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" I have heard endlessly that fish are so resilient that there is no way that you could exterminate a species. We are learning otherwise. "
Sylvia Earle
Heard
You
Fish
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" The end of commercial fishing is predicted long before the middle of the 21st century. "
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Before
" As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we could use the sea as the ultimate place to dispose of anything we did not want, from garbage and nuclear wastes to sludge from sewage to entire ships that had reached the end of their useful life. "
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Sea
Ocean
" Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you're lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you're in a healthy ocean. You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don't see sharks. "
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" Humans are the only creatures with the ability to dive deep in the sea, fly high in the sky, send instant messages around the globe, reflect on the past, assess the present and imagine the future. "
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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. "
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" I find the lure of the unknown irresistible. "
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Lure
" 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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Heart
" 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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" For heaven's sake, when you see the enemy attacking, you pick up the pitchfork, and you enlist everybody you see. You don't stand around arguing about who's responsible, or who's going to pay. "
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You
See
Heaven
" Everyone has power. But it doesn't help if you don't use it. "
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Help
Everyone
Power
" It's a fact of life that there will be oil spills, as long as oil is moved from place to place, but we must have provisions to deal with them, and a capability that is commensurate with the size of the oil shipments. "
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Long
Will
Size
" America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. "
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Most
Great
Government
" Santa Monica Bay is less polluted today than when I first moved to the area in the 1970s, because actions have been taken to avoid putting some of the noxious materials into the sea. I think people are more aware than they once were, the air is cleaner, water generally is, in spite of the fact that there are more people. "
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Today
Air
Sea
" Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life. It's akin to using a bulldozer to catch a butterfly, destroying a whole ecosystem for the sake of a few pounds of protein. We wouldn't do this on land, so why do it in the oceans? "
Sylvia Earle
Ocean
Support
Sea
" Photosynthetic organisms in the sea yield most of the oxygen in the atmosphere, take up and store vast amounts of carbon dioxide, shape planetary chemistry, and hold the planet steady. "
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Steady
Chemistry
Hold
" Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe. There's no place that we know about that can support life as we know it, not even our sister planet, Mars, where we might set up housekeeping someday, but at great effort and trouble we have to recreate the things we take for granted here. "
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Life
Effort
Support
" 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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You
Then
See
" In terms of personal choices, let's all think more carefully about where we get our protein from. "
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Protein
Think
Personal
" We have taken the manatees out of the areas in the Caribbean and really elsewhere in the world, and this disruption to the system makes such systems vulnerable to changes as they come by, whether it's in terms of disease or terms or global warming for that matter. "
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Global Warming
Changes
World
" 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. They are so beautiful, a pair is in the Museum of Modern Art. The set I have are ruby red. I call them my ruby flippers. "
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Red
Museum
Love
" We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature. "
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Nature
Altering
Effective
" I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so doing, secure hope for humankind. Health to the ocean means health for us. "
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Health
Doing
Help
" With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea. "
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Water
Live
You
" Protecting vital sources of renewal - unscathed marshes, healthy reefs, and deep-sea gardens - will provide hope for the future of the Gulf, and for all of us. "
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Will
Future
Us
" My first encounter with the ocean was on the Jersey Shore when I was three years old and I got knocked over by a wave. The ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn't frightening, it was more exhilarating. "
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Wave
Three
Shore
" There are some who would like to see the oil rigs removed right down to the ground once their job is done, and there are others, and I count myself among them, who think that once they are in place they begin to be adopted by life in the ocean as a habitat. "
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Life
Job
Place
" If we could magically transport ourselves back to the young Earth, when it was only a billion years old or two billion years old or three billion years old or four billion years old, we wouldn't be able to survive. We would have a hard time surviving if we were transported to the time when dinosaurs were around. "
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Survive
Three
Back
" The Arctic is a place that historically, during all preceding human history, has largely been an icy realm with an impact on ocean currents. 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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Ocean
Impact
Place
" Every time I slip into the ocean, it's like going home. "
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Like
Time
Going Home
" 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. To lose it means that we will dismember the vital systems that make the Arctic work. It's not just a cost to the people who live there. It's a cost to all people everywhere. "
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