the ocean means health for us.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe.
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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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Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica.
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There’s something missing about how we’re informing the youngsters coming along about what matters in the world. We teach them the numbers and the letters, but we fail to communicate the importance of our connection to the living world.
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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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Humans are the only creatures with the ability to dive deep in the sea, fly high in the sky, send instant messages around the globe, reflect on the past, assess the present and imagine the future.
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We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.
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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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Ocean acidification – the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increasingly acid.
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Our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels and the corporate mandate to maximize shareholder value encourages drilling without taking into account the costs to the ocean, even without major spills.
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If you peer beneath the bits and pieces of the moss, you’ll see toads, small insects, a whole host of life that prospers in that miniature environment.
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Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
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When I first ventured into the Gulf of Mexico in the 1950s, the sea appeared to be a blue infinity too large, too wild to be harmed by anything that people could do.
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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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We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.
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