The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder.
SYLVIA EARLEIf 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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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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The sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million gallons of toxic dispersants into an already greatly stressed Gulf of Mexico will permanently alter the nature of the area.
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I’m friends with James Cameron. We’ve spent time together over the years because he is a diver and explorer and in his heart of hearts a biologist. We run into each other at scientific conferences.
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Nearly all of the major kinds of life, divisions of life, phyla of animals, occur in the sea. Only about half of them can make it to land or freshwater.
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That, in turn, influences the temperature of the planet. The Arctic is now vulnerable because of the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, with a rate of melting that is stunning.
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A lumberman will look at a forest and see so many board feet of lumber. I see a living city.
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Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
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Ice ages have come and gone. Coral reefs have persisted.
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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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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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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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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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The Arctic is an ocean. The southern pole is a continent surrounded by ocean. The North Pole is an ocean, or northern waters. It’s an ocean surrounded by land, basically.
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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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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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