We must protect our ocean as if our lives depend upon it, because they do. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We are taking way more out of the ocean than the ocean can replenish. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The ocean seemed like a sea of Eden. But now we are facing paradise lost. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We have been far too aggressive about extracting ocean wildlife, not appreciating that there are limits and even points of no return. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Our past, our present, and whatever remains of our future, absolutely depend on what we do now. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
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
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
There is an enormous amount to be learned about the sea; like most wildernesses, it has great potential. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Since the middle of the 20th century, more has been learnt about the ocean than during all preceding human history; at the… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
This much is certain: We have the power to damage the sea, but no sure way to heal the harm. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I want everybody to go jump in the ocean to see for themselves how beautiful it is, how important it is to… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Every fish fertilizes the water in a way that generates the plankton that ultimately leads back into the food chain, but also… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We still have the illusion that the ocean will recover. That even if we do have to lose sharks, people don't understand… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The burning of fossil fuels has altered the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere so rapidly and so abundantly that now,… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Even if you never have the chance to see or touch the ocean, the ocean touches you with every breath you take,… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We humans have this idea that the ocean is so big, so vast, so resilient that it doesn't matter what we do… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Why is it that scuba divers and surfers are some of the strongest advocates of ocean conservation? Because they've spent time in… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Since I began exploring the ocean in the 1950s, 90 percent of the big fish have been stripped away. Tuna, sharks, swordfish,… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Ocean acidification - the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increasingly acid - is a slow but… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
My first breath was just...it just seemed impossible that you could actually breathe underwater. I knew in my mind it was possible,… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The Arctic is a place that historically, during all preceding human history, has largely been an icy realm with an impact on… — 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
When I was 12, we moved from New Jersey to Florida. The Gulf of Mexico was literally my backyard. Every day, I… — 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
The oceans deserve our respect and care, but you have to know something before you can care about 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
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
I want to get out in the water. I want to see fish, real fish, not fish in a laboratory. — 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
With care and protection, with safe havens in the ocean, there is still a good chance that we can turn things around. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The ocean governs the climate and the weather, it is taking care of the temperature and it is shaping the chemistry of… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that. — 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
