On a sea floor that looks like a sandy mud bottom, that at first glance might appear to be sand and mud, when you look closely and sit there as I do for a while and just wait, all sorts of creatures show themselves, with little heads popping out of the sand. It is a metropolis.
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.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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The most important thing for people to know about the governance of the Arctic is that we have a chance now to act to maintain the integrity of the system or to lose it.
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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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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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Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life.
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You don’t stand around arguing about who’s responsible, or who’s going to pay.
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Since the middle of the 20th century, more has been learnt about the ocean than during all preceding human history; at the same time, more has been lost.
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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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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 personally have stopped eating seafood.
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If you think the ocean isn’t important, imagine Earth without it. Mars comes to mind. No ocean, no life support system.
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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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With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to 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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You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don’t see sharks.
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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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