If you think the ocean isn't important, imagine Earth without it. Mars comes to mind. No ocean, no life support system. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We are depleting this immense diversity and abundance of life, and it matters tremendously for the future of the planet. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The most important part is to take on the challenge of protecting the ocean as if your life depends on it -… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The ocean is our life support system. No blue, no green. It's really a miracle that we have got a place that… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I hope that someday we will find evidence that there is intelligent life among humans on this planet. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We understand that we must make peace with nature - that our lives depend on it. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Life in the ocean makes Earth hospitable. We are sailing along in the universe and we have a blue engine that is… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Great attention gets paid to rainforests because of the diversity of life there. Diversity in the oceans is even greater. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Any astronaut can tell you you've got to do everything you can to learn about your life support system and then do… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Nearly all of the major kinds of life, divisions of life, phyla of animals, occur in the sea. Only about half of… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss. If you peer beneath the bits and pieces of the moss,… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Fortunately, we know more about the problems that we have than in all preceding history. We know now the consequences of the… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The diversity of life on Earth, generally, is astonishing. But despite those large numbers, it's also important to recognize that every species,… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
That attitude of arrogance, that attitude of "It's all about me. It's all about what I can get out of life now"… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we could use… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life. It's akin to using a… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe. There's no place that we know about that can support… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We want to think of ourselves as truly special creatures that are unique in the universe and, well, we are. And we… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
It's an appreciation for life generally, every bit of life, the smallest creature that lives in the intestines of termites that make… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The living ocean drives planetary chemistry, governs climate and weather, and otherwise provides the cornerstone of the life-support system for all creatures… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
This is a living planet. Look around. Mars, Venus, Jupiter. Look beyond our solar system. Where else is there a place that… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Why does evolution matter? There is so much about the evolution of life, the development of life on Earth that should rivet… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We are all together in this, we are all together in this single living ecosystem called planet earth. As we learn how… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The oxygen cycle, the nitrogen cycle, the carbon cycle, the water cycle - all of these are linked to the existence of… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
There's plenty of water in the universe without life, but nowhere is there life without water. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Like a shipwreck or a jetty, almost anything that forms a structure in the ocean, whether it is natural or artificial over… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We are all together in this, we are all together in this single living ecosystem called planet earth. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter where on Earth you live, everyone is utterly dependent on the existence of that lovely, living saltwater soup. There's… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
There are some who would like to see the oil rigs removed right down to the ground once their job is done,… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Most of life on Earth has a deep past, much deeper than ours. And we have benefited from the distillation of all… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
It's a fact of life that there will be oil spills, as long as oil is moved from place to place, but… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Rather than be afraid of evolution and try to stifle inquiry, people should revel in the joys of knowing and find a… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We still have 10 percent of the sharks. We still have half of the coral reefs. However, if we wait another 50 years, opportunities… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share
Evolution is not something to be feared. It's to be celebrated, embraced, and understood. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share
We are depleting this immense diversity and abundance of life, and it matters tremendously for the future of the planet. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share
My mother was known as the 'bird lady' of the neighborhood. Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share
There is this sweet spot in time when we have an opportunity to stop killing sharks and tunas and swordfish and other wildlife in… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share
The sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million gallons of toxic dispersants into an already greatly… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share
With respect to the ocean being the heart of our blue planet: We are often asked, 'How much protection is enough?' We can only… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share
If the sea is sick, we'll feel it. If it dies, we die. Our future and the state of the oceans are one. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share
When you think about the real cost of so-called cheap energy that has driven our prosperity to unprecedented levels, for some of us, to… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share
When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less so; now the situation is reversed. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share
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,… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share
The observations that have developed over the years have given us perspective about where we fit in. We are newcomers, really recent arrivals on… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share
