No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea.
SYLVIA EARLEI find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
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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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By the end of the 20th century, up to 90 percent of the sharks, tuna, swordfish, marlins, groupers, turtles, whales, and many other large creatures that prospered in the Gulf for millions of years had been depleted by overfishing.
SYLVIA EARLEBy the end of the 20th century, up to 90 percent of the sharks, tuna, swordfish, marlins, groupers, turtles, whales, and many other large creatures that prospered in the Gulf for millions of years had been depleted by overfishing.
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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.
SYLVIA EARLEThe 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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People still do not understand that a live fish is more valuable than a dead one, and that destructive fishing techniques are taking a wrecking ball to biodiversity.
SYLVIA EARLEPeople still do not understand that a live fish is more valuable than a dead one, and that destructive fishing techniques are taking a wrecking ball to biodiversity.
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I want everybody to go jump in the ocean to see for themselves how beautiful it is, how important it is to get acquainted with fish swimming in the ocean, rather than just swimming with lemon slices and butter.
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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.
SYLVIA EARLEI 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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Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.
SYLVIA EARLEEvery time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.
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I personally have stopped eating seafood.
SYLVIA EARLEI personally have stopped eating seafood.
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Meat reared on land matures relatively quickly, and it takes only a few pounds of plants to produce a pound of meat.
SYLVIA EARLEMeat reared on land matures relatively quickly, and it takes only a few pounds of plants to produce a pound of meat.
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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.
SYLVIA EARLEI 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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We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.
SYLVIA EARLEWe need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.
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There is a terribly terrestrial mindset about what we need to do to take care of the planet.
SYLVIA EARLEThere 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.
SYLVIA EARLEI actually love diving at night; you see a lot of fish then that you don’t see in the daytime.
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Just as we have the power to harm the ocean, we have the power to put in place policies and modify our own behavior in ways that would be an insurance policy for the future of the sea, for the creatures there, and for us, protecting special critical areas in the ocean.
SYLVIA EARLEJust as we have the power to harm the ocean, we have the power to put in place policies and modify our own behavior in ways that would be an insurance policy for the future of the sea, for the creatures there, and for us, protecting special critical areas in the ocean.
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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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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.
SYLVIA EARLESome 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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