Ignorance is the biggest problem of all for the ocean - and for many other things as well. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We are not only warming the ocean and the planet as a whole, but we are also acidifying the ocean and changing… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I've had the joy of spending thousands of hours under the sea. I wish I could take people along to see what… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We have found ways to capture, kill and market ocean wildlife on an unprecedented scale. It's an absolute catastrophe. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
If the sea is sick, we'll feel it. If it dies, we die. Our future and the state of the oceans are… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The ocean is dying, and we have no place to escape to if this experiment doesn't go in our favor. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Even our rules and regulations, our laws, our policies, favor the destructive nature of taking too much from the ocean and using… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The Arctic is an ocean. The southern pole is a continent surrounded by ocean. The North Pole is an ocean, or northern… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Many of us ask what can I, as one person, do, but history shows us that everything good and bad starts because… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
If Darwin could get into a submarine and see what I've seen, thousand of feet beneath the ocean, I am just confident… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Success underwater depends mostly on how you conduct yourself. Diving can be the most relaxing experience in the world. Your weight seems… — 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
My first encounter with the ocean was on the Jersey Shore when I was three years old and I got knocked over… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We're still under the weight of this impression that the ocean is too big to fail, that the planet is too big… — 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
There is a terribly terrestrial mindset about what we need to do to take care of the planet-as if the ocean somehow… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Just as we have the power to harm the ocean, we have the power to put in place policies and modify our… — 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
It isn't too late to shift from the swift, sharp decline of ocean systems in recent decades to an era of steady… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
There is a terribly terrestrial mindset about what we need to do to take care of the planet - as if the… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you're lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you're in a healthy ocean.… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
With respect to the ocean being the heart of our blue planet: We are often asked, 'How much protection is enough?' We… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I'm haunted by the thought of what Ray Anderson calls 'tomorrow's child,' asking why we didn't do something on our watch to… — 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
Our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels and the corporate mandate to maximize shareholder value encourages drilling without taking into account the costs… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I'm not against extracting a modest amount of wildlife out of the ocean for human consumption, but I am really concerned about… — 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
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
