My parents moved to Florida when I was 12, and my backyard was the Gulf of Mexico.
SYLVIA EARLEIt’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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I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
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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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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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For humans, the Arctic is a harshly inhospitable place, but the conditions there are precisely what polar bears require to survive – and thrive. ‘Harsh’ to us is ‘home’ for them.
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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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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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Everyone has power. But it doesn’t help if you don’t use it.
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Ice ages have come and gone. Coral reefs have persisted.
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Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss.
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Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe.
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Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.
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Large areas of the Gulf have escaped being scraped by trawls, crushed by more than 40,000 miles of pipelines, or displaced by one of 50,000 oil and gas wells drilled since the middle of the 20th century. Some places have been deliberately protected.
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Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
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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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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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