I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
SYLVIA EARLEAnything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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I love my Force Fins, which are the kind of fins Special Forces use and really are adapted from the fins of fish. They’re very efficient.
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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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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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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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I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found it.
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The fragility, and even the degradation of our planet’s blue heart.
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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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As if the ocean somehow doesn’t matter or is so big, so vast that it can take care of itself, or that there is nothing that we could possibly do that we could harm the ocean.
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The Arctic is a place that historically, during all preceding human history, has largely been an icy realm with an impact on ocean currents.
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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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I have come up at the end of a dive, and the boat was not where I left it. I had to take care of a buddy who did panic. But I was confident the boat would come back.
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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 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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In terms of personal choices, let’s all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.
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It’s mainly the high-end luxury market now that drives much of the fishing in the sea. It’s not feeding the starving millions. It’s feeding a luxury market.
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