The sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million gallons of toxic dispersants into an… — 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
No creature on Earth ever has organized themselves in ways that we have, with the capacity to alter the nature of nature… — 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
If we have a hope of really understanding our place in nature and of carving out a place for ourselves that is… — 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
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
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
It's taken us a short time to change the nature of nature. In my lifetime, more change than during all preceding human… — 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
In the past few decades, Earth's natural systems have endured more pressure than in all preceding human history. — 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
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
Throughout all of human history we have consumed the natural world. All creatures do. Birds do. Fish do. Earthworms do. We consume… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Everybody can make choices that will make peace with the natural world. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We have the capacity to alter the nature of nature. No, we don't have just the capacity - we are altering the… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We've got to somehow stabilize our connection to nature so that in 50 years from now, 500 years, 5,000 years from now… — 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
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 Image
Evolution is not something to be feared. It's to be celebrated, embraced, and understood. — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I've always said, 'Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.' — 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 can only… — 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 one. — 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
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 Image
