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.
SYLVIA EARLEAnything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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I have heard endlessly that fish are so resilient that there is no way that you could exterminate a species. We are learning otherwise.
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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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My parents moved to Florida when I was 12, and my backyard was the Gulf of Mexico.
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Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe.
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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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No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea.
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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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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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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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Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative – don’t wait for someone else to ask you to act.
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There is a terribly terrestrial mindset about what we need to do to take care of the planet.
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I actually love diving at night; you see a lot of fish then that you don’t see in the daytime.
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You don’t stand around arguing about who’s responsible, or who’s going to pay.
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